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The Beaver's back!
I must have woken near 7:30am only to realize how poorly I was feeling. I went back to sleep a few times trying to thwart any potential hangover. But my efforts were fruitless. I felt terrible. Yet as bad as I felt, I couldn’t sleep. I decided to get out of bed just before 8:30am and head downstairs. I knew right away that I wasn’t ready for prime time. I quickly found the sofa where I went in & out of sleep a handful of times. When I finally got vertical it was 10:45am. Geesh!
I felt better for the extra sleep but by no means 100%. Mindy was up as well and I shared my condition with her. While the coffee brewed I managed to muster the energy to walk Ykraps. He’d been patient long enough. It was already 11am and the weather was looking promising. The clouds from Friday were parting over head and it got clearer with each passing minute.
Back at home I moved slowly from one thing to the next, being careful not to launch myself into full hangover mode. I had coffee and some toast with cream cheese. Even though it was sunny, the air was still chilly. Mindy & I spent some time on the deck soaking in the sunshine. Luckily, we had very little planned. We discussed two errands. One, to visit Value City Furniture to check out their plasma TV stands, and the other to visit Lowe’s to purchase our new kitchen faucet. That was it. Anything else would be considered add-ons. I headed out for my run near noon. By then I felt considerably better.
After my run I felt even better. Still, we took our time getting going, and I even tried napping. We left the house around 3pm. By then the weather was gorgeous – about 60 and sunny. I was still a little bummed that I let the lion’s share of the day go by without taking advantage of the lovely weather and completing some yard work. But there is always tomorrow. Mindy phoned Bob & Mary Ann to test their interest in hooking up for dinner. Turned out, Bob was feeling similar to me – poorly - go figure! They later called back and begged out.
We stopped at the Value City furniture located in Great Western. What a throw back! It’s located in the old grocery store at the center’s south end. There were a bunch of good ol’ boys working the floor. They approached us right away. I was mentally prepared for it and toyed with the fella some. We asked a question or two about a couple of the stands we liked. As we browsed the store Mindy snagged her shirt on a tack protruding from a cheap recliner. I alerted the salesman to the flaw. He seemed unfazed. He let us know that the two plasma stands we liked were out of stock until the end of April at the earliest.
We left Great Western destined for Lowe’s. Mindy asked that I make a quick stop home on our way so she could deal with some feminine issues. We arrived at Lowe’s about 20 minutes later. I already knew that I wanted to get some fertilizer and indoor flood light bulbs too. We shopped Lowe’s for about 45 minutes. We got everything we wanted – the faucet, fertilizer, and bulbs. We even got some ant spray.
We left Lowe’s hungry. Our first choice for food was the new Ding-Ho located on Phillipi Rd just north of the old Red Lobster. We weren’t sure that it was opened yet but decided to give it a go. The signage out front said opening soon but the lot was packed. We pulled in and wandered on in. They were open for business. Mindy gave our name and then we waited. Mindy ran across a friend from church dining. We chatted with her for a short time. Soon, we were called and seated. We ordered what we usually order, or at least I did. Not only was I hungry, I was thirsty too. An ice cold, fully leaded, Coke sounded terrific. By the time we ate our dinner appetizers we were both pretty full,but still had our main entrées to eat. Once they arrived, we managed to eat some of them. We always leave Ding-Ho with leftovers.
With full bellies & leftovers, we headed for home. Mindy had her heart set on hot tubbing, so soon after arriving home we readied the tub and got in for about 20 minutes. Back inside we watched a batch of make-over episodes. It’s amazing how transformed some of these people looked. A nip here and a tuck there… We headed for an early bed- time after TV. No wildness tonight!
I felt better for the extra sleep but by no means 100%. Mindy was up as well and I shared my condition with her. While the coffee brewed I managed to muster the energy to walk Ykraps. He’d been patient long enough. It was already 11am and the weather was looking promising. The clouds from Friday were parting over head and it got clearer with each passing minute.
Back at home I moved slowly from one thing to the next, being careful not to launch myself into full hangover mode. I had coffee and some toast with cream cheese. Even though it was sunny, the air was still chilly. Mindy & I spent some time on the deck soaking in the sunshine. Luckily, we had very little planned. We discussed two errands. One, to visit Value City Furniture to check out their plasma TV stands, and the other to visit Lowe’s to purchase our new kitchen faucet. That was it. Anything else would be considered add-ons. I headed out for my run near noon. By then I felt considerably better.
After my run I felt even better. Still, we took our time getting going, and I even tried napping. We left the house around 3pm. By then the weather was gorgeous – about 60 and sunny. I was still a little bummed that I let the lion’s share of the day go by without taking advantage of the lovely weather and completing some yard work. But there is always tomorrow. Mindy phoned Bob & Mary Ann to test their interest in hooking up for dinner. Turned out, Bob was feeling similar to me – poorly - go figure! They later called back and begged out.
We stopped at the Value City furniture located in Great Western. What a throw back! It’s located in the old grocery store at the center’s south end. There were a bunch of good ol’ boys working the floor. They approached us right away. I was mentally prepared for it and toyed with the fella some. We asked a question or two about a couple of the stands we liked. As we browsed the store Mindy snagged her shirt on a tack protruding from a cheap recliner. I alerted the salesman to the flaw. He seemed unfazed. He let us know that the two plasma stands we liked were out of stock until the end of April at the earliest.
We left Great Western destined for Lowe’s. Mindy asked that I make a quick stop home on our way so she could deal with some feminine issues. We arrived at Lowe’s about 20 minutes later. I already knew that I wanted to get some fertilizer and indoor flood light bulbs too. We shopped Lowe’s for about 45 minutes. We got everything we wanted – the faucet, fertilizer, and bulbs. We even got some ant spray.
We left Lowe’s hungry. Our first choice for food was the new Ding-Ho located on Phillipi Rd just north of the old Red Lobster. We weren’t sure that it was opened yet but decided to give it a go. The signage out front said opening soon but the lot was packed. We pulled in and wandered on in. They were open for business. Mindy gave our name and then we waited. Mindy ran across a friend from church dining. We chatted with her for a short time. Soon, we were called and seated. We ordered what we usually order, or at least I did. Not only was I hungry, I was thirsty too. An ice cold, fully leaded, Coke sounded terrific. By the time we ate our dinner appetizers we were both pretty full,but still had our main entrées to eat. Once they arrived, we managed to eat some of them. We always leave Ding-Ho with leftovers.
With full bellies & leftovers, we headed for home. Mindy had her heart set on hot tubbing, so soon after arriving home we readied the tub and got in for about 20 minutes. Back inside we watched a batch of make-over episodes. It’s amazing how transformed some of these people looked. A nip here and a tuck there… We headed for an early bed- time after TV. No wildness tonight!
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