More Fun!

I dropped Mario off at work on Saturday (the 5th), deposited his paycheck, and went directly across the parking lot to Big Lots. I still needed to get a gift for Gramma for her birthday (which was the day before on the 4th) and she had already told us before that she didn’t want anymore clothes because they didn’t fit in her wardrobe nor did she want anymore trinkets. I had the perfect solution: some plastic Sterilite drawers for inside her wardrobe since the nurses just toss all her stuff down there and it’s a mess.

Jaylen was throwing a spectacular fit because he work up too early. He’s already 6 and still throws these fits. He wouldn’t put on his shoes and then he’d open the car door and shut it again. It took all the strength I had not to drag him out across the parking lot into the store. I couldn’t anyway because I was carrying Alaethia. He finally decided to come out through Alaethia’s side and climbed into a cart.

We took about an hour in there. The plan was no more than 15 minutes since we already knew what we were buying. Well, Mom hung around with me and didn’t look for anything till the last minute and Alaethia and Jaylen kept changing their mind about what to buy. And then of course my body wandered off into the scrapbooking section so I ended up with two packs of cute ribbon. So we spent an hour in there.

We get in line and I look out the window. It’s pouring outside. We pay and I tell Mom to stay with the kids while I run and get the car so they won’t get wet. I can’t believe my eyes as I’m approaching the Equinox. The door behind the driver’s side is wide open…and the seat’s soaked. The first thing I think is that someone broke in, but the TVs, kids’ stuff, everything was still in there. And then I remember….Jaylen’s fit. He didn’t close the door right!

Had it not been raining I don’t think I would have had a car when I went back out. Especially on that side of town where car theft is quite common. God was on my side, definitely.

I made two payments and then we visited Gramma. The first thing she says when we show her her gifts is, “Why did you bother? I don’t need anything!” But when I finish organizing her wardrobe she’s extremely happy. We realize she’s missing some sets of clothes and a blanket Aunt Nora gave her but we figure every thing’s in the laundry.

We rush home because we have a party to attend with Mary for Noelia’s friend’s son. It’s still pouring, but we make the trip anyway. The kids having fun running all over the place playing games and getting on rides. Alaethia’s satisfied with the mess she’s made with her food. It was Carb City and I must admit I was naughty, especially with the spinach pizza and Parmesan oil pasta.

Andy and Noelia met us there and they told us how they’d gone to the outlets in Mercedes and there were tons of sales. We were going to go straight over there from the party but we had the kids with us and Jaylen was still in his mood. So we drop them off with Mom and were going to meet Andy and Noelia in the parking lot of Pier 1. I’d never actually gone in there since it’s so darn expensive but they were having a sale! I was looking for something small and green, a figure, to go on my black shelves, since all I had on them were pictures. I found this cute, chubby green bird and it was the exact same shade as my sofas. I need to go back and get ideas for my kitchen; I’ve still got the cherry theme going on and am ready for a change. But I need a fabric as my inspiration since I need to re-cover my chairs.

Our first stop when we get to the outlets is the Children’s Place. They’re having this huge sale: most of the toddler clothing was $1.99! Mary got her a few things and we found some awesome sales for the boys, too. Most of their shirts were from $2.99-6.99. Now they just need pants!

We figured Mario wouldn’t be out till 8pm, but at 6:30 he calls that he’s out already. Great! Poor Andy goes all the way to Mario’s work to pick him up and goes back since we were in 1 car. Mario got some new Sketchers for work at the Sketcher’s outlet. I’m totally going back for the boys’ shoes there! They love Sketchers.

Mario was in a hurry because the UFC fight was on that night and we were going to meet Jorge, Maggie and the gang at Fanatics to watch it, so he was rushing us of course. We get home around 8:30 (the first fight started at 9pm) so Mario’s annoyed. We get dressed really quickly, kiss the kids and go.

Maggie had given us the wrong street so it took us a while to find it. Mario was livid. But I knew he wouldn’t turn back and go back home because 1) we’d come too far, 2) think of he gas!, and 3) he didn’t want to miss this fight.

We sit with everyone and I make a few bathroom runs with Judith and Maggie. I don’t know who brings it up, but we realize that none of us have gotten our periods yet. Argh. I don’t want to think about it. Neither does Maggie. Judith does, she’d like another little one.

Sally calls a few minutes before the main fight starts. She’s going to join us, yay! Maggie and I’d ordered panchos since we’d first gotten there and they were barely bringing them to us. Grr. Sally gets there and we get up to order some drinks. I get a frozen strawberry Margarita that’s incredibly watered down. Bleh.

I don’t remember much of the fight since we were all talking, but we had a great night. Sally was going home and Jorge and Maggie were going home so we went home, too. Mario ended up staying at Chris’ with his Nino and I came home. All the nights of staying up late were catching up with me.

Mario worked on Sunday, which sucked. We stayed home all day while I cleaned and uploaded pictures to Flickr at the same time. It was about damn time, too. I’ve been, as you’ve probably noticed, editing/uploading old entries that I started and never published. For dinner that night Mom ordered a botana from El Pato. Mario and I stayed up watching movies; Aly fell asleep. I started feeling really ill, like my stomach was upset. Stupid food. I’d been wanting Flamin’ Hot Fries all day but I didn’t let the stomach ache stop me. I felt fine a few minutes later, thank goodness.

I dreaded the next day. I was going to have to do everything I didn’t do Sunday, like grocery shopping >_<.