I had problems getting sleepy last night, imagine that. I watched Whiplash and Miles Teller really gave a good performance. He’s cute & hot but his acting was totally amazing. This is a movie you shouldn’t miss, unless of course you hate jazz or instrumental music. After that I watched Alec Mappa Baby Daddy and I wanted to laugh but didn’t. It was still a good time and I learned all about how Alec Mappa & his partner adopted a baby! Very touching and appropriate given yesterday’s SCOTUS ruling. It was like 3 am before I called it a night. Momma would wake up and play and then go back to sleep. She kept me on my toes, as any momma would do.
I woke up this morning and I knew it would be a huge problem. Still I forced myself out of bed. Children Fed. Pride Shirt on, grabbed ye old glasses and headed out the door with my lab order. Stopped by the eye doctor first to get the glasses adjusted. Turns out when my hair is shorter they bite or dig. I think they are okay now, time will tell. Then on to the hospital.
I walked in and expected to take a number. Nope that system is outdated and gone. Turns out they have a Secure Registration Kiosk. It’s nothing more than a glorified iPad. You tap on the screen to enter in your information. Then your phone number is put up on a screen. It’s masked so Imagine your number is (312) 555-1212 you would see (312)-XXX-1212 and when they get ready to help you a tone goes off and the monitor changes to say NOW SERVING and your phone # displays. It tells you where to go. Then you sit down and they scan your index finger on your right hand. Then you get to verify all of your information, provide them with the order and your id and insurance. Presto registration is complete. Then you have to sign the forms and your officially registered.
I waited about 15 minutes and someone came to get me. It was a black man, who was dressed in a shirt & tie. I didn’t expect he would draw my blood but in fact he did. I told him which arm and to use a butterfly needle. First stick and I was bleeding. It was amazing and a wonderful experience despite the little prick.
On to Cracker Barrel for Breakfast. Time to raise the Blood Sugar to an unhealthy level. I got Strawberry & Crème French Toast. It was very good and sweet. The server who brought me my food commented on my shirt and asked me if it was a pride shirt and if it had to do with Marriage Equality. I proudly said yes. Too bad the server was a female. That would have been a great time to make a move.
Picked up the mail and then on for some shopping. First the auto parts store for fuel injector cleaner. Grabbed what I wanted and waited 5 minutes staff were passing me by after looking at me in the face. I don’t know if it was the pride shirt or if they thought I was a new statue. In any case I put my items on the counter and walked out. I won’t ever be back in that store again. Their customer service sucks and this time it was an all time low.
Moving on to Target. I find that 1/2 of the parking lot is ripped up and there is yellow tape everywhere. What to do? I made my way through it and parked on the side of the store. In for just a couple things and out in a flash. Then on to Sam’s Club. Filled up the Tank in the truck. Then went into the store and picked up way more than I planned on. Had to break out the credit card. Got a really good buy on XL Ink for my printer. $42 for color (yellow, magenta and cyan) normally a regular set that includes a black cartridge is $60 and that’s all standard ink. I’ve got 2 black XL’s here so made sense to purchase color. Grabbed more paper as well. Then got the kids some Fancy Feast. Soda, Paper Towels, Kleenex, Batteries and before I knew it was staring a bill of $140 in the face. Still I feel like I got some good bargains. I just hate that you have to purchase so much. If I had a family then I could see it.
I played Tailgate Roulette. See the truck has 1/2 glass and a tailgate. It only opens when it feels like it. If the time isn’t right then of course it won’t open. I had some luck 3 weeks ago. Ever since then when I come out with a lot of items the gate doesn’t want to open and it makes me look like I am trying to break in. I’ve tried oiling the latch but nothing doing, it doesn’t help. I actually have better luck in cold weather. This has been an on going theme for 2 years now. So I have to load stuff in the back seats. Their also isn’t a child escape latch in the back, so I can’t open it from the inside. I’m sure you were thinking that and it was a good thought. I can do that with my car but not the Truck.
Home to unload all of the crap. Then I decided to take a nap. For shame. I was hot and tired, what else was I to do. I slept for a couple hours. Then hit the road. Drove to another auto parts store, got the cleaner I wanted and got back on the road. Drove to the buffet. I ate very well. Had lots of Bread Pudding and that didn’t help my sugar levels, which are sky high.
I wanted to stop and see a movie since I was in the area of the bargain theatre but I would have had a serious wait on my hands. Decided to come on home. Fed the children. Logged the receipts and figured out how much poorer I am. Started laundry. Here we are.
I really wanted to clean out the truck and promised myself I would do it once I got home but well that was the last thing on my mind. So I said what I always say. I will do it tomorrow. Eventually tomorrow comes. Instead of seeing the movie Get Hard for cheap I am going to probably give in and purchase it on Amazon. It’s not like I want to own it but I want to see it, that is the only option they offer at the present time.
Oh my friend finally called me last night as well. I got to hear all about graduation. Guess what they did in fact go out to eat afterwards. Just like I knew they would. However, the selfish sob wanted it to be his day. I heard excuses about photographs so apparently he doesn’t even want anyone else to see him in his uniform. Wow what a piece of work. I still hope someone shoots him for being such a prick. He cost me 2 days of PTO and got my hopes up. Not that I couldn’t have cancelled my plans and worked, because I could have. However, the good thing is that I had advance notice after I figured out that I was lied to. Better to know early than to not know at all.
I need a shower, so I am going to go take care of that. I need to clean litter boxes and pass out evening treats. Then I think I will be watching TV and relaxing for the rest of the evening. That is after I am done with my surfing adventures.
More rain in the forecast for tomorrow, so it will be breakfast & grocery store. Then I will be home for the rest of the day. Unless I just get an overwhelming itch to venture out, which I highly doubt. The kids like it when I am home and hate it when I leave. I got yelled at this afternoon because I left again. So 1 more day and then it will be back to work, which I am not looking forward to. Still haven’t checked my voice or email messages but I will be doing that tomorrow. Just to see if there is anything special to watch out for. Besides that I need to turn work mail back on my phone before a problem arises.
I hope your weekend is going well and that it’s all sunshine & roses in your world. Take care and I will talk with you again soon.
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