Finally Friday! What a long week it has been...and I haven't been the most charming belle the last few days. The weather hasn't helped, that's for sure. These cold, windy, damp days make me lethargic (not that I'd be doing jumping jacks when the sun finally does decide to shine again - belles don't do jumping jacks....cartwheels, maybe..), but on days like this all I want to do is crawl under the quilt and hibernate.
Potentially bad news for my wimpy budget today. I have a bad tire. Driver's side front tire to be exact. Two broken steel? belts? At least that's what I've been told, after having one of the guys at work drive it around this morning to check it out for me. He said "You have maybe another week left on that tire." Christ. Another week? How's he know another week? Could blow today. Could blow tomorrow. Could it wait and blow after Christmas????? He wasn't optimistic. The good (actually couldn't be better) news is that someone I work with is GIVING me a tire. A good one. A fairly new one. An even better brand of tire than I have now. All I have to do is take it to the tire shop and have them take the "about-to-blow-any-minute-or maybe not" tire off, and put the new one on. What a nice thing to do, give someone a tire....
Tomorrow I'll be Christmas shopping. With mom. I'm trying hard to get psyched. I haven't been Christmas shopping since, well since last Christmas. I don't imagine it's changed much. I don't do well in crowds. Especially noisy, pushy crowds. I'm so much of a homebody. Easily reclusive. Plus....I have to leave Scott at home, and I much prefer his company over any relative I can think of, including and especially my mother. There is a bright spot, though. Carebear (oldest daughter) is tagging along, and she's always fun to be with. She's so much like me.....lol !
Almost time for O'Reilly, so I'm off to make a salad for dinner and settle under that quilt I've fantasized about all week. Cheers :)
Meow!
