Stan and I went to the Walmart Supercenter last night just before midnight. It's easier to go do my grocery shopping that late, than to take all 3 kids during the day.
The rain. I've never felt such a cold rain. By all rights it should have been snow. It felt colder than ice from the freezer and it was coming down in sheets. The wind was blowing so hard it had the shopping carts from one end of the lot to the other. They were crashing into cars and trucks like out of control carnival cars.
A Supercenter usually feels like the set for a "Night of the Living Dead" movie to me anyway - add the rain and wind and those carts blowing around helter skelter, and I was certain that was the wrong place to be after midnight. We got our groceries and headed home, but the rain and wind never let up.
I was so sure I'd wake to a big snow this morning, but there's nothing out there but frost. I didn't know it frosted on a soaked ground. Shows how much I know, doesn't it?
It's still dark out there - trying to get light, but so far the dark is winning.
Joel was crying for a bottle while ago, and Bon woke me by punching my arm, as if to say it was my turn. I got up to feed him and change him, it was easier than trying to get her awake to do it and meant less crying for him. A baby crying for too long drives me up a wall. *laughs* I'm semi deaf from my ears being plugged up with this cold but the crying still gets in and goes straight to my brain, much, I imagine, the way encephelitis would. Bon fell to sleep in here watching a movie with me on the Independant Film Channel, or she'd not have been here to punch my arm like that. Tonight, I'm locking my door!
Mom got me a set of sheets for Christmas, 200 thread count and I really like them. I figured Stan might like a set for his bed too so while we were at Walmart last night I tried to find him some, but they either had 180 count or 300. I got him the 300. When I put them on his bed last night, I wondered if anyone has ever been bumped off for their sheets. Boy those were fine. I think now, my mission in life is to try the highest thread count sheets they make on earth. I wonder what that number would be? (I'm teasing about bumping someone off for their sheets - he probably won't like them anyway.. he'll think they're too stiff, I bet, and I'll get to have them anyway!) a-ha-ha!
I got myself another set of sheets, flannel ones. They had them on sale for 21 dollars to fit my bed. I got a set of twin flannel sheets for the day bed as well, for 8 bucks. Mikyla will love them. :)
Mallory is doing much better now. She ate like crazy yesterday, and played a lot. She got tired quicker, and napped a couple of times, but all in all, she's on the way to well. Thank God.
I've got the tree down now, and most of the inside decorations are down as well. Everything is in a pile in the den and waiting to be put into boxes. I might do that today. I've not decided as yet... it's too much like work to really commit myself to it.
We're going to Lisa's for New Year's Eve.. Bonnie's off and Sarah will be home by then, so I won't have to babysit. I can just relax and enjoy it. New Years day though, Bonnie works, but Sarah doesn't.. so I'll just have one baby to watch after, so that still means no drinking. Not that I would anyway, but who can really say for sure?
I used to love winter, but God I wish this one would go away and do it fast.
Posted by juel at December 30, 2003 07:38 AM