::checks guestbook:: Aww. Major bonus points to Homie K for making me feel better. :o)
Mrs. Maus's son-in-law came back this afternoon from Afghanistan. I think he's in the Army, and he's been gone since right after Thanksgiving, so she was ecstatic. She called about six people, shouting, "The eagle has landed at Fort Bragg!" I overheard her call to her son, and when she said that, he replied, "What the hell does that mean?" I laughed. Mrs. Maus gets overexcited about things sometimes. When it's my not-so-perfect playing, that's okay.
Mom made an impromptu trip to Waldorf this evening. She and my dad got new Motorola flip phones. She was sent a text message from Cingular while I was looking for new flip-flops in Kohl's, and she freaked out trying to figure out what was ringing. Then she couldn't open up the phone. I called her old. But she did buy me those shoes. I needed some new ones. The brown sandals give me blisters, and my black ones are so old the cushion is completely worn out. I can feel the bumps in the asphalt when I walk. I also got a chance to exchange a shirt at Old Navy that I decided I didn't like back in May. I just kept forgetting to take it with me; almost forgot this time. As luck would have it, they're having a sale. I got three shirts, the counterparts of which I paid full price for last week. Sigh. But who can resist getting a nice shirt in a different color for $3.99?
I went in Borders after we left the mall to pick up
Pride and Prejudice, true to my word. I've been taking notes so far, so I'll keep doing that. I just can't write in a book, you know? I did that with
The House of the Seven Gables, and it just wound up looking ugly. Especially because my highlighter died halfway through, so I had to switch colors. The book is unappealing enough without looking like Halloween. I meant to get a Minibon while I was out there, but I forgot and had to settle for a brown sugar cinnamon Pop-Tart. It's just not the same. Next time, I'm getting a full-blown Cinnabon. I don't care if you can
see the calories, I haven't had one in a long time and I have a hankering.
