Can Yunz Believe this?
Yesterday was to be my one day out day.
I get one about every 14 days or so.
Headed for a haircut and color at 10:00.
I was determined to hit the ground running
right after that, or shuffling at least, so I headed
to Michaels for some jewelry findings I had needed
for months to repair two necklaces.
Because I had only slept 4 hours the night before
due to more challenging, er, bad news
on the medical front, I found myself getting
a little weak and dizzy so decided to head home,
and skip Trader Joes which had been the "BIG" plan.
ha!
make plans, the universe laughs HA!
I pull into the garage and hit the garage door
remote and a hideous, screeching, crunching,
sound occurred and I hit the remote stop immediately.
When I opened the drivers side door,
I nearly peeked thru my fingers
as I knew what I would see.
A crumpled door.
'scuse me but shit shit shit.
Called insurance I have 2000 deductible,
they said get estimate first.
Called an emergency service and no kidding
they were there in 30 minutes.
At first I was looking at around $4,000
to get the same quality door or around $2500
to get a bottom level version.
Maybe it was me cradling
my head in my hands with tears drippin thru
and my O/2 canula hanging out...
but Clayton the tech says.
"Let me see what I can do."
Since I hit the button so quickly
I did less damage than I could have.
Just under $1,000 later, not using insurance, and
my door now closes, you cannot see the tears
in the panels from the outside
and it's guaranteed for 3 years.
Clayton and I had a very spirited political discussion
while he was adding new springs and bolting new metal struts;
but it was respectful with no meanness or put downs.
We could not be more politically opposed,
but we parted with very good feelings.
STILL....
what did I do in a former life to have this karma?
(please don't say things could be worse as they are worse medically)
I need/want so much to get back to my old self,
no O2 needed, lose all the prednisone weight etc.,
be able to work.
I love this, and I am not making light of horrific crime,
I'm poking fun at me OK?
Z
Happy weekend youins
(my homage to Latrobe slang")
A common informal word used in southwestern Pennsylvania and the forefront example of what is commonly known as "Pittsburghese" is the word yinz, pronounced /jɪnz/ in IPA. Alternatively it is less commonly used in long form, youins, pronounced /ju.ɪnz/.
I never knew anyone one who used yinz always spelled yunz