In 48 hours we'll be in St. Lucia.

I've been too busy to be excited just yet....it might help if I actually packed something!

Yesterday I decided I was going to try and get some errands run. My day went something like this:

• Left the house at 11:45. Stopped a couple of times on the way to the post office.
• Arrived at the post office to mail some MK at 12:15. Post office closes at 12.
• Went to Target. (If you're from Conyers, you'll understand the geographical frustration of the next five or six bullets.)
• Called Mrs. Lisa. Oddly, I don't have service in the middle of Hwy. 138. My phone has officially given up the ghost.
• Went to Circuit City. They tell me I'm within my warranty (1 yr) and I'm not eligible to upgrade my phone until the year is up (June 16). The lady tells me I have to take my phone to the Verizon store by Stonecrest.
• Went to Wal-Mart. I have a list of about 12 things I'm supposed to get for the Brock's. Wal-Mart has...um, about 5.
• Tried to call Mrs. Lisa back on phone. Doesn't work. Hung up on Mrs. Monica by mistake.
• Stopped to fill up my tank. Stitched my left shoulder and hip up from having to pay an arm and a leg at the Shell station. Kate Webb used to say that we should ride cows because they're cheaper. At $4 a gallon, Bessie is looking better and better.
• Went to the Dollar Tree.
• Almost went back to Target; decided instead to go to the Target at Stonecrest (I'll drop off my phone!)
• Went to the Verizon store. They tell me it'll be 4:15 when it's ready (it's 3:00 at this time.)
• Went to Target. Found a couple more things I needed on the aforementioned list.
• Went to Marshall's. Lots of people. Shopping for clothes for other people is not my favorite thing in the world. Will they like it? Will it fit? Will it be "too"...anything? The cash registers at Marshall's beckon the waiting customers...didn't realize this. "Register 3 is now available. Next customer, please proceed to register 3." Interesting.
• I've been up since 8:30 this morning with nothing to eat. At this point I'm not hungry but it's approximately 104 degrees. An ice cream and sweet tea from McDonald's sounds good. It is not until I get in the drive-through line at Mickey D's that the hunger kicks in. I added a burger to the list and parked for a minute.
  
• Back to Verizon. They tell me they can't fix my phone and they'll replace it. Because it's not under warranty (did you catch that?) I'll have to pay $50. The man says that technically I got the phone in May. Since I've had it for more than a year, I ask if I can go ahead and upgrade (the Voyager...that's what I really want!). No, they say, because even though I've had the phone for over a year the upgrade date goes one year from the last contract change (in July.) I look at him calmly and say, "I'm so confused. I've gotten four different dates from four different people." He replies, "I'm going to go ahead and take care of the $50 charge as a courtesy." Courtesy? Good thing--I was ready to cry all over his credit card machine.
• Back to Conyers to Bath and Body Works. They don't have everything that I need, but...I got a bunch of stuff for the Brock's and stuff for me as well (this made me feel a little better, at least.)
• Went to Staples looking for Epson printer cartridges. (This is the third place I've looked.) Nothing.
• Called Marie for directions to John's softball game. She says, "has Casey called you?" Long story short, he's working at the church and wanted to know if I could pick up some food for the kids. I was headed that way anyway so I stopped in. We talked and commiserated together for a bit (this made me feel a tad better as well.) I find out John's game is postponed so we went to Cozumel to grab dinner.
• Cozumel is closed...apparently there's some holiday I missed.
• We go to Red Lobster. Yum.
• John's game started at 7:30. I get to the field about 8:15 (how long do most softball games last?) I pull in to Marie's phone call. "Where are you?" "I'm walking toward the field; I just parked." "There's 14 seconds left." I tried to get there, I really did...oh well. I hope he knows it's the thought that counts.
• Katy's game started right after I got there. I stayed until the 6th inning when they called mercy (the score was like 9 to 22 or something)...at least Katy's team won. :)
• Home...shower....nice. :) I finally got in the bed around midnight.

Wow. Long day. Today has been some better...church was good and I have been productive today. More to come later!

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