Ringback Tones

I don't understand ringback tones. I get personalized ring TONES. But the ringback tone confuses me. What makes you think I want to listen to a song of your choosing while I wait for you to answer the damn phone? Even regular ring tones that are set too loud annoy me, and I'm guilty of that also. I get embarassed everytime Beyonce starts singing to the room full of people, who all turn and look for the idiot whose phone is singing on high blast. Yep, that's me...sorry bout that.

Like I've already mentioned in previous posts, I am a guidance counselor. Lots of times I have to call moms & dads. Some of the time, instead of "ring ring" I hear random songs playing for me. And in some cases, creepy songs. The Parent Ringback tones that stand out in recent memory the most are "Sexy Back" by Justin Timberlake and "Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye. And I know for a fact it wasn't the kids giving out their own cell phone numbers so that I can't reach their parents because both times the parent answered. Do you think they thought to themselves, "Oh crap, it's my kid's school. Hope they don't think I'm waiting for my booty call because of this stupid ringback song" Probably not, otherwise they would've never chosen such a dumb ringback tone to begin with. One mom has a nice classical piece as her ringback tone. That's a nice, mature, professional choice. I actually enjoy calling her because it relaxes me. But then she always catches me off guard when she answers. I hate ringback tones, phones are meant to ring, not sing.

My car is a piece of Garbage!

Today I had to sit in traffic on the BQE on a non-work day. That's the worst kind of traffic, because you really shouldn't be sitting in it. But, sure enough, 6 pm on a random Sunday and there's traffic on the BQE. The one thing you can always count on is that there will be traffic on the BQE.

My trusty Dodge Caliber is barely over a year old and it ain't so trusty anymore. It has a ton of mileage on it already, I know that. But the thing sits for more than 24 hours and it gives up. I let her rest for a few days over at Casa de Casale, trying to save some gas and miles (I have 10 months left on the lease and only another 4500 miles). The piece of garbage wanted some more beauty rest. I tried to start her up and she just was not having it. Finally it got going, but it felt like she was gonna give up before she got me home. I cannot wait to get rid of this thing. Aside from the fact that it's cursed, it feels like I'm playing Mario Kart Wii when I'm driving it. It's the worst. Don't buy/lease a Dodge.

Tomorrow is Chris' first day at his new job. I'm very excited for him. And we'll also get some more details on exactly what he'll be doing and what his schedule is gonna look like. Keep your fingers crossed that he has New Year's Day off!!!

I can't figure this crap out!

So I have finally decided to enter the world of blogging...and it's way more confusing than I anticipated!

Well, first I guess I should introduce myself....I'm Maggie. I'm a newlywed. I married my amazing husband, Chris, on July 15th, 2008 on the gorgeous island of Bermuda. We were fortunate enough to have 24 of our closest friends and family join us on a 5 night cruise to the island. We also had an unwelcome guest, Hurricane Bertha. Big Bertha threw us for a bit of a loop and we had to be married a day later than we originally planned. Our awesome wedding planner, Kay-Annie of Kreative Koncepts, saved the day- you'd never know that Bertha nearly destroyed all of our plans. We had the time of our lives!

We spent the two weeks later in the summer cruising through the Mediterranean for our honeymoon. It was the vacation of a life-time- we enjoyed some of the best food & wine you could imagine!!

I am a NYC public high school Guidance Counselor. I have a long commute every morning, not so much because of the distance of my drive, but because there is always traffic on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway. I usually have random thoughts on these long drives and figured I may as well organize it on a blog. Plus Chris is starting a new job which requires three months of training out of state & I'll need a hobby to keep me occupied. Maybe I'll even end up providing some kind of entertainment for you also :)