I wanted to post my thoughts about the tragedy in Haiti, and about how long it is STILL FUCKING taking relief to get to the people, despite days and days of relief being on the FUCKING ISLAND. But, I still don't have my thoughts all in order. And today, I had a lot to do, especially since I woke up at noon, well, I woke up earlier, but went back to sleep, even though I have my grandson. Just give him a lot of cereal and milk, and the remote control to his TV, and he's good to go. He even knows how to utilize On Demand!
Anyway, the weather forecast for Los Angeles says there are four storms heading this way starting tomorrow, and rain is predicted for more than a week. I realized that I did not have any shoes to wear in the rain, my last pair of boots having hit the garbage heap a few weeks ago. So, I knew I had to (1) watch some football (2) buy boots (3) buy my grandson boots since I discovered he doesn't have any either, and (4) do my grocery shopping.
Since Arizona was taking a drubbing in game one, I chose to set game two (Colts/Ravens) on tape, and hit the road at about 3 p.m. to buy boots. I was lucky to find a really cool, shit kicking type of boot, old school punk style, at only $30 and then found some imitation Timberlake (is that the brand?) for the grandson. Took the Dash bus (they are phasing out that line, and I am definitely pissed) home, dropped off the boots, then grabbed all the shopping bags I have and pulled out the granny cart and walked to Ralphs to do the weekly shopping. Even my Bacardi was on sale so I didn't have to make a separate trip to Smart & Final.
Made dinner for the grandkid, watched some football (Ravens were seriously deficient tonight) and ended up watching Disney Channel's "The Incredibles," which I never tire of. Now, "Up, Up And Away" is on, and the grandkid (after giving him a bath) is ensconced on my couch/bed watching it, and I'm having my cocktails and blogging!
My cold is almost over. I didn't have to take any medicine today, but still had to use tissues for the occasional sneeze and runny nose. Tomorrow, rain is forecast, and the two remaining football games that I actually give a shit about will be on. I think it will be a stay at home kind of day.
UPDATE:
The grandkid went to his swords, shields and superhero's box and found a cape, glasses, belt, and he kept running around yelling "up,up and away," and then jumping in the air. I sure hope he doesn't really try this, like off the roof or something!
Picture courtesy of Carrie's blurry cell phone at night, without a flash!
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Remember when Dr. Martens boots were the rage & people were walking around in the summer wearing them? They had cloth tags sewed to the outside just so other folks would know they were Dr. Martens & not from Sears.
Yeah, mine are fake Doc Martens! The rain started at about 2 this afternoon, but it has mostly been a slow drizzle. Wet, but not heavy downpour, and not windy.
Sorry you are infirm Carrie. I hope you are feeling better. J-E-T-S, LETS GO JETS JETS JETS! Sorry for the Chargers but sooo glad my Jets beat them. On to the Colts next week, and hopefully I will be sitting at the Superbowl on February 7th.
I'm better today, Tony, except for the damn Chargers' loss to the lowly effen Jets. They played a horrible game today, and as my most recent post indicated, I didn't even watch the fourth quarter, I was that sure they would not win.
Instead, Zaire and I worked for a couple of hours putting another Lego set together, a Star Wars ship. But, we got tired and my eyes and back hurt from bending over and looking at all the pieces! We'll finish it tomorrow.
He now has so many Lego sets that the big box I put them all in will have to be sorted out differently. I am going to sort the pieces by color and then by size. He has probably about ten sets now, and I gave up trying to keep them together by sets, so long as I keep each set's booklet which tells you step by step how to put it together. But it was so painstakingly slow tonight that I think the color separation will work better. Plus, Zaire after Christmas, took Luke and part of one of the other people in THIS set to his home, so even though we could put the full star ship together, we would be missing the major people. Oh well.
So, Tony, if they Jets are not in the Super Bowl, are you still going to the game?
Nope. I'll only be in Miami if the Jets are there. I've had season tickets since I was born. I took them over after my father died.
Funny that the only NY football game I ever went to was a Giants game, with you. Ha ha.
I know. I also have Giants tickets. Took them over when my father died too. I enjoyed Arizona last year too. It just worked out that the Giants were home when you were here.
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