took my car in to see my mechanic yesterday, fully expecting to spend $$$ on new shocks. the guys greased some squeaky part and sent me out the door for $25. took my cat to the vet, my perfectly healthy cat, and paid $306 to be told that, guess what? my cat is perfectly healthy.

it doesn’t even cost $306 for ME to go to the doctor and have her pronounce me healthy.

oh yeah, and when i got home from spending all that money, yesterday, i found a $100 parking ticket in my mailbox. back in october i got a $50 ticket for parking on a street cleaning day, and it totally wasn’t posted so i contested the ticket. i heard nothing back for 6 months, so i pretty much forgot about it, until i got the final declaration back. the ticket still stands, only NOW i owe $100, not $50, because the ticket has been outstanding for 6 months and the penalties have doubled the cost. except that i didn’t pay the ticket for 6 months becuase i was waiting for the results of the contestment*. so…i have to pay the penalties for the fact that the city chicago can’t process paperwork in a timely fashion? yup. what a racket.

chicago, are you just trying to make me hate you, so that the breakup will be easier?

*is contestment a word? well it should be.