February 21, 2015

I kept waking up this morning and was so sad about going to work…until I realized it was Saturday and I didn't have to go to work.  Still, trouble getting back to sleep.  Big Uggghh.  It was a lazyish up-time, especially when Maggie was invited to go out to breakfast with friends. It wasn’t too long til she was home, though and we left around 11:30 for our shopping extravaganza (I dreaded the mere thought as I hate clothes shopping, but I was looking forward to spending time with Maggie).  

We got to TJ Maxx and I sent Maggie off in one direction and I went off in mine…like a lost child.  She was back pretty quickly as there wasn’t much in her size – as for me?  I struggled to find things.  I found an interesting neutral cardigan, a black tshirt and a gray tshirt, but jeans?  Pants?  Nothing that I liked.  I DID get a pair of nice black shoes that have a small heel which isn’t separated from the front –  I’m not sure what those are called.  THEN! A pair of nice orange Converse in honor of the Giants – this makes 6 pairs.  The shoes were the most expensive parts, and I felt neck tension as we got in the car.  I hate spending money like this.  We headed to Maggie’s next place – Styles for Less, which is a place I shopped as a teen, and I couldn’t help myself – it was set up so nicely that I started collected different tops and soon had a nice little collection.  I used all sorts of gift cards  and was thrilled that my total was $16.00  Suddenly, I was enjoying shopping.  I still needed jeans, though – so Maggie and I headed down the hill to Old Navy…and here I could have cried.  Even the size 12 were not a good fit and I hated the material(my own sensorial issues).  This is what my stupid skinny jeans are and why I didn’t look carefully and get regular type jeans, I’ll never know.  

Target is the place where I bought the last jeans that fit really well – though it has been hard finding the size (10), and now I was in a 12, <teardrop> but we went and I begrudgingly had various size 12 pants to try.  I had a question for the lady by the changing rooms – “What is the Rrrrrrr?  The Ssssss?  The Lllllll” sounding them all out as if I were at a Montessori sound table.  It was rather amusing. Maggie was in the changing room with me and for the first time all day, I couldn’t balance in trying on my pants.  I was also saddened by my “fluffiness”; I’ve been walking, becoming more active, monitoring my eating, and down a few pounds, but still, I’m too fluffy.  

We had an hour and 45 minutes until we needed to pick up Ethan and we were both hungry – so in honor of our friends at Dunder-Mifflin, we headed to Chilli’s and after a delightful lunch-dinner, we walked back to Target to get some towels and something for Ethan.  I think I may almost be an adult.  I have clothes now which I can mix and match in a variety of ways, and I bought additional bath towels.  This growing up thing is kinda fun!

We picked Ethan up at his friend’s house – he’d had a blast at a paintball adventure and was telling me all sorts of stories.  When we got home, I was the recipient of another part of being a grown-up:  the ER bill:  originally over $25,000 ($10,000 for the CT scan alone, which averaged to $222 a minute), after insurance it is $5,200.  Better yes, but still!!!!  I will call the hospital billing department.  Ohhhh, mannnnn.   I also got my first cell phone bill - $173, which is about $50 higher than I was told, so I’m going back to AT&T to talk about that bill, too.  The dogs were very happy and after the shock of the bills, I got right to cleaning out the closet, my dresser, my shoes and doing laundry.  Boy is watching Good Mythical Morning, Girl is waiting so we can watch The Office, so I gotta get. 

Pictures:  My awesome daughter with her new board and my Steal Your Face Grateful Dead hoodie.; A blanket of fog as we drove down the hill; Inside Chilli's, where she forged my signature (with my permission and license so she could see how to sign my name) to pay the bill;