Horst Happenings....: I Wrote This Instead

Sunday, February 08, 2009

I Wrote This Instead

I got home from work on Friday about 4:15 PM. It was Friday afternoon and I was able to beat a hasty retreat. Please don't tell the people at the ASPCHR (Association for the Prevention of Cruelty to Hasty Retreats).

Before I could get good and comfortable Julie wanted to know if I could go with her to the UPS place. She was sending her Xbox back to Microsoft to have it re-whatever-it-is they are going to do to it.

"Sure, I'll go!" says I.

I start getting ready, which means I'm removing my school ID badge and getting rid of my school keys. After all I'm free, it's Friday. Then I pick up my library books to take back to the library since we are heading that way.

Then Julie asks or tells me (I'm not sure which), "Oh, I need to go to the library. Is that OK?" Then she sees my books and decides it must be OK.

As we are leaving the house Chris said, "Tacos from Taco Casa would be nice."

By the time we finish at UPS and drive to the library it is 5:45 PM and the librarian is announcing for all patrons (A fancy word for folks at the library) to make their final selections. I turn in my books and hurriedly select 26 more books and make my way to the counter to check them out. The desk checker-outer scans my card and tells me I have an overdue book and can't check anything out until I return the overdue book and pay the fine.

I think about this and remember that the book is laying on the table by my desk at school. I looked at it on Friday before I left and wondered if it was due. Now I suppose it is. Then the checker-outer informed me that even if I had brought the book in with me I wouldn't be able to check anything out because I couldn't pay the fine because they don't accept money fifteen minutes before closing time because they lock it all up because they don't want to get robbed because they are sort of downtown and I suppose slightly undesirable people spend their time in the library from time to time.

OK, that was helpful!

Julie checked my books out for me. She is sweet that way you know.

Now it was time to get food and go home. Julie told me that Taco Casa went up on their tacos and I made the executive decision that we would not go there. I didn't want to pay the higher price and I didn't want to drive to it since it would be out of the way. Julie decided she wanted to go to Long John Silver's and I decided we could go to Taco Bueno for Chris. Good decision on both counts, except for the Long John Silver's part. They didn't give Julie enough Krums or french fries. My fish smelled fishy, but I expected it to. Chris liked the Taco Bueno stuff though.

On the way home Julie and I had a great talk and by the time we got home I told her I needed to write about what we talked about on my blog. By the time I got in and ate I forgot what it was we talked about. Consequently I didn't know what to write about.

I ended up writing this instead!

Later, Chris asked if Taco Casa was busy. I told her we didn't go. She wanted to know how I knew the tacos went up in price since I didn't go.