Getting ready for vacation!

Thursday, June 11, 2015

I woke up just before ten this morning, and stayed there in bed doing my usual tableting and reading, waiting for my friend Bert to call me when she was ready to do some running.  She was going to follow me to Tire Discounters to pick me up so we could run errands and have lunch, then go back and get my car when they were done with it.

She finally called a little after one, and off we went.  When I dropped my car off, he told me that it would be 5:30-6:00 before it would be ready.  What??!!  I wasn't quite expecting that long of a wait, but what the hell?  It is what it is.  Me and Bert can kill that much time easily!  We texted Teresa to see if she was up to joining us, but she wasn't, so it was just the two of us.
We left TD and headed on down 125.  We had both done our other errands on the way done the road, so it was just time for lunch.  After some discussion, we decided on Butterbee's, since we hadn't been there in a while.
We got the Tailgate Sampler first, then took our time choosing our true 'meals.'  She finally got the Old School Burger with waffle fries, and I got the Major (Minor?) League Burger, which I added bacon to, with waffle fries.  We then sat there enjoying our lunch and talking, talking, talking, as we usually do.

Luckily, TD called me a little after three, saying that they were done with my tire rotation, and I could come pick up my car when I was ready.  Man, what a difference from 5:30!  We still sat there for a little while, enjoying the time away from home, which was really for Bert (her home situation is a little rough right now) and I didn't want to rush her.  It was enough to know that my car was done.
We went to get my car when we were ready, and she waited while I went in to get my keys.  She's a great friend.  We have a friendly little argument all the time over who has the better friends.  Ha!

Ron texted me that he was on his way home as I was picking up my keys, too, so by the time I got home, he was there, too.  That was nice.
He and I spent some time looking over his work calendar and figuring out how many of his vacation days he needed to claim over the next two weeks (he gets paid a week behind), so that we'll have spending money if we decide to do something the week he's on vacation, and then the week he is ON vacation, so that his paycheck won't be so weak that following week.  It's a fine line....

We watched an episode of Starsky and Hutch, which he fell asleep during.  Then he went to take his shower, then he made his own supper - an egg sandwich - because I wasn't hungry.  We watched Bones and dead guys - well, I watched Bones and dead guys because, you guessed it, he fell back asleep - and that was our evening.  I did eat a bowl of cereal around ten.  I don't want to have a sugar low during the night!

No plans tomorrow, really.  I do have to go uptown and do some banking, but that's all.  I might have some lunch, but, then again, I might not.  I really enjoyed having lost that 5 pounds!