What a long day. I didn't take a lunch, and I worked a little late when it turns out I shouldn't have. There was something I should have taken care of but I was too late. It will be a must do tomorrow, which is what I was wanting to avoid.
After school I took the kids to the mall because we needed to eat, exchange a gift that Shelby received recently, and get a haircut for Darby. With our time contraints, it seemed best to go somewhere we could get all that done at once.
When we go to the mall, the girls always beg for Chick-Fil-A. They are big fans, and Shelby is practically a chicken herself judging by how much of it she eats. I tried to get them to go to the A&W restaurant, but they couldn't be swayed. Speaking of A&W, did you know that the W stands for Wright (the A stand for Allen)? I only learned in the last few months, and was mildly shocked by the news (see for yourself). The downside of CFA is that the kid's meals don't come with toys, they come with an ice cream cone. If we don't have a list of things to do, it's not a problem, but on nights like tonight we could have done without it. I don't know about your kids (if you have them), but mine aren't exactly speedy (or non-messy) with the ice cream eating.
After dinner we tried to exchange the jacket my sister got Shelby for her birthday for a larger size, but as it turns out, that mall no longer has a Gap, though I know it used to. So we'll have to do that another time.
Next came Darby's haircut, or trim anyway. Her bangs needed to be reduced, and she wanted the rest of it a little shorter, too. I think it took us longer to wait for her turn than it did for the actual cut. Fortunately I had Shelby bring her homework so she could be doing that while we waited. I should have done the same for Darby, though I did ask her to bring her reading book in, but she forgot it. She isn't half-way through her book and she has to have it finished by the end of September, yet she keeps forgetting to bring it. I've told her to take it everywhere and just read it when she can, but she hasn't quite perceived the urgency.
While we were at the mall, I picked up a copy of New Found Glory's latest album, Catalyst. I actually went in for Green Day's new album, but it's not out until next week. On Tuesday morning as I parked my car at work, Green Day was playing on the radio. And when I left it, Green Day was on the radio again (different song) when I started the car. So I thought they're playing so much GD that surely their new album must have come out this week, as I knew it was due out in September. But no, it was not out. So I "settled" for NFG, but it was by no means a bad deal. I've been wanting to get their latest for some time now anyway, it just kept getting pre-empted by something else that I wanted just a little more.
So we left the mall, but we still had to stop by the grocery store for milk, which we ran out of this morning, and shampoo for the girls. Would you believe they've been "washing" their hair with conditioner the last couple of days? I get that Suave kids shampoo for them, but the shampoo and conditioner bottles look identical (just different colors... and words), and I must have picked up the wrong stuff this past weekend. So here I thought we were good to go for a bit with regard to hair care products, but then Darby says last night after her bath... "Dad, did you know we are out of shampoo and we have two conditioners?"
Grrr. So what have you been doing these last couple of days about your hair?
Turns out they've been using the "new shampoo" (conditioner), and then using the conditioner we already had on hand. So we definitely needed to rectify that tonight.
It was something like 8:20 when we got home, and the girls still had to take their baths. And Darby still had ALL of her homework to do. AND she had to practice piano for lessons tomorrow. While Shelby got to bed a little after nine, Darby was up past ten-thirty.
Maybe it's just me, but that seems to add up to being a long day. I mean, we didn't have a game, which was good, but I'm still tired like we did.
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So it's basketball sign-up time at Darby's school, and she is on my case big time to get signed up (I swear if she asks me again I'm "losing" that darn paper). I have a week to get her on the list and I'm pondering. I got all in her kool-aid about the hard time she gives me with softball and piano (both of which she asked to do) and school, but still wanting yet another activity. I want to put her on the team (everyone keeps saying she's tall for her age), but we can't drop softball at this point, and every time I indicate it's time to drop piano, she says she really wants to stay in. But I'm weary of the overload factor (hers, not mine).
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And for the best news of the day, not related to free dinner (see previous post comments), my best friend Jim in Philly informed me that he has successfully acquired nice tickets to the Phillies game on Sunday. Here's an approximation of the view we'll have (strangely, we both have VUEs, but neither look as good as this one). Jim, you rock.
Hard to beat flying to Philly over the weekend for a ballgame. I mean wedding. For that wedding, that's the important part. Then ballgame. I think. Sorry Jen.
(it must be said, though, that if Ivan gets to Philly by Sunday and ruins the game, I will be seriously bummed)
UPDATE 16 SEP: JIM ROCKS HARDER
He got BETTER seats than I noted earlier. Here's an updated perspective.
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