it IS a vacation after all!

today's to-do:
- run - CHECK
- balance checkbook - CHECK
- unpack bags - CHECK
- do laundry - half CHECK
- do dishes - vicarious CHECK
- go to grocery - in process

the checkbook balanced, but is rather sparse. not sure exactly where all the money's going, but on the other hand, no checks are bouncing and we're still making the mortgage each month and we have new socks & underwear. i tend to get a wee bit nervous about money and am constantly keeping track. my old man's much more laid back about it - knowing it will all work out - so we're a pretty good pair as far as money's concerned. i usually know the bank balance to the penny and he usually knows how to use what money there is to have the most possible fun. like, buying new socks & underwear.

unpacked the bags and did a couple loads of laundry. there's more laundry to be done, but at least i got started, eh? some of the warsher & dryer space is taken up by a pair of pants that i am fairly certain are the be-all end-all of pantsness but which are a smidge too wide and a double smidge too long. i am washing them and drying them over & over again in hopes they'll shrink up a smidge or two. yeah, i know... but i got them on sale and they're really superior hiking pants with pockets & shizzle!

MY OLD MAN DID THE DISHES! superior! cleaned up all that sticky syrupy mess from breakfast. he even swept the floor and wiped the counters off. yeah, he's good for more than spending money.

ran 4 miles in 38:44. this might not sound too good to you, but then you're not me, are you? we'll go with "superior" on this one, too.

so, i did all that and was fixing to go to the grocery and i was like - hey, maybe i would like to go sit at the coffee shop and do some computing and have a scone before i go to the grocery. so, i came on down and walked in, and i was so happy to see an open booth, so i put down my way-too-big-bc-i-don't-have-a-netbook bag, and this guy came from like out of the back and was coming toward me with that oh-no-you-din't look. so i go - «were you sitting here?» he goes - «we still are.» i declined to point out that clearly, they were not currently sitting anywhere as they - this man & a woman - sort of materialized there and proceeded to plant themselves in the booth.

so, i pleasantly picked up my bag and asked the counter-guy were there any other places with power plugs b/c my computer is wack and cannot run on battery alone. he showed me a table in the back, and then he nodded towards The Couple In The Booth and said, «but, they're leaving soon.» i was like - «really?» and he was like, «yeah, they've been there over an hour and she has to get back to work, and he has to cut me some tomatoes.» a-ha. mr oh-no-you-din't works here. interesting.

i piddled with the coffee and piddled with the scone and finally went outside and sat down to have coffee & scone sans computer. ::sigh:: very sad. i had just finished answering a couple emails via iphone [fabulous, really, but not like a real computer, eh?] when lo & behold, mr oh-no-you-din't and ms long-luncher came out. so, i packed up the iphone and picked up my coffee and walked in to grab the table, but there was somebody sitting there. and, it was not just anybody. it was counter-guy. i go - «are you holding my table for me?» he grins & goes - «yep!» and hops up and goes back to work.

superior!