Today I was woken up by a little man asking daddy to watch College Game Day at 7a. God bless that little man for getting daddy up. Daddy was a trouper after spending another late night with me. I have terrible insomnia, so I watch stuff late. Chip tries to do both. He got up and did the commitment with no response. I laid in bed an extra hour or so before getting up.
Not knowing when the Michigan game started today, I went about my business. Guided the kiddos to clean up their crap and be self-sufficient. It halfway worked…on a good day. I stumbled down and took my thyroid meds, which means I can’t eat anything for 30 mins., which is hard when you wake up hungry and you have a bit of cobwebs from the night before.
I made a batch of Zucchini muffins too. Used the last of the garden zucchini. They turned out great! Recipe to follow.
I ask the boyos who wants to go with me to run errands and Gary chimes in that he does. I’m surprised for sure. I have a bunch of crazy shit I need to do. Amazing that any of my children want to come along. He had no idea what kind of day he was in for.
First we head to Walmart to replace his camera that he’s managed to beat up on and hasn’t worked for half the year. Of course that cannot be done easily. I need to contact Kodak or the extended warranty company. But of course it isn’t easy. Gary was the one most disappointed. Interesting because I think the rest of us have to walk through the crap to get it done and we are conditioned that way. Sad really. Regardless, getting in and out of Walmart on a Saturday was relatively painless.
Off we went to our next stop at Michael’s. I dread that place for sure. The checkout process is just awful. They never have enough people checking. Hunger was creeping up on me, so I decided to make a pit stop at Jalapeno’s. This little dive of a place that has true Mexican food, but it’s not great. It was a solo trip for Gary and me and I think he thought it was super cool to be out with me alone and get to pick what he wanted, get his own chips and choose his salsas. It was fun to watch him.
Off we went to Michaels. So much fun! I stayed way too long and Gary and I enjoyed looking at all of the Halloween stuff. Little did I know that Daddy was at home and the house was a shambles. Adding insult to injury, Michigan lost the game at the last minute. Even worse? The TV was buffering, so he didn’t get to see it. UGH. He wasn’t happy.
Meanwhile, I made my stop at Smith’s, the liquor store and Ace Hardware. Gary trekked along with me. Good little dude. We are lucky.