Friday I woke up briefly to eat breakfast and do a bit of chores. My legs were bloody stiff, so walking was awkward. Later, I wound up dosing. I’m not sure what the time was when we left, but we hit the road for a town not too far away from where we live and there my mom would treat me to a meal and we’d shop a bit. Well, she’d shop a bit. We stop by there each December so she can get some Christmas shopping done.
We stopped by a quilt store… I think it was called Linen-n-More, a place called Hen Feathers, crossed the street and checked out as store called The Back Porch, after that we went to Remember Me, Too and a shop called Grasshopper and Wild Honey. When Mom got all the things she needed, we head back up the street and then ate lunch at a German style restaurant called Der Lindenbaum. I got my birthday meal of German potato salad and my mom got her helping of soup and salad. After that, I mentioned making gingerbread cookies this year. I’ve never had them and we’ve never made them… so we stopped by a place with a German name that translated to “The Kitchen”. It was a particularly big place! We managed to find cat and boy cookie cutter shapes and Mom got some sort of nut thing. After that we headed for home.
Once home we unpacked the few bags and settled down a bit. At four I had an appointment to see Wynne. We left for that soon enough and it was basically small talk. We left around four forty-five then and stopped by a store so I could get myself some more water and Mom got herself some popcorn. We got back home around five then.
Dad came home after that and we settled down in the sewing room. I learned earlier in the day that my sister was going to stop by to stay the night. Yes, she would arrive back from Hawaii.
Well, soon enough she arrives. She unloads and then shows us some souvenirs she brought back as well as talks about how her trip went. I was tired, so I didn’t pay much mind.
After that it was decided that the night would become a movie night. Yes, that was what the popcorn was for, but my sister made some homemade kind for us. So, once we got the DVD player all set and the popcorn was cooked we went to the living room and watched The Sandlot. I hadn’t seen the movie since forever, so I caught onto some things I didn’t back when I was a kid. It was pretty okay.
When all of that was over we went our own ways. Mom and I cleaned up the mess my sister left from her cooking. After that Mom headed to the sewing room again to watch some TV and my dad went to bed. I followed his lead. I was tired and by then my legs were dead.
The next morning I got up to eat some breakfast. My legs were killing me. Walking on hard concrete at a considerable pace Thursday and then walking on concrete sidewalks Friday… my calves were tense. I decided it was now time to resort to heat since massaging them last night didn’t work.
So, my mom produces a heating pad for me and I make use of it. I of course wind up falling asleep again. It is eleven thirty when I wake up again. It is time to get groceries. I get up but my legs are stills tiff and my dad sees me stumble/hobble. It is determined… going to get groceries would be troublesome. So, I stayed home.
I ate some lunch then and did some chores once that was accomplished. I spent the rest of the day mostly in my room. I did help put up groceries when Dad got back though.
Around four my sister was taking a shower and screamed about cold water… I was out of it, so I didn’t really pay attention. There was more yelling from her later. I found out she intended to leave for somewhere, claimed she told us and needed a map to find the place. Dad tried to print the map out from his computer but something was wrong with the printer. Well, this put my dad in a sour mood so they “fought” and then my sister just left. I spent more time in my room.
Within the hour from then to six, Mom washed the dog, my brother came over and he and Dad started watching TV and I fixed myself some dinner and cleaned dishes.
I went to bed around seven because functioning was really difficult by then. I woke again around ten or so and have just been piddling on the computer. Whoo.