What’s with all the rain?
L and I were supposed to go with Jen, Jules and Ethan to their neighborhood garage sales this morning. (Jen is the garage sale queen.) However, I was absolutely exhausted from being at the zoo and the rain moved in around 8 and didn’t quit all day.
Beside the point that I was exhausted, I was going to force myself to get out and get another wedding gift for a shower tomorrow. Obviously, unless I wanted to bake another cookie for Chels and get a lame gift certificate, I HAD to do it today. Initially, I thought that I’d be able to get out between the waves of rain this morning, but, since it didn’t really ever stop, all of the rushing around was thwarted and my cute outfit ended up back in the closet for my usual uniform and my hair got squished during the looong afternoon nap that L and I took.
I haven’t slept that well in quite some time. Dreary days are good for that.
I managed to get up a little before him and get a few things done, and in the process of the day, we had determined that Neal and Ang would come for dinner – nothing difficult, just pizza, but I still had to go and get it. Fortunately, I happened to call Grandma J who said that she’d keep him for me while I went to run errands. She had Gabe as well and the two of them keep each other busy. It’s so nice to have someone nearby who can keep him for an hour or two when I need to hurriedly run errands. L doesn’t dig on the in-and-out-of-the-car-seat routine.
So, I dropped him off to play with Gabe, picked up a couple of CostCo pizzas, went to Bed, Bath & Beyond – my favorite place to shop for wedding gifts, dropped by JC Penney Home to make a few returns while BB&B did the gift wrapping, picked up the package, dropped it off for Gma J to take to the shower – sans card because I’m not that organized, picked up L, and went home to get the rest of the stuff ready for dinner with Neal and Ang.
And, by the way, I also picked up a nice electric can opener while I was at BB&B. AJ has been coveting one for years - even though the only cans that he opens are Clam Chowder and Tomato Soup.
I realize that probably no one else is impressed with this whirlwind shopping spree, but I felt like a power shopper. I managed to do every. freakin’. thing. on my list. And I got to do it without entertaining anyone. I’ll take my peace and quiet any way I can get it.
Thank you, Gma J.
So, Neal and Ang made it for dinner and brought waffles, chocolate fudge sauce, and cookies and cream ice cream for dessert. Every time I eat cookies and cream I am reminded that there must be a god…at least one of food. The marriage of those two flavors nearly kills me with joy.
And so the rainy day ended on a good note.
