Not Again!

Summer has barely started but we've already had quite a few hot and humid days. With the sun blazing brightly, I realized that I needed my favorite sunblock to keep my arms from getting a farmer's tan. I had run out of it last year, but thankfully I had a Bath and Body Works gift card to order some online.

I went to the website and searched True Blue Spa Sunscreen. Nothing came up.  Then I searched just True Blue Spa and no match came up! . Say what??? I hastily searched Shea Cashmere and no match came up. Say it ain't so! But even a search of sunscreen proved futile on that website. Once again, a favorite product of mine was gone. 

I should be used to this as it seems to happen to me all the time (see Whatever Happened To.... June 17, 2020). Things that I really like seem to just disappear off the shelves like they were never there. This time though, I really, REALLY needed sunscreen! And the one from Bath and Body Works was a spray on that smelled really good and was very refreshing. Gone!

So now what was I going to do? Contact the company so they could say "Sorry for your luck"? Nope! I went to Plan B: Amazon! Thankfully I'm a Prime member so I could order some and get free shipping. Hooray!

As you can imagine: this is not how it went! I smugly pulled up Amazon and searched True Blue Spa Sunscreen. Eureka! There it was. But of course: it wasn't prime so I had to pay for shipping! AND it wasn't 2-day. AND they said they only had 10 left in stock because it was discontinued! Man, it hurt to not be able to use the gift card and also to have to pay for shipping. But I had to have this sunscreen so I did all of that.

Now the other bad news is: what am I going to do when my stash is gone? The girls already know they aren't allowed to use this since it can't be replaced. So eventually it will be time for Plan C. Can't wait to see what this entails.

In the meantime: I wonder what is the next thing that's going to disappear???? Oh, and if any of you know of a good spray on sunscreen that smells nice, let me know!

My TV Rant for Today

 Once upon a time, Maury Povich was a serious journalist based in Washington, D.C. I'm not sure what happened: maybe he decided it wasn't entertaining enough. Regardless, eventually he got his own TV show in 1998. Yes it was tabloid journalism, but he did try to help people. Parents with recalcitrant kids would get "scared straight", people in bad domestic situations would be offered a way out, young teen girls wanting to get pregnant finding out what it's like to take care of a baby (using the "baby live" doll): you get the picture.

However, somewhere over the years his show went left. Now he does nothing but who-the-baby-daddy shows.

Sure, every once in a great while was okay. Giving DNA tests so child support, etc. could be worked out. But a show they aired recently just put me over the edge.

This young woman, probably in her early to mid-twenties was making her second appearance on the show. The first time she was trying to find the father of her lovely little daughter. She had brought three men along. And surprise, surprise: none of them was the father. So she runs off stage crying and all butt-hurt because the guys are high-fiving and whooping it up because they are having unprotected sex with her but weren't "caught", so didn't have to do anything for her.

So now she comes on the show a second time: not for the daughter, but for her new baby. And she brings along the same three guys! Oh, and adds the uncle of one of them. Why is this woman still having unprotected sex with these same men, and one's family member, and having another baby?? She says she is done looking for the father of the little girl, but knows the father of the new baby is one of the yahoos she brought along.

And surprise, surprise: none of them was the father! So she runs offstage and falls to the ground to cry while again the guys are high-fiving and happy that they again didn't get "caught". And when Maury gets to the girl she tells him to leave her alone because she doesn't want him embarrassing her. Say what??? I don't think it was Maury!

I would have thought that he might show some compassion or get her some counseling or something. NOPE! He just sends her on her way. Didn't say "keep your legs closed" or "get rid of these yahoos" or concentrate on your kids, not on sleeping around. She got nothing but a trip back home to continue on with this same behavior, sadly.

Now I hope that woman knows she needs to take a good, hard look at her life and make some changes. I hope she knows that her behavior isn't good for her or her kids; and one day she might end up with something worse than a fatherless child.  And shame on Maury for offering her nothing, but pandering to an audience that thrives on others' misfortune.

And just for the record:  if I'm home during the day, I have the TV on the National News Desk and listen to that in the morning. I don't bother to change the channel, and Maury comes on at some point after that. But maybe I need to listen to different news until Maury goes back to being ethical. I would think he has earned enough money from these sensationalist shows. It's time to try to help people, not exploit their hurt and embarrassment for ratings. Seriously.