Busy Day.

I haven't done a rundown of my day in a long time. Perhaps that's because my days are usual monotonous and boring. Hmm.

I woke up bright and early (if 8:30 is bright and early) to a text message from Brian telling me to wake up and get on the computer. We talked for an hour or so. We're in this weird rut where we talk about alot of nothing. There are no big decisions to make. We're too far away from me moving or him coming home to be making plans. I don't do much with myself so I don't have interesting stories to tell. He can't tell me most of what goes on with him and I've learned not to ask. I say all that to tell you that I'm not sure what we even talked about for an hour.

This brings me to my first tangent: I think I might need to get a hobby. Maybe I should bust out the scrapbooking supplies Roz got me and start putting some scrapbook together. Maybe I should bug Jenna to teach me how to make necklaces (or even teach myself). Maybe I should learn how to knit (I've always been secretly intrigued with it). I'm going to think about this seriously. I think it would help me as well as my relationship with Brian. I could feel excited about something, accomplish something, and have something to tell Brian about.

Back to today. While I was talking to Brian, I started putting myself together. I had made plans with Shannon to have lunch today. I wasn't sure how long Brian would be on the computer so I didn't want to get caught not being ready at lunch time. Well he was gone by 9:30 and I had my face all put together. All I needed was clothes and I could go anywhere. I knew I had wanted to hit up Wal-Mart while I was near it to get Brian some things he requested for a package so I figured I'd get ready and head out and just wing the morning. I put on my new (favorite, super comfy) jeans with my new shirt and some old heels, threw my hair in a cute ponytail, let Tiny out and embarked on my adventure.

I went to Wal-Mart first. I got (2) Thai Peanut flavored noodle things, (2) sets of 2 plastic organizer things for the fridge, a can of tomato paste for Mom, (2) cans of original Pringles for B, (2) brownie bowl things for B, a box of Reese's Puffs for B, (2) reusable water bottles, a can of honey mustard pringles for me, eyeshadow, nail polish, and lipstick all for a little over $30. The makeup alone was over $10. I mean I guess that's sort of alot of money, but I don't buy things often. When I'm not here anymore and I'm living a "real" life, I'll make sure to make lists and budget. Anyway, I wandered around there for awhile and somewhere around the lipstick I decided I needed to get out of there before I bought something crazy like a TV or something. I self-checked myself and headed to the car.

Next I went to Old Navy. The in-laws got me a gift card to there that I'd been meaning to spend. When I got out of the truck at ON, I realized my heels - which I remember being the most comfortable of the heels I own - were hurting my feet quite a bit. In ON, I even had to fish an old Band-Aid out of my purse to put on my right ankle. ON was in a weird transition between summer and fall so I didn't find as much stuff as I usually do. I ended up with (2) rockin' long sleeved striped tees that I'll wear the hell out of come fall/winter, a pair of running shorts complete with built in underwear that I may have to cut out - we'll see, a "yoga" tank (in hot pink) that I'll just wear to the gym of course, and a $7 sports bra that smells like a bathing suit. My gift card was for $50 and my total was $50.87. I rock. The end.

After that I had about 30 minutes to kill before lunch so I moved the truck and wandered through Shoe Carnival. It sucked. I found a pair of running shoes I like but I want to check the Bx first. I know they have a ridiculous amount of athletic shoes and I'd at least save the tax. Maybe I'll check it out this weekend. My shoes are getting old and maybe some new shoes will inspire me to work harder at the gym. Needless to say I left SC empty handed (probably a good thing).

Around this time, my feet were really killing me. I had to get through the pain, though. What choice did I have?

I headed over to Red Robin to wait on Shannon and end up getting a text from her as soon as I get in the truck saying she got out of class early so she was already there. Score! We ate, we talked, we caught up. I heard all about her new bf who sounds upstanding and decent. I mean, he has to be good since he graduated from Cooper. Ha. After lunch we ended up carpooling to the mall to check out Zida. I told her I liked her wallet and that I wanted one like it. I said - kinda to myself - that I bet Zida would have them (they didn't) and she asked if I wanted to go. My feet were killing me, but I didn't want to be a bitch. I mean, where else did I have to be?

So, off to the mall. Shannon drove and we discussed the perils of driving a gigantic truck. I like browsing in Zida but I can never pull the trigger on any purchases. I ended up leaving with red ball stud earrings (in honor of Cooper) and two more bubble rings (I already had 3). Shannon got some purple hoops and maybe a ring, I don't remember. After that we went to JJ Fashion in search of the elusive wallet which, at this point, I'm really not caring about because my feet hurt. Plus, this JJ Fashion place sucks. I've walked by it a million times. It's run by asians a la China Town. Cheap purses, cheap wallets all crammed into the tiniest space possible. Shannon seems to think the place is great. I didn't and still don't.

I finally head home. By now Tiny has been cooped up inside since 10 (I later found out Dad came home at 11 so Tine wasn't all alone the whole time) and it was now 2. I thought I had looked so cute that I was a little sad to come home, but I'm glad I did now. I wore those heels for a measly 4 hours and now have 4 separate blisters on my feet. I guess a blister for every hour. I have two on my left pinky toe that are especially bulbous and gross. I'm going to see how they are in the morning before I decide to pop them or not. Ew.

The afternoon was spent reading blogs and perusing my new Cosmo. Dinner was DoubleDave's pepperoni pizza and chocolate chip dessert pizza. Yum! Although it kind of hurt my stomach.

Tonight was (dun dun dun) the Cooper/A-low game. Cooper is now 4A so, for once, this game really doesn't affect much. It isn't a district game and will not affect playoffs. The only thing that it could really affect would be state ranking. There also were some bragging rights up for grabs. If, by some miracle, Cooper beat Abilene, shit would hit the fan. Cooper really had nothing to lose. They were expected to lose by everyone in town so if they lost, no harm no foul. Oh but if they win.

We head to the game at 6:30 - 30 minutes later than Mom wanted to. The West Texas Fair & Rodeo is also in its last weekend which was going to make parking complicated. The entire South end parking lot was full by the time we got there. We ventured North and got a spot about 2/3 of the way back. We fought our way through milling students and scored some free blow up spirit stick things. I don't even think I can type about the whole game. I'll summarize. Cooper lost 20-13. The score really doesn't even begin to describe what happened in that game. We should have won, we could have won. We made a couple mistakes and missed a few opportunities. We played better than we have before this season. We scared the shit out of that big, bad 5A school. Last year we lost by over 30 points. We drop a classification and have to reinvent our cougar symbol and suddenly we're not the old Cooper anymore. Yes, it would have been super amazing exciting if Cooper had won, but they didn't. They are smaller than Abilene and have a coach in his third season with the team. We have been beat up over and over through the last few seasons. We have come into our own now. Finally. We showed that that team across town may not be as good as they think they are. Too bad when districts were realigned, they ended up with a cakewalk district and no longer have to play Odessa and Midland teams. I don't think Abilene would have done as well this season as they had in recent years. Overall, I'm super proud of the way we played. The last 3 minutes were the most exciting of the entire game. If only one play had fallen our way, but it didn't and that's perfectly ok. I cannot wait until the rest of the season. This young Cooper team has alot of games ahead of it (against alot of teams we are all unfamiliar with). We are expected to be a powerhouse in 4A and so far they haven't let anyone down. It should make for a fun season and I'm so glad the stupid crosstown game is over. I always hated having that to "look forward" to.

So, now it's after midnight, I've got blistered toes, a dull headache and tired eyes. I have to be up sorta early to go to the gym with Mom (which sounds anything but appetizing right now). I guess I felt like writing, huh?

S.