After we ate our Thanksgiving dinner my mom and I made a decision that I am still blaming on the turkey. Apparently our turkey had some sort of drugs injected in it that made deciding to do Black Friday sound like a good idea. And that since we were just going to have to get up in a few hours anyway, why not just stay up talking until we had to leave. I know. We are dumb, d-u-m, dumb. So we went to Wal-Mart at 5am. Okay, now people. 5am is when I usually go to bed. I am not supposed to be in a store with fifty gazillion crazy people. Also, it was freezing!
So we got to Wal-Mart at about 4:50am. There was a ton of people already there, with carts and kids (why would you take kids?) just milling around crazily. Everyone was huddled around the stacks just waiting to pounce. I was a little confused that no one had actually grabbed anything yet but then I saw the signs that said No Touching Until 5am or something to that effect. I was confused until I vaguely remembered seeing something like that on tv. So my mom hovered around the vacuum cleaners and sent me to guard the drills. I was expecting something like from tv. A loud announcement or whistle or something and then people would get to the grabbing. Only it was kinda boring. I almost didn't hear the guy on the PA announce that it was time to shop and I didn't even get to experience the mad grab and dash. I was the only one who picked up a drill.
It was a little scary with all the people and their carts. I just tried to stay out of the way and not get run over. I ended up with the drill, a set of 600 count chocolate brown sheets, a set of tan flannel sheets (yes!), an electric blanket, a new set of Rubbermaid containers, a new roaster and rack, Tomb Raider dvd and Patriot Games DVD. Totally exciting. And all for me!
My mom got a pink! vacuum, a set of 600 count green sheets, a set of green flannel sheets, an electric blanket, a new set of Rubbermaid containers, two paintings (exactly the same as the ones she bought me for my birthday!) and a new set of pots and pans. We spent way too much money. I was hoping to get the Sims 3 but they were sold out by the time I got back there. T_T
I think the lack of sleep let me be way more laid back that I usually would be. I hate being around a lot of people. The sounds and the lights and the smells and the colors all make me really dizzy. But I did okay. I mostly just hung back out of the way and watched everyone run around like crazy people. We were only there for about 45 minutes but is was enough to make me turn to my mom and say, "I'm pretty sure I'm ready to never do this again."
Laters.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Thanksgiving Recap
Hope everyone survived the holidays! Here's a rundown of what's been happenin'.
Wednesday I took the day off from work because I wanted to have some time to do some cooking. Also because I had to work Sunday and we get Friday as a paid holiday so I would be over almost an extra day in hours. Trying to figure out my schedule during the holidays is painful. Anyway, the day I was going to use to get ahead on cooking did not turn out at all. When I got home on Tuesday, I wanted to get some presents wrapped and put under the tree. I had one homemade thing to do for my mom so I figured I would get it done in a few hours, wrap some presents, get my pots and pans and whatnots ready for the big cooking day and call it a night. Well, six hours later I finally finished the present for my mom. Apparently I had underestimated how long it would take by oh, five hours. I still got everything wrapped but then I went to bed and crashed until a half hour before my mom came over.
By this time, I was supposed to have made two pies, cleaned the bathroom, vacuumed the living/dining room, done a few loads of laundry and had all the dishes done and put away. When my mom got there, I had just drug myself out of bed and relocated to the couch. A few hours later, I did make up 5lbs of mashed potatoes. And that is all I can remember. Hmmm. I seem to have a few holes in Wednesday's memories.
Thursday, was just messed up from start to finish. My aunt had emailed me that she was having Thanksgiving at her place at noon and that they would be taking pictures because my grandma is sick. I was really upset when she emailed me and all for the wrong reasons. I felt irritated because she emailed me only a week in advance and it was like I obviously had no other plans so I should just drop what I'm doing and run. And I know that it wasn't meant like that but there's a lot of bad feelings (on my part) with that side of the family. Most of it probably isn't based on reality but it's how I feel and I can't change that.
