Day 86

Friday, finally!  I get to sleep in tomorrow!!

Today was another day spent out and about.  I got my mini monster on the bus, then went and put gas in the truck...painful to the wallet, but necessary.  Then the plan was to go get my oil changed.  However, I pulled up at Jiffy Lube only to be told that they were short staffed and that the wait would be over an hour.  Since I had better things to do than sit around Jiffy Lube, I left and decided to hit the other one on the other side of the road on the way back through.

So, I headed off to Walmart to look for some things for Ben.  I will freely admit though that not everything I bought was for Ben.  I don't think he'd have much use for the carpet cleaning machine I bought, for instance.  However, I'm hoping our little carpeted room will thank me (once I get the thing out of the box, anyway).  I then went over to Staples, where I discovered that they don't sell plain old Staples brand index cards in quantities less than 500.  I got so distracted by that that I forgot to look for the other stuff I wanted to look for while I was there, and now I don't remember what that other stuff was.  Oh well.

Shopping completed, I headed to the other Jiffy Lube in town.  Luckily, they weren't as short staffed as the first one - plus, they have the distinction of being located right beside a Dunkin Donuts.  I went and ate lunch while I waited for them to finish up my truck, then I headed off again.  My last stop was one I should have made a week ago - stopping by the imaging center to pick up my mammogram films.  Unfortunately for me, I took too long to come get them (and they never bothered to call and remind me), so they've been mailed off to Fredericksburg, VA.  Now I have to remember to call up there and ask them to turn around and mail them back down here.  Fun stuff.

A little while after the kids got home from school, we were off again...this time to Beaulaville to drop Taryn off with her dad for the weekend.  I was very quickly reminded why I try my best not to leave base between 4:00 and 6:00 pm.  I believe we left around 4:15, and it was after 5:00 by the time we finally officially made it off base and onto the highway.  I find this a very sad state of affairs, since I only live 2-3 miles away from said highway.  Ah, the perils of being stranded...I mean stationed at this monstrosity of a base.

Today's picture is courtesy of Gabriel, sort of:

His school does this thing where the kids can get a bag of popcorn each Friday.  They can either bring a quarter to school with them, or the parents can purchase a 'Popcorn Pass' when it first starts - $8 for your child to get popcorn every Friday for the bulk of the school year.  However, today is a sad day for popcorn fans, as it was the last 'Popcorn Friday' of this school year.  I think we'll live, though.

And now, I'm off to bed before I fall asleep and get another sore neck; I'm still working on getting rid of the last one.  I shall return to regale you with my tales on day 87.