Celebrate - October 19, 2024

I need to be doing stuff instead of sitting here on the back porch in my housecoat, with a space heater running at my feet.

At 6:00 tonight, we'll be going to a birthday party for our step-granddaughter, who turns 13 today.  I do not have a present for her because I have been unable to decide what to get her.  She is tiny, and every garment I've ever bought for her was too large.  I've given her tons of art supplies and make-up.  The only thing I can think of that might delight her is money that she can spend as she wants.  My plan is to buy her a clear plastic purse/bag (you gotta have those to get into almost any venue these days) and put a gift card in it.  I have been keeping an eye out for those clear bags in the few stores I go to because I've wanted one myself, but I haven't found any.  Yesterday on my way home from work, I stopped at a shopping center where there were about three stores that *might* have a plastic purse.

When I parked and looked down to get my purse, I saw my office laptop in the floorboard.  I'd have to either take the laptop into the store(s) or leave it in the car and risk having it stolen.  It is HEAVY.  It is in a lime green computer bag that stands out against dark upholstery and carpet, screaming "hey, criminal, look over here!"  I was not willing to risk leaving it. 

Neither was I willing to lug it into the stores.  It must weigh 20 pounds, and so did my schlepping bag, and I was already exhausted.  Phase II, Part B kicked my butt this week.  Before I could officially begin to organize the Part B files, about 30 heavy boxes had to be moved so that I could get to the legal-size file cabinets I would need.  Some of the boxes needed to be heaved atop the file cabinets.  I could have made some phone calls and borrowed some muscle, but the process would have taken days, so I moved the boxes myself and got on with the sorting.  I spent two days on my feet sorting files.  I decided to high-tail it home and deal with finding the purse today.

I am hoping to find one at the annual community festival that's going on in town today. We're  

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As I was writing this post, The Husband interrupted me to go to the festival to eat junk from the food trailers for lunch.  It was a nice day, so we took the top off the Wrangler and rode in style.  We walked around for a couple of hours, saw a bunch of people we knew, stood for some selfies.  We did find some yummy treats, but the lines were long.  By the time we sat down on some hay bales to eat, my neck and shoulder muscles and feet were going, "WTF did you DO?"  We left as soon as we finished eating, aiming to go to another town to find the #*!&@ clear purse.  But - HALLELUJAH! - on our way out, I poked my head in a store and they actually had the perfect purse(s).  I came home, bought the gift card online, painted a birthday card, and tucked it all into a gift bag.  Then I texted my daughter-in-law, "Is the party still on for 6?"

Guess what?

"Oops."  Something came up, and they postponed the party for two weeks and forgot to tell me. 

I said, "You mean I changed drawers today for NOTHING?"

Whatever.  

At least I can stop sweating the gift.  :)