I really wanted to do a happy post this time, to counter-act my last grumpy one. Oh well.

Yanno what I don't understand... seeing fancy cars in handicapped parking. I've seen Corvettes, Mustangs (old and new) vintage cars, BMW, Mercedes, Jaguars, brand new models, etc. Don't these people have medical bills? Because I sure do! $9,000 and counting! My husband said once, that "maybe they're gifts from friends or family members". Gee, I wish MY friends and family were that nice and generous!

Yanno what else bothers me about handicapped parking... people who exploit the wheelchair loading zones! Those lines don't mean "wait while your companion goes into the store 'really quick'", or "motorcycle parking", or "put shopping cart here, because you're too lazy to walk a whole couple yards to the cart bins" (this one happens A LOT), or "put your precious, expensive car (with no handicap decal!) half in the spot and half in the lines so nobody will ding it when they open their doors".

I have a friend who finally quit taking her husband shopping, because she could never get his chair lift to have enough room for him to get out. Even without the bulky lifts, some people still need a bit of room to get their chairs out and unfold them and stuff. Myself, I was going to get one of those folding Rascal/Hoveround scooters and have it in the trunk, so I would be able to get out if I had a regular parking spot. And I do try to get regular spots, if they're decently close, since I know other people need the special stalls more than I do.

Another thing, is that it seems like I always get tickets if I don't have my sign up (like if I go with somebody else in their vehicle, and forgot to bring my sticker, or once it fell off my dash onto the floor and out of sight). But other people who don't have it, seem to always get ignored. Ooorr...since I look relatively normal, I get some people that think I shouldn't be there.

Once I was at the mall or theater, or something...anyway, real public with lots of people. I park my car, turn off the ignition, and was talking to my friend or something - which made the pause long enough for some guy to come STICK HIS HEAD IN MY OPEN WINDOW (it was warm weather) and tell me I couldn't park there! I was like "I have a sticker" and took it out of the dash box to show him. He's all "Oh, okay" and walked away. Sheesh. Another time, somebody put a Post-It note on the windshield that said something to the effect of "If I was a cop, you'd have a $75 ticket". Again, I had gone in a different car than mine, and just didn't have proof...which I guess I can understand if they were trying to be a good citizen...but as much as it makes me upset that normal people park there, I don't go leaving notes all over their windows!

And people wonder why I don't like to leave the house...

Okay, I think I'm all vented out for now.