So, a few weeks ago a hostile & aggro woman accused me of being something I am not & she did so by publicly humiliating me on a city bus. She did so in the span of 2.5 minutes but the effect has been lasting for me anyway.

I now choose to walk 12 minutes to take a lightrail for a mere 5 minutes just to avoid taking the 12 minute bus downtown. Today, I was short on-time & had to get to our new house when a white trash former drug user damaged a nerve in my right arm. I didn’t react I just moved away to talk to an elderly woman I know & pretended nothing happened.

My staff at the cafe I go to got upset when I told them what had happened if the pain gets worse I know where she lives & I am sure she’s a regular with the police. I know I probably shouldn’t call her names but she thought she had *disguised* herself by wearing sun glasses today.

I can only imagine how violent she really is IF she gets the chance. Scary. Which brings me to the relief I feel when we leave this neighborhood. There are some good people but with the shelter housing & methadone clinic right down the street I won’t miss the riffraff on the bus or the 12 minute ride into the city.

I haven’t felt much Christmas spirit this year because we are in the middle of packing literally. Today, I got faint glimmer when my parents in law sent us their Christmas package which put me in a much better mood.

So, tomorrow when I have to go downtown I will enjoy listening to Coldplay live in Buenos Aires in the rain. It’s going to be that kind of Christmas this year. No snow in sight.

God Jul and Godt Nytt År!!= Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

So, I woke up to some horrible unforseen circumstances last Saturday & threw myself on the phone to Expedia.com to cancel my reservation. When I called the hotel today they hadn’t even had any phone calls from them!! I decided to buy Booking Protection plus on the website something they won’t honor.

I live in Norway & called the American phone number which I called 3 times on the 4th try the guy I got on the phone *claimed* I was calling from a German # and had the audacity to transfer me to their German office where he had come up with a German name of a man I have never heard of. I have spent 4 hours on the phone with them & everytime I told them I had booked Booking Protection Plus they acted as if what I said they didn’t hear.

I have Now contacted the AG office in Washington state where @ExpediaGroup is located & have filed a fraud complaint against them. I am out nearly $600 which is why I contacted the AG office this kind of behavior is fraud plain & simple. I had forgotten that they screwed over my husband on a previous trip I learned my lesson.

Now, onto companies with a soul if that even exists???

UPDATE The Washington state AG office has taken my case!! Yipeee!!

I am grateful for many things this Thanksgiving holiday. Here’s a short list of all the people that have impacted me the last year.

Our neighbor that showed us where to walk Flekk (on days he wants to walk.)

My friends at Bryggen who always ask how things are & want to know.

My favorite cafe, it’s no Seattle but it makes my heart warm &
the people are great!

All the trips I have gotten to take this year.

My husband for encouraging me to write my book & publish it.

My bestfriend who keeps my head sane when things go sidways.

For all the people that came to my reading\open mic when I launched
my book.

For all the people that wants to know that Greg & I are alright in the
neighborhood.

The things I am most grateful for are my close friends & my amazing
grandmother who is now going on 100 and half!!

I am truly happy to say that regardless of the things that have gone
sideways recently I have a great support network & that is something
that can’t be replaced.

Happy Thankgiving 2018!!