Well, I started Zantac on Sunday and now take that every morning and every night at least thirty minutes before eating. Monday I completely skipped my meds and I think that was the reason for my waking up in a full sweat and yet feeling cold two nights. Such joy it was.
I’ve heard from one of the girls a bit this past week and while the news has been down, I’m just happy knowing they are alive. It is a shame I am so bloody helpless though. I can’t do a thing for them. Sigh…
Friday was the “haircut expedition”. It was okay. The car ride there was an hour or so of feeling like I was on the verge of hurling though. It has been a while since car sickness had affected me so much. Simply put, I was miserable. When arriving into town, we stopped to eat brunch and I did fine with that. We then headed to the mall. I was still a bit queasy.
We looked around a bit and stopped by Lens Crafters to look around. I needed new lenses and my mom needed glasses solely meant for bifocals. We picked out some we liked and soon my mom had to head for her hair appointment. Therefore, we separated.
I wandered about the mall. It has stores that I never knew existed before. They were mainly clothing and shoe stores though. That isn’t my style. I did buy three tank tops for about eight dollars each at Foot Locker though. The ones I am still wearing now are like… three years old.
After that I headed to Earthbound. I meandered and looked at things. Not much was new, so I highly doubted I’d buy anything. Well, there were no worries in that. I glanced at my watch to find it was twelve on the dot. I rushed out of there because that was the exact time my appointment started and I just so happened to be on the other side of the mall.
I got there in time though. My hair was washed and then I got my usual cut. I’ve found after all these years I still only understand half of what my hair stylist is saying. Still, she’s cool. She knows my hair and she’s nice. That is all that matters.
After that, I paid, left a tip and then headed off to read a book I brought along with me. It still annoys me that the mall no longer has a bookstore. That is bloody evil.
So… i read for an hour or so. The book was good so far. When it was two, I decided to check on my mom. She was just getting her hair dried and styled, so I settled down and just watched. Soon enough she was through and my sister popped up. We were to eat lunch with her.
Well, before that happened, we stopped by the glasses store again. We browsed again and wound up getting glasses completely different from our first selections. My sister even found a pair of aviator sunglasses that fit her. Finally, we got around to paying for the buggers though. That took a while. My sister began getting restless and my mom was tired. I do just fine waiting, so I just sat there as usual.
Well, the place didn’t take insurance, so my mom almost didn’t get the second pair of glasses if she had to pay half a thousand dollars for them. A discount was doable though and it became a more acceptable price. Mom paid for hers. Then it was my turn. I found out I’m so blind my lenses are like coke bottle ends. I just knew I was happy I wasn’t born back in my mother’s time. I would have been stuck with those depressing, wide-rimmed, dork glasses. Because of this though, I had to get the priciest lens design due to how thick it would be. Without the discount it would have been around seven-hundred freaking bucks. Instead I got them with a discount. I paid five-hundred and something… pretty much my bank account is near empty. I had enough to buy my groceries though until my next check. As long as there is no over-draft or whatever it is called, I’m fine.
I’ll be getting mine shipped to me in ten days. Since I have such… “special” needs in my order, mine wouldn’t take an hour to do. Bah… Oh, well. I can wait.
We finally got out of there slight before three thirty then. We left, stopped by a soup and salad buffet and my sister was kind enough to pay for both my mom and me. We ate, we talked, my sister asked my mom about how she and dad got engaged and to our disbelief and amusement she didn’t even remember. She admitted some other things to us too that assured us their beginning was no where near romantic. I couldn’t help but laugh.
Well, after that we parted ways. Sister had to get to work and we had to head home. I was lucky this time around because I slept most of the way back. I think I sort of forced it too. I was not in the mood to be conscious for another two-hour trip of being carsick.   Well, we got home about ten to twenty minutes before seven… Yeah, apparently it took three hours. I guess Mom ran into traffic some point.
I headed to my room, semi-unpacked and found an email from one of the girls. It was worrisome, but nothing is certain yet. Sigh.
I can’t remember the rest of the night after that really, but I did watch television with Mom as usual. I also got some writing in on that second story at least. I hit the bed at eleven thirty as well.
Despite the early bedtime, I wound up waking up at twelve today. Oh, well. My meds were never given to me, so I took them four hours off schedule. Oh, well on that too. I ate half a peanut butter sandwich and then took a shower. With that my dad and I headed for groceries. We went, we shopped, we bought, we loaded, we went home, we unloaded and we then put up.
When things were done and settled again, I went to my room and read the rest of the book I started the day before. It took me about four hours or so to read it. Now it is evening. Whoo…
Well, that is all. Bah.