Yesterday was dad's birthday. He is now 55. AARP sent him his "permanent" (read: plastic) card. He's so proud.

Mom asked what he wanted to do for dinner--we usually go out for birthdays--and he wanted to try El Taco Grande, the new one. It was formerly Don Manuel and then the Batavia Family Restaurant (all since Easter of last year). This is ( Read more... )

Sadly, Hearing Test Day was not today. No, today was simply boring. However, yesterday was full of win ( Read more... )

So today started off good. It was Lunch with Karyn Day, yay!
Except Karyn was, erm, uh, slightly late. To the point where the hostess at Claddagh asked if perhaps we were supposed to meet at the one in Algonquin. No, definitely the Geneva one. So I called (on my rarely-used cell phone...yes, I do have one) and we rescheduled the time and I ( Read more... )

Laura and I finally got together today. I haven't seen her since the whole Derek experience, and since camp was a month ago it was time I assaulted her with showed her my pictures. And, since my mom had plans with her own friends (and still isn't home yet...hmm...), that meant she would be gone and I could sneak Laura in to see the pics. (Mom's ( Read more... )

Today required much patience. Overall, it was okay.
The bad news: I did not get Sox tickets. At least I tried.
The good news: I hung out with Laura, including a trip to Cold Stone (mmm). And we played this odd little game called Booktastic that ended up being pretty okay. However, it is late, and I am tired, and since I'm off tomorrow I may ( Read more... )

Another one of those days that you think you know how they'll be, but you're wrong. In a good way.

So Laura briefly mentioned last week that she was interested in going to see The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, and since she is off on Tuesdays and I managed to get the day off, I suggested going today. Then I never heard back, so I said, that ( Read more... )