I need another weekend to recover from my weekend. Friday after work was moderately tiring, all on its own – I had to pick up a refill of my migraine preventative, which meant going to Freddy’s. Of course the pharmacy was busy, so I zipped out to Great Clips while I waited on my refill. I got a really spiffy razor cut, by a gal whose own hair would normally have prompted me to request another stylist. But I had a feeling, and I’ve never regretted following my intuition before! Then I got my prescription, walked over to Toxic Hell for a dinner takeout, and hiked three-quarters of a mile down to Bell Rd, the nearest bus stop for the 71 line (which drops off 2 blocks from my house). I got home 14 hours after I’d left the house for work that morning.
Saturday, Geoffrey & I and the youngest demonspawn enticed Lyse over to visit, and we all went out to brunch at the Shari’s where Lyse dines so frequently that when she walks in the door, they all holler, “Hey Norm!” Then we went back to Freddy’s with the intent of purchasing a new coffee maker, since I had to give Molly back the one that she left at my house when she lived here. We left Freddy’s with a coffee maker, a few dozen pairs of socks (on sale!), and a 27” TV. I’d been drooling over the possibility of a new TV for a few months now, especially as my old TV was eleven years old, had a constant buzzing that was both audible and subsonic (headache-inducing), and had such a dark picture that even with the bright cranked all the way up, dark scenes in TV shows or movies were virtually unwatchable. And since my annual bonus from work was paid out on Friday (and it was about $100 more than the price of the TV!), I decided it was time to replace the old 20” piece-o’-crap set.
So of course we watched a comedy concert on DVD that Lyse had picked up, and the couple of horror flicks we had on hand – one of which was The Grudge, not nearly as impressive (cinematically or story-wise) as The Ring. It wasn’t so much of a horror flick as a psychological thriller with supernatural overtones, with lots of scenes that made you jump but not actually all that scary.
Today, I cleaned my entire kitchen, put away the huge delivery from Safeway.com, ran many loads of laundry, and went out to lunch (at Shari’s again) with Geoffrey, Lyse, & Karel. Then we went back to my place, watched a few episodes of SG-1 (since Lyse bought the third season – yay!), and I made dinner just a wee bit too late for Karel & Lyse to share. Also did a ton of crocheting, since I have about 3 different projects going at once and I really want to get at least one done ASAP.
Somehow I think work may seem downright restful…
