June 17, 2008

• A Tuesday Full of Surprises

  This morning, the sound of thunder surprised me and woke me up with thunder, lightning, and rain pouring down on the side of the house in huge puddles.

  My laundry room surprised me by only having enough detergent to do 3 loads of Jesse’s clothes and 1 of those loads was whites.  I had just enough bleach for the his whites.

  Jesse surprised me by taking us all to lunch.  The “Olive Garden” because their TV ads have been too tempting.  See . . . that’s why we aren’t supposed to watch TV!!!

  We ordered lunch and Luci surprised me because she had wanted to sit next to me and was being very well behaved . . . but, suddenly took a downward swoop (for the worse) and insisted she was sick, her stomach hurt, she needed to go to the restroom, she didn’t want sit with me, she wanted to sit with her dad . . . . that was just after our food arrived.  (sigh)

  I tried to surprise my friend Lori K (whose birthday is today) by calling her on my cell from the restaurant’s lobby and think I might have had a rotten connection.  I try to call at the time she was born (her mother used to do that before she died) and I’m not even sure if she got my message.  She’s having a less than great day, so if all my bloggy friends could drop her way and wish her a happy b-day, I’d appreciate it.

  After a few bites of my delicious dinner (that breaded chicken with tortellini pasta in asiago sauce that they’ve been advertising) AFTER I got back from my phone call, I caved and just took all 3 girls to the restroom.  Sometimes I feel they are part dog – marking every tree/place we go.  I don’t think there is one establishment with a public restroom we haven’t visited!

  I came back to the table a second time and our waitress surprised me with some extra asiago sauce.

  We got in the car and Jesse refused to tell us where we were going.  HE surprised me by going to PetSmart to try to find me a new male tabby kitten.  They had none, but gave me the # of the gal they got all their kittens from.  She took my name and number and cat requirements and said she’d call me when she found a good match.

  Then Jesse surprised me and we went to Wal-Mart to get more detergent, bleach, and fabric softener.  I don’t know, there might have been an ulterior motive in “that” surprise.

  Then he surprised me by filling up my tank (gulp, gulp, gulp – that’s ME and not my gas tank!!!) and then stopping to have it washed.  Of course, with all the storms (and we have had some whoppers today) I don’t know how long it will stay nice, since it’s parked in the driveway.

  THEN, he surprised me by stopping at our local animal shelter.  My allergies are still bothering me.  Such a dog kennel smell it makes me quake in my boots (well loafers, I don’t want to be called a liar!) and they had nothing.  Very dirty looking place and I’m not sure I’d feel secure getting a kitten from them.  They gave me the name of another shelter (the city where Jesse and I first lived) and said the gal would be there tomorrow and ALWAYS has kittens.

  Anyway, Luci continued whining, punching or poking her sisters, and (her new thing) shaking her fist in their faces – and so on throughout Wal-Mart, PetSmart and everywhere else we drove.  She’s now in bed napping after screaming that high pitched scream I have come to know and love (NOT!) herself to sleep.

  So, it’s been a nice family day and a day of surprises.  Luci is something we put up with on these bad days of hers.  Despite all of her antics, it was still a nice day.

  Don’t forget my friend Lori, please! 

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