So, this morning at 8:03am the noise started. It was the kid whose apartment is right across from our bedroom. He wasn’t drumming. I’m not sure what he was doing, because I didn’t get out of bed to look, but it sounded like he was throwing a ball or something against a door. I kept hearing his mother tell him to stop, and finally she slammed the front door, because I guess she realized he was making a lot of noise and figured with the door closed it wouldn’t be as bad. She was right. I fell back to sleep around 8:30am. I woke up again a little after 9:00am, because he was making more noise, but I actually fell back to sleep again and didn’t wake up until 11:00am!
Eric was already up, but I think he just woke up a little bit before me. I can’t believe we slept that late, but I really didn’t sleep the whole time. I woke up twice and had to fall back to sleep. It was hot out, which makes you feel extra lazy and sleepy, so I guess that added to my drowsiness.
We had breakfast and watched SNL, which we recorded but didn’t watch last night. I love Steve Carell, but it really wasn’t that funny. Oh, well.
I decided that I would go to the festival first, and then go food shopping and do laundry when I got back. I left the house at around 1:00pm and went straight to North Park. I got a great spot, and there was a Starbucks right there, so I got myself an iced venti decaf skinny mocha, which made walking in the sun a little easier. I had slathered myself with sunscreen, but it was hot out and I was sweating – a lot!
There were lots of interesting booths, but also a lot of boring ones – politicians, newspapers trying to get you to buy a subscription, double-paned windows, stucco painting, religious paraphernalia, dieting, chiropractic, etc., etc.
I found my friends’ booth very quickly. There were about 5 divas sharing one booth and selling all their wares simultaneously. Sarah was there, who had emailed me about the jewelry. She gave me a small shopping bag filled with lots of great beads, stones, and other decorative pieces I can use in my work. The best was a big bunch of little beads with all the letters of the alphabet on them, which you would use to make personalized bracelets or necklaces. I can use them to personalize a piece I make, which will be really fun, or I can write phrases on something. I know I can put them to good use!
I walked around for about 2 hours, listening to the bands (there were a lot at different points on University Avenue), watching the entertainment (they had dancers from a local dancing school and acrobats from another school), and checking out all the booths.
I left when I had seen everything and went directly to KEILS. I did a fast food shopping, because Eric had gotten lots of great stuff at COSTCO last week, so there really wasn’t that much to buy.
He came down to the car to carry up the bundles and I changed my clothes and went directly to the laundry room. I did two loads and then went through all the jewelry Sarah had given me in the shopping bag.
I made us Ahi tuna and a big salad for dinner (and made my salad for work tomorrow, too). I watched EXTREME MAKEOVER: HOME EDITION. Over the past 2 years they did a renovation in every single state and today was the 50th renovation – in New Orleans. Not only did they build a new house, but they also built a new church for a pastor whose church had been destroyed by Katrina and whose congregation now had no place to worship. It was a great 2-hour season finale and, of course, I cried!
Then, I watched the 2-hour season finale of DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES. It cooled off a lot, as soon as the sun went down, but it is supposed to be just as hot tomorrow. It’s fine for me, because it’s nice and cool in the office, but I feel bad for Eric. It’s too hot to ride, and it’s really hot in the apartment, so he really can’t do much at all. He’s been working out, but it’s too hot to do that, too, so he’s kind of just hanging around, with the fan pointed at him, blowing around the hot air in the living room.
I feel so bad for him. I wish it would get cool again, because he seems so much more motivated when the weather is better. The heat really gets to him. We were lucky, because we had air conditioning in NY, so it never got too hot in the house. Here, we’re at the mercy of the heat, and the fans just do so much and not much at all.
My boss is out Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday and I start to train my replacement tomorrow. I’m really looking forward to it, as it will be something to do for 2 hours. It may be quiet in the morning, but I know my afternoons will be interesting!