renegadeRICEcracker

stopping catalogs

i finally went by my mom's again yesterday, after not going for almost a month. her mailbox was jam-packed, and i spent a sizeable chunk of time later in the afternoon calling places to take her off the mailing list. this was rather unfun and annoying, and made me feel like i was in some movie scene. i never really thought about it, but yeah, they keep mailing things forever unless you tell them not to.

i basically just called and said i wanted to take my mom off their list because she'd passed away. and while most people were normal human beings and would throw in some variant of "i'm sorry to hear that" into conversation, there were a couple who kept a completely cheerful tone with a, "okay! can i have her customer number please?" and "have a great day!" i wanted, just a little bit, to throttle them. it was generally the younger-sounding people who did that, i think they just didn't know what to do. anyway.

i can't shake this feeling of dread i have. i guess it is depression. i wish i were sleeping on my couch. oh well.