A Vent, and Something Fun

 Okay, let me vent first. At my annual exam on Tuesday, my PCP put in the order for my regular mammogram, although I'm not due until December, and this led to the radiology place sending me both a text and an email to call and schedule it. In fact, I got both messages on Wednesday, and then again today, and thought, fine, I'll call now and make the appointment for December, just to shut them up.

I called, I had to input my date of birth and zip code, and then the message told me to make the appointment online. (Could I have stayed on the line to make it? Possibly.)

So I went to the website, of course I have to create an account, I put in my info, click the button, and ... nothing happens. It doesn't move to the next screen, it doesn't give me an error message, nothing.

Fuck'em, I'll make the appointment in six months. Grrr, though.

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Meanwhile! More fun!

I'm going on a trip this month (so excited!) and I needed to buy a new suitcase, as my old one broke last time I traveled (fortunately not until the end of the return home). As I mentioned, when we went up to the outlets last week and I got the Skechers, I also bought a suitcase, and in a first for me, it's hard-sided, not fabric. 

Which means that I can't do something I've done in the past, and use fabric paint to make my suitcase stand out as obviously-even-from-a-distance mine. (I did pick a bright color, though not the taxi-cab yellow I looked at first.) However, I was talking about it with a friend, and she said: stickers.

Ah ha!

So this is the bag:

Which, by the way, has a built-in combination lock with TSA keyhole, so I don't even have to put my own locks on it. Pretty fancy. 

It has an interior cover on one side, so you can pack both sides and still close it, and it also zips to be wider if needed.

Plus of course it moves smoothly and the handle slides up and down like a dream. Ahhh, that new-suitcase feeling.

Anyway, I pulled out my stack of stickers, and while most of them were too large (given the way the suitcase has raised and lowered bits), I found enough that fit to mark all sides.

And I do mean ALL sides:

Shoutout to Ranc's!

I did take one sticker that wouldn't fit and make it work.

Now, yes, I do know that they will get scratched and scuffed when the bag is checked. That's okay. I just like it this way. As my mother reminded me, it's what I did to my car as well.

Do you mark up your suitcases in any way? Stickers, paint, bag tag or belt? Anything?