OK, had a scruffy start. Friday night, after
madeofmeat and divinemissb left, I started to plan for the next day. I knew I wanted to get up and go get the oil changed in my car, so I hit The Box, which is where the cash for my car work was being kept. See, when we got the tax money in this year, a chunk was set aside for things the car needed done, and I've been promising myself I'd do them before I used the rest for any fun. A grand went into The Box, and a few bucks have come out of it for gas or food here and there, and I needed to know how much was left. Imagine my surprise to find it was down to $350. Yeah, THAT put me in a great mood. The cash for myself was still available, so it wasn't like I couldn't get the car done, just meant I'd have less for me. Yeah, high fuckin' point of the week. Passed out in a rotten mood.OK, up entirely too early, like 5am or so after 4 hours sleep, with a raging sore throat. Original plan was to go out and get my paycheck cashed, get my weekly comics, and go get the oil changed. Since I was already awake, though, hit Oil Can Henry's when they opened at 8 and managed to get the oil changed, fuel filter replaced, and the dead lights in my turn signals, etc., replaced, all for about $100. OK, damn good start and all done fast.
Back home, relax a bit, go out to the bank with Dianna, get food, get comics, head home again. Even got a random phone call from
cobie in there. I still want a tune-up done on the car, and find a Meineke not far from the house. In the end, turned out I was able to get the car in the same day and had it finished by 6, and all for $70. Dude was a little weirded out with the condition of the car being so good for being 20 years old, which makes me feel good about the damn thing.Stopped in at the comic/game shop across town since I was right by it, picked up a couple card games (Give Me The Brain and Grave Robbers From Outer Space), stopped off at Target and got Erik a couple birthday presents (and me a couple of movies), and closed out the night with dinner and a trip down to the Hollywood theatre to see Pan's Labyrinth, which was excellent. Even for the various things that seemed forced or a little cheesy, the movie was very, very good. High marks. Ran into
royhuggins while I was there, which was cool, since I haven't seen him in a coon's age.Good sex and good sleep....and the morning is starting well. *sigh* Gonna relax and enjoy it while it lasts, as we'll have Erik here soon and I gotta do laundry and dishes and...well, back to real life.