Karma

This post shall contain swears. I swear A LOT and quite colorfully in my head and under my breath, but I usually try to employ a wider range of vocabulary for out-loud speaking and writing,  Not today. Nope.

We all know that the universe hates me, and karma's a bitch. Especially to me. Yesterday, I went grocery shopping at Smith's. The cashier missed one of my hand soaps. I didn't hear the beep. By the time I looked at it closely to see if he did indeed miss it, it was down at the bagger. Normally I would say something, and I was about to, but then for some reason it just seemed like too much effort. Weird, because usually I am very honest about things like that. But I was like... eh... I've been shopping here for 15 years, I'm super loyal to my Smith's, I spend a crap ton of money in here, it's only $1, I'm sure that they've overcharged me in the past and will again in the future... it all comes out in the end. I don't need the $1... I wasn't trying to get something for nothing... it truly was a case of not feeling like interrupting whatever the cashier was saying and getting it back from the bagger. It was a sudden case of the who-cares.  Twelve hours later, some shithead stole Sean's wallet and was in Wal-Mart trying to charge up our cards. Luckily our credit union has good fraud detection and only one charge out of the multiple times they tried (at two Wal-marts) was put through. Seriously, universe? I passively cheated Smith's out of $1 and my retribution is this? Another weird thing I just thought of... Sean and I were watching My Name Is Earl reruns last night, which is totally all about karma and making up for the bad things you do. Do I need to go into Smith's today and give them a buck? Will that fix my karma?

I was planning to go back to work today ( I don't have to be there until Wednesday, but I need to be there today) but I have spent the whole day dealing with this garbage. Had to make calls for multiple cards and accounts and be on hold, go into the bank and fill out paperwork, talk to 2 different police departments... Both police departments were fabulous, but they give your info to an officer and then you have to keep the line open waiting for the officer to call back. Then just making the regular appointments and phone calls that I needed to make today, being put on hold with each one. So frustrating.

On a sort-of related note... I have an overabundance of yellow squash. My neighbor has a bucket in his driveway that says "Free Squash." I was going to sneak over in the middle of the night and put mine in there with his hehehe, but now I'm scared. What kinds of punishment will karma smack down upon me for that?