So I was trying to figure out how I was supposed to juggle getting to my aunt's for pictures and trying to cook Thanksgiving dinner for my mom and I. I wanted to do all the cooking from the turkey to the rolls and I couldn't seem to find a way to fit in leaving for over an hour. Every time I would think about it, I just started bawling. I did not want to go to my aunt's. And then it hit me. I didn't have to. It was such a freeing realization. I had always hated going to my aunt's for all the holidays but my parents always made me. But now, I can decide if I want to go. And choosing between going and being unhappy and uncomfortable and staying and cooking and laughing and being so damn happy with my mom wasn't hard at all. I know that I'll regret it later, either by something happening to my grandma or having this hung over my head by my relatives for all eternity but you know what, I'd rather be with people who I want to be with and want to be with me than to be guilted into being with people that don't really care about me. In the past few years that I have been having trouble with my family, I haven't been that hard to find. And sometimes, it really is a little too late.
Anyways, now that I have been really depressing, let's move on to the good stuff!
Thanksgiving dinner was awesome if a little late. I made everything! I was so proud of myself. And it all tasted so good! The turkey was brown and moist and delicious and the stuffing was to die for. I'm going to try later and post some pics of the turkey. I forgot to take a picture before we started carving so I had to turn the bird around and crouch down a little so you can't see that half of it is gone! The only bad thing that happened was that I didn't get a chance to bake the pie! My mom was so disappointed. I promised to make her one this weekend but I totally spaced it. I promise this weekend, Mommy! We'll put up the tree and eat pie. ^_^
Laters.
Wednesday I took the day off from work because I wanted to have some time to do some cooking. Also because I had to work Sunday and we get Friday as a paid holiday so I would be over almost an extra day in hours. Trying to figure out my schedule during the holidays is painful. Anyway, the day I was going to use to get ahead on cooking did not turn out at all. When I got home on Tuesday, I wanted to get some presents wrapped and put under the tree. I had one homemade thing to do for my mom so I figured I would get it done in a few hours, wrap some presents, get my pots and pans and whatnots ready for the big cooking day and call it a night. Well, six hours later I finally finished the present for my mom. Apparently I had underestimated how long it would take by oh, five hours. I still got everything wrapped but then I went to bed and crashed until a half hour before my mom came over.
By this time, I was supposed to have made two pies, cleaned the bathroom, vacuumed the living/dining room, done a few loads of laundry and had all the dishes done and put away. When my mom got there, I had just drug myself out of bed and relocated to the couch. A few hours later, I did make up 5lbs of mashed potatoes. And that is all I can remember. Hmmm. I seem to have a few holes in Wednesday's memories.
Thursday, was just messed up from start to finish. My aunt had emailed me that she was having Thanksgiving at her place at noon and that they would be taking pictures because my grandma is sick. I was really upset when she emailed me and all for the wrong reasons. I felt irritated because she emailed me only a week in advance and it was like I obviously had no other plans so I should just drop what I'm doing and run. And I know that it wasn't meant like that but there's a lot of bad feelings (on my part) with that side of the family. Most of it probably isn't based on reality but it's how I feel and I can't change that.
So I was trying to figure out how I was supposed to juggle getting to my aunt's for pictures and trying to cook Thanksgiving dinner for my mom and I. I wanted to do all the cooking from the turkey to the rolls and I couldn't seem to find a way to fit in leaving for over an hour. Every time I would think about it, I just started bawling. I did not want to go to my aunt's. And then it hit me. I didn't have to. It was such a freeing realization. I had always hated going to my aunt's for all the holidays but my parents always made me. But now, I can decide if I want to go. And choosing between going and being unhappy and uncomfortable and staying and cooking and laughing and being so damn happy with my mom wasn't hard at all. I know that I'll regret it later, either by something happening to my grandma or having this hung over my head by my relatives for all eternity but you know what, I'd rather be with people who I want to be with and want to be with me than to be guilted into being with people that don't really care about me. In the past few years that I have been having trouble with my family, I haven't been that hard to find. And sometimes, it really is a little too late.
Anyways, now that I have been really depressing, let's move on to the good stuff!
Thanksgiving dinner was awesome if a little late. I made everything! I was so proud of myself. And it all tasted so good! The turkey was brown and moist and delicious and the stuffing was to die for. I'm going to try later and post some pics of the turkey. I forgot to take a picture before we started carving so I had to turn the bird around and crouch down a little so you can't see that half of it is gone! The only bad thing that happened was that I didn't get a chance to bake the pie! My mom was so disappointed. I promised to make her one this weekend but I totally spaced it. I promise this weekend, Mommy! We'll put up the tree and eat pie. ^_^
Laters.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Fridge Woes Concluded or How I Embarrassed Myself In Front of the Repairman
Yesterday my landlady called me at work to let me know I needed to leave my door unlocked so the repairman could (finally!) fix my fridge. Her husband had fixed it so that the door would stay shut without the use of bungee cords but the little light thing was broken and had to be taped down so the door would shut in the first place. And it was dark.
