Bad Karma: thanks a lot Buddah.

I apologize to my avid readers (yeah right) for taking such a long, and may I add unplanned, sabbatical.

I meant to write before the holidays, and even during, but just didn't.

I am now back, and cannot promise a new post everyday, but will try my best to write at least once a week.

I could fill you in on how I have been since my last post (sometime in Nov!) but then I would lose all my avid avid (again, yeah right) readers.

Instead, I plan on just starting the new year of posts with a rant. Hence my lovely title.

Basically.....

1) My toilet is kind of on the fritz, so my entire bathroom smells like a sewer.

2) I was forced to move all of my belongings off of the other side of my room. (It is a double occupancy room but I was never assigned a roommate. They say we probably won't...but I had to take the sheets off the other bed, my pictures off the wall, etc. I plan on putting it all bad after the annual inspection, but do not understand why I have to pay rent to look at blank walls and a mattress. I only decorated the way I did to make my home feel livable).

3) I found and ordered a copy of the deluxe 2-disc edition of Julie and Julia (it was a limited time DVD and is no longer being sold in stores.) The cheapest one I found, with shipping, came close to 40 bucks, but I was willing to pay for it. I received the package in the mail today...and it is the wrong one. I am hoping that the seller made a mistake and is not promoting false advertising and we can get this sorted out. If not, I am in contacts with the two other sellers on Amazon to see if they are more trustworthy. The guy I ordered from has a 95% positive rating, so I thought I could trust him. Who knows, maybe I can, maybe it was just a mix up.

4) Also, there is a possible Lawsuit against me...long story short- I got a credit card years ago. Family faced financial crisis and used it. Went deeper into a financial crisis so they had to stop payments. I was told (by my parents) that they had set up a payment plan so my credit won't be screwed up forever...but according to the people who just called (actually they called my grandmother in New York) my parents didn't and if we don't do something by next month the card company is filing a lawsuit against me. thanks a lot mom and dad. (*I love my parents and although this bothers me, I gave them permission to use the card, we had no other options, I am not really mad at them I am mad at the US treasury...or the government in general...I am moving to New Zealand!)

I think that is all...but it all happened in the span of two days.... hopefully the second half of this week will start to look up.

Whatever happens in life, I can't let it hold me back. All I can do is tread forth, and I shall.

And always,
Bon Appetit!