Later That Same Day

You know, the crazy people in my family are always saying to me "Don't over-do!" Yeah, yeah; I always tell them that I can't do more than I'm capable of, so don't worry about it. Yeah, so I was leaving the mall this morning around 11:30, and wondering if I should go someplace else to look for the Christmas tree, and I was so hot, and chilled, and I thought, "Oh, this is what they mean. GO HOME." So I did.

I could not find calendars at Barnes and Noble, nor a tree at Target, so I stopped at the mall out there (where we usually go on Sunday since our malls are closed, but this just happens to be near the Target I like to go to) because they always have a calendar kiosk in the same place, just inside one of the doors, but of course it wasn't there. I had to walk through the mall to find it -- didn't have the ones I wanted anyway -- but there I was outside the Apple Store, so I went in and got the new portable hard drive that I thought would have to wait until January, since I wasn't going to our mall til then. And then I stopped at Lord and Taylor, the MIL's favorite store, and got her a bracelet, last gift for her, WOO HOO. And then back to the car, where I made the aforementioned wise choice to come home.

I haven't slept again this afternoon, but my head is not so right. K just went out to get me some chicken soup and matzo balls and gefilte fish for dinner; I told her I would go anywhere but I wouldn't drive, so she just went to pick up and bring home.

I ended up spending a chunk of time this afternoon with the hard drive, and got all my iTunes music copied over and set up, but somehow I managed to delete a bunch of apps from the iPhone. :( I got them back, but lost all the data in my Holiday Gift app. I emailed their tech support, so maybe they'll tell me how to get it back, but if not, I know what I still need, I just lost the record of what I already had and what was for who.

So I guess if I feel up to it tomorrow, I'll have to go to KMart, or Home Depot, or Lowe's to look for a tree. I got all our previous trees at Treasure Island, which no longer exists, so I have no frame of reference here for where to go. I think what I want is a size they don't make, which is five feet. Five and a half would be okay, I think. I have to ask the Hubs what size our old tree is; he's a better judge of that than I am, but I think it must be seven.

I am getting very hungry. I need protein. I need protein now. Where is that kid? (Just kidding; she just left. She'll be back in five minutes. I may be waiting at the front door.)


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