A Minor Annoyance, A Damn Good Day, and A Really Great Haul

[msmoon]

The good news…is that I learned never to assume that someone has done what they said they would do, just because they said they’d do it. The bad news is...I still have no internet (and more importantly WoW). Mom had said when they got in from their trip (sometime late week before last) that she would call Bell South and ask if they could come out Saturday the 23rd and install a phone jack in my house so I could have the high speed service. I thought she’d taken care of calling them and gotten that seen to…but then I realized on Friday (the 22nd) that I had yet to hear anything about it. So I called her on my cell and asked and of course, she had not called them. I advised her to do so as soon as she could and she did. They will be coming out to my house….March 4th. So I will be waiting till then as patiently as I can.

In other news, I went to Reiko’s yesterday. And other than J10 being a tad under the weather, it was a very pleasant visit. Mom had loaned me her GPS (till my TomTom comes in. Yes, I’m so bad with directions my parents bought me a TomTom), and I have to say…it wasn’t very effective. I typed in Reiko’s address and it said it had no record of the street -..- I don’t know how to go about updating that either…so, I pretty much had to go off my memory of getting there (which, other than a small 20 minute detour towards Gramercy, worked perfectly!)

When I got there, we all went to Ponchatoula and walked the streets looking at the sights (aka Antiquing). We got hungry and went to a little deli they had there, which was great. I bought lunch since they were kind enough to invite me along. We walked around and there was a sign that said there was a butterfly garden 3 blocks down the street. So we walked 3 (very long) blocks down the street, only to find that it was closed. By the time we walked 3 blocks back to the main drag we were very hot. I saw a sign that said “Daiquiris” and Reiko said something about it’d been a while since she’d had a strawberry daiquiri and I said I’d get her one. This spawned a little argument between Reiko and J10 about which shop they’d previously been in, which caused us walking from shop to shop…it was tedious, but when we finally got our daiquiris it was heaven! They were virgin of course (because she was driving and I don’t want to get sick…or in a wreck) but they were awesomeness. As the drinks are being made and I’m about to pay for them I look at Reiko and say “Well, last time I came here I took you two to the movies and now I’ve bought you lunch and drinks…next date we might just get to first base and be an official ménage à trios.” Which disturbed J10 to no ends since…well, Reiko and I met at church. We both thought it was hilarious (as we have joked about our “relationship” for a long long time now).

We went back to their place and Reiko and I watched the end of Supernatural season 1 while J10 tried to sleep because he was still feeling terrible. Reiko seems to have gotten really hooked on that show, which I’m pleased about. It just gives us all (she, Chibi and I) something more to talk about. Common ground is always good. But J10 couldn’t sleep so he decided to shower and go in to work early…

A little after he left, Reiko turned to me and asked if I wanted to go to Baskin Robins Of course when a question about Baskin Robins comes up, the answer is usually “Hell yeah!”. The drive was maybe 15 minutes, but it was soooo worth it! We got waffle cones with chocolate (she had sprinkles) and on the way back, we got so messy! I’m laughing at her because at some point she’s like “Holy crap! It’s leaking! No, not on my wallet! Why, Mrs. Sprinklecone! Why!?” I started laughing at her till I realized that I had some dripping going on as well..right into my lap. We started devouring our treats as quick as possible, which was quite a feat for me as I was driving and all. This only ended up making us more of a mess... She decided to take pictures of us trying to quickly eat these huge waffle cones with ice crème flavors oozing out once we finally got home. I think my pics were the best because I was not afraid of chocolate all over my face! It was great though. Then, after watching a bit of Dressed to Kill with Eddie Izzard, I realized it was 7 and I really needed to go before it got too late. It’s basically 1 hour and 44 minutes away (91.6 miles according to Google) depending on traffic so I knew I’d be home a little late. Still the GPS had no problem finding my address (which is something I didn’t need since I knew the way home just fine!) and I was home by 8:45.

All in all…one damn good day. Even if I am flat broke now. What else do we make money for anyway?...I wonder if there’s a Baskin Robins nearby...Ah well.

Anyway. My parents gave me the money to order a TomTom, which I did from Amazon. Of course, no order of mine is ever so simple. No, no. Altogether, I ordered the Marvel: Ultimate Alliance Signature Series Guide, X-Men(tm) Legends Official Strategy Guide, Online World of Warcraft Binder, Devil Does Exist, The: Volume 3, Return to Labyrinth Volume 1, Return to Labyrinth Volume 2, Shrek 2 soundtrack, AND the TomTom. I’m a happy bunny. Of course, I did use Super Saver shipping, which means I can expect it within 2 weeks of ordering it =..= I also finally ordered the final part of Reiko’s birthday gift. And all of this…explains exactly why I’m flat broke. It’s a damn good thing I make sure my bills are paid first, no? I think I have a spending problem…I’ll crack down on that eventually.

Other than that…nothing special is going on. I guess I’ll clock back on and get back to work. Later, Sunshines.

 

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