I really remember little detail when it comes to what has happened since my last entry. I’ll try, though. Saturday was normal except in the early afternoon Dad converted the leftover turkey into soup for when my eldest brother visited. He came the next day with his wife. I’m not sure when they arrived though since I was asleep at the time. There was the usual small talk until dinner started. There was the addition of a small bowl of green bean casserole, twice baked put-back potatoes and rolls to go with the soup. It was a pleasant visit and much laughter at the table. When dinner was over I cleaned up what I could and eventually wound up talking to Eryn about a story I started in 1999. She found it interesting and I offered to send it to her once I got my computer back as well as the Internet. She gave me her email and pretty soon it was time for them to leave. I remarkably stayed awake all through the visit and later into the night.
Monday to Wednesday was normal, I believe. I did my chores, ate my usual meals. Well, okay, Tuesday was different to some extent. Dad came home early, dropped my computer off and went to pick up Mom. I didn’t know if there needed to be anything done before I fiddled with it, so I just left it on the table. Dad soon returned with mom. I got the okay and so put the tower in place. Plugging all the cords in their places, I turned on my computer. To my great relief all of my writings were saved. Most of my music was saved as well and things on my desktop was recovered minus a fan art picture I did.
Well, I could only do a brief look over before it was time to go to yoga class. We had to leave early in order to drop my dad off to a basketball game he had to take pictures off for his work. So, yoga was gone to, done and then we headed back home for about fifteen minutes. Yes, “we”, as in my mom insisted I come with her to pick him up. Well, she forgot her phone so we couldn’t call him when we arrived, so Mom circled the car around for a while until she got a decent parking spot. The game finally ended and when Dad stepped out he managed to find us. Sadly, Mom did a poor job pulling out to drive to him, so we got stuck. He came over and they switched places. This of course meant Dad had to try to get the the front seat while passing through the narrow walking space in between our car and another car, manage to open the car door wide enough for him to squeeze himself through and try to get situated. Mom is so freakishly helpless sometimes. We got back home safely and soon Mom wanted to watch television, so we made quick meals and got in an hour of television.
I have no idea what I did the rest of that night… I’m pretty sure I took a shower at nine, but whether I stayed up all night in order to get my computer in order or went to sleep at a decent hour with plans to work on it the next day is unknown.
Wednesday I do not recall at all. I might have slept most of the day, worked on my computer most of the day or had a relatively usual day of chores, sleep and computer time well dispersed. I really don’t remember. Anyway, it was the last day my Mom had to work before her winter vacation. So, I do know that Wednesday night we were up watching television later than usual.
I don’t remember much of Thursday or Friday. I figure it was again pretty normal minus the likelihood that vacuuming didn’t occur as much if at all because my Mom was home. I am odd about that. I don’t like to vacuum when other people are in the house. Other than that, I know we went out to eat Chinese that night.
Saturday was normal for the most part except when my dad tried to hook me up to the home network for the Internet. That ended less that wonderfully. We gave up, got groceries and Dad called my brother to save the day. My second brother, the one who isn’t married, seems to the be computer guru among our lot. He arrived a while after Dad and I got the groceries, picked up my mother’s dog from his grooming appointment on the way home and put up groceries… Like magic, he got us all connected in just a small amount of time. He stayed over after that, watched television and what not. I think I fell asleep most of the afternoon.
Sunday, I slept like mad, so there isn’t much to remember anyway. Upon waking though, I found my Dad made dinner. We had Torta de Polenta. It was some strange cornmeal dish with peppers and other things mixed in from what I could tell. It wasn’t the best thing I’ve ever eaten, but it was okay. After eating I got to the chores I hadn’t gotten to that day due to sleep. The dishes weren’t so bad, there was a ton of laundry to fold and vacuuming was out of the question considering the time.
The rest of the night I believe I was mainly on my computer getting everything into a similar order to how it was before. The last few hours was spent reading over the first “book” of my story. Due to that, I went to sleep around three. I think I woke again at ten. I ate breakfast, did what chores I could while Mom is around and watched two and a half episodes of some sort of animal cop show Mom wanted me to see. By twelve thirty I had to go to bed again. I slept until about four this afternoon. Mom wanted to do a yoga class, so she woke me up. We left fifteen minutes later and did yoga for an hour or so. After we returned home I took a shower and made myself some supper. Soon enough Mom wanted to watch television.
Sigh… Admittedly, I am getting kind of sick of television. I have been for a while. Yeah, I like the shows, but watching television for two hours is enough for me. Sometimes it is too much for me… Therefore, my mom’s ability to stay up late and watch more shows than usual is wearing on me a bit. Come on season endings! Give me a break!
Oi… Well, my mind has been drained due to the lovely mind-numbing experience. I would have happily gone on to bed before typing this, but I know that if I put this off, I’ll forget everything. EVERYTHING… not that any thing I have written on this is significant… but damn it!
I’m going to bed. I’ll read this tomorrow, maybe edit it, after I’ve gotten some sleep or at least have my head cleared again.