So, since I start work at 3pm, I assumed that meant the repairman wasn't getting there until after I left for work.
Well, you know what they say about assuming. You make an ass out of you and me but what they don't mention is that you answer the door at ten to eleven am in your penguin pajamas.
Classy.
So, since I start work at 3pm, I assumed that meant the repairman wasn't getting there until after I left for work.
Well, you know what they say about assuming. You make an ass out of you and me but what they don't mention is that you answer the door at ten to eleven am in your penguin pajamas.
Classy.
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Money in the Bank?
I've been reading a lot of blogs lately about saving money and all that jazz. From my research, I have concluded that I a) need to move to a big city so I can shop the "good" grocery stores (Kroger's? Trader Joe's? What are these strange places?) and b) marry a millionaire. Stat.
While the above two are mostly unattainable (I'm still waiting for a single, rich Canadian man to sweep me off my feet because I am oddly attracted to Canadian men though usually they are married, rich Canadian men) I feel I can still save money in a few ways. Namely by not balancing my checkbook.
Please reread that last sentence. It does not make sense to me either. And yet it somehow works.
I will be honest and say that tonight was the first night that I had balanced my checkbook since Bush was still president. Let me reiterate. BUSH was still president. Sure, I checked my balance now and again, generally on pay day but not once did I get out my register and start tallying anything up. So now, only a month and some odd days to Christmas, just when I think that maybe we won't have a Christmas this year because I'm broke, having paid some mighty big unexpected expenses (that were ahem, my fault!) I balanced my checkbook and found out that I have $483.72 in the bank.
Hallelujah, praise Jesus, amen.
While the above two are mostly unattainable (I'm still waiting for a single, rich Canadian man to sweep me off my feet because I am oddly attracted to Canadian men though usually they are married, rich Canadian men) I feel I can still save money in a few ways. Namely by not balancing my checkbook.
Please reread that last sentence. It does not make sense to me either. And yet it somehow works.
I will be honest and say that tonight was the first night that I had balanced my checkbook since Bush was still president. Let me reiterate. BUSH was still president. Sure, I checked my balance now and again, generally on pay day but not once did I get out my register and start tallying anything up. So now, only a month and some odd days to Christmas, just when I think that maybe we won't have a Christmas this year because I'm broke, having paid some mighty big unexpected expenses (that were ahem, my fault!) I balanced my checkbook and found out that I have $483.72 in the bank.
Hallelujah, praise Jesus, amen.
Monday, November 9, 2009
The Luckiest Unluckiest Person...
... in the entire world. Yes. That's me.
I give you two examples.
Unlucky: My fridge broke at 3am on Saturday. Whatever makes the door stick has decided to unstick. With just bought groceries inside.
Lucky: I had two bungee cords in my car that just fit to keep my fridge door shut. Of course the tension on them causes the door to spring open in a way to cause Sudden Death.
Unlucky: My mom lost her phone. Two weeks after she lost it at K-Mart. With the ringer off (my fault). She knew she lost it at either Wal-Mart or Goodwill. Neither place filled me with hope. No insurance on the stupid thing. Can't afford another one.
Lucky: After several searches and one ill-fated trip to Wal-Mart, it was found under the front seat of my mom's van.
Dude.
Laters.
I give you two examples.
Unlucky: My fridge broke at 3am on Saturday. Whatever makes the door stick has decided to unstick. With just bought groceries inside.
Lucky: I had two bungee cords in my car that just fit to keep my fridge door shut. Of course the tension on them causes the door to spring open in a way to cause Sudden Death.
Unlucky: My mom lost her phone. Two weeks after she lost it at K-Mart. With the ringer off (my fault). She knew she lost it at either Wal-Mart or Goodwill. Neither place filled me with hope. No insurance on the stupid thing. Can't afford another one.
Lucky: After several searches and one ill-fated trip to Wal-Mart, it was found under the front seat of my mom's van.
Dude.
Laters.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)