Ok. I needed a place to vent so here I am!!  I have decided that the federal government does not want me to do business with them so I need to get on my soapbox for just a few!!!  (or at least any of the places I’ve needed to!) 

What set me off? Yesterday was the first day of Early Voting here in Texas so I decided to be a good citizen and jump right on in there and do my voting.  I proudly walked into the court house at 4:05 yesterday (after rushing there from work mind you) to only be told that early voting ends at 4:00 every day!!  How are working people going to take advantage of this if it ends at 4:00??  Needless to say I’m still very frustrated!

This only backs up my aggravation though as our local post office has horrible hours also!!  They open at 8:00 (after I have to be at work), close for lunch from 11:30 – 1:00 (that pretty much covers my lunch and conference period), and close at 4:00 (so if I’m not ready to leave as soon as possible, I miss that too!)!! 

Am I the only one that sees this as a problem? I’m sure not, but it has got me on my soap box today so I’m complaining to everyone I talk to!  Thanks for listening.

To step down off of that box for a moment, I stuck to my resolution and read the first 4 hours of The Scarlet Letter last night so it won’t be long until I can tell you about that.