Sailor Soldier of Love and Justice

Ben was clever today and took me out BEFORE I got stir crazy.

First we went to the mall. Ben wanted to look at phones and treadmills. In theory I should have looked at khaki pants, but I hate clothes shopping.

After that, we went to a pho restaurant that we had wanted to try out for a while. I thought it was tasty, but I wasn't very hungry to begin with so I had plenty of leftovers. I also got bubble tea. :)

We also went to microcenter and michaels. Microcenter was packed as always. The lines there discourage me from ever buying anything. At michaels, I tried to find yarn for a water bottle holder but I couldn't figure out the right size. I guess I'll just order that online.

Ben was sleepy when we got home, so we took a nap. I had a dream about freakangels.

Ben is watching march of the wooden toy soldiers now. My dad would watch this movie every year for christmas. Ben has never seen it. How weird.

I kinda wish my neighbor was not bbqing directly outside their back door. This seems like an accidental fire waiting to happen.

Today has been pleasantly successful.

I slept late and then played with my dog in bed before getting up.

Ben and I exchanged solstice gifts since we won't be together for christmas. He got me several psp games. Jeanne D'arc cause I like strategy games, pa rappa the rapper cause I like rhythm games, and lumines ii cause I like puzzle games. I got ben a bunch of computer games.

After that, ben and I went out to finish our holiday shopping. I was pleasantly surprised by the small crowds. Bad for retailers, good for me. To celebrate our successful shopping, we bought bubble tea before heading home. Oddly enough, the bubble tea place had a huge line.

Ben played video games while I wrapped gifts. Some gifts have yet to arrive, despite ordering early. That is distressing, but I am not going to let it ruin my good mood. Those people will just have to wait a little longer. No big deal.

I think tv now and then games in a bit.

Also, arctic foxes are the cutest animals ever.

I had grand plans this morning to be up and out of the apt by 11:15, getting to the csa farm right on time at noon. We actually left at 11:45. And then sat in traffic most of the way there. And then missed our exit. And then got mildly lost. We arrived at the farm right around 1:30.

We picked up a pumpkin, some tiny apples, walnuts, peppers, and ONE okra. I'm very proud of that okra because I was told there were none left. So after all that horrible driving, at least we had a successful day on the farm. Until we tried to leave. :(

My car was stuck. I couldn't turn the key, the wheel, anything. Couldn't even get it out of park. To add to my misery, I kept accidentally opening the trunk and honking the horn. I was horribly embarrassed. :( But the sound of my car attracted a couple who asked if we were ok. I told them my problem and the guy was able to turn the wheel enough to get the key to turn. After that, my problems were solved. I thanked them very much. They were very nice people. (A rare species in this state.)

Driving back wasn't nearly as awful. Didn't get lost at all, and very little traffic at all. Since we were in the neighborhood, we stopped at the mall for bubble tea. We got honeydew this time, rather than taro. It was surprisingly good. Ben didn't like it because the bubbles weren't frozen. I think frozen bubbles are nasty though, so I was very happy.

After the mall, we stopped at target so ben could check out the wii merchandise he was told was being sold. We got there just as it was being set up, which made ben very happy. He picked up a wii starter kit, which comes with two skins for the wiimote as well as a wii holder and some other things. Then a quick stop at chick-fil-a for dinner. They had a very nice clean bathroom. It smelled clean like oranges.

We ate dinner at home and then took a nap. I was having bad dreams though. I woke up in a bad mood and felt really dizzy. After drinking A LOT of water, I felt a little better. For the rest of the evening I played lunar: dragon song. I would like to finish it soon so I can go back to playing lost magic. Lunar is the easier game, so I always choose it over lost magic.

I'm feeling tired again. I hope I don't have bad dreams again though. :(

I have shiny new glasses. And it only took about 3 hours to get them!

I needed my eyes checked because it had been 4 years and I KNEW my eyes were worse. So I waited an hour for an exam where the doctor told me that yes, my eyes are awful. With my new prescription I went to the glasses place and picked out some frames. Ben was a big help there.

My new frames are a bit smaller than my old ones and a bit more ovalier. I picked the most expensive lense type. :P I had to get the super thin kind anyway since my lenses would be too thick otherwise, and the most expensive type with the UV stuff and the scratch resistance and all that.

Then we had to wait an hour for the lenses to be made. We killed time with snacks and video games and bubble tea.There is a new bubble tea place in the mall. Still uses powder though. I was so spoiled by frosty's. I miss real fruit. But it wasn't awful, just average.

After an hour my glasses were done and I could see again. Yay! My vision is so insanely clear now. I'm amazed and frightened by what I couldn't see before. Maybe I should have gotten sunglasses too....But I was thinking it might be better to get those little things that wrap around your frames. They'd be smaller and if I broke or lose them I wouldn't cry.

And everyone was right about AAA. I thought it would be a few dollars off, but I saved over $150! At this point with the car breaking and the new glasses, my AAA card has paid for itself about 5 years into the future. Insane!

Ben got his eyes checked but they didn't change much so he didn't get new glasses. He was sweet for going with me though. Especially on his day off. We got home so late, and he still made dinner without a complaint. He spoils me!

When I picked ben up from work this morning, he told me he would be going with me to the festival. It made me very happy and reminded me that I have the best boyfriend in the entire world. But after he had gone to sleep for a bit, he changed his mind. Rationally I knew it was no big deal. Rationally I knew ben has work at crazy hours and needs his sleep. The crazy part of me doesn't understand rational though. All it understood was "Oh my god! I'll be alone! All by myself! Death and destruction will follow and I will fall into misery and despair!!!!"

I burst into tears, running to the living room so I wouldn't wake ben. I sat and cried there for a good bit, but I kept sticking to the couch. The sticking was making me even more miserable, so I crawled into the bed room and tried to cry very very quietly.

It didn't work so well because I ended up waking ben up anyway. He is far more wonderful than I deserve. He got me tissues to wipe my tears and a glass of water and then got dressed so we could go to the festival.

We got there just in time to catch the last half of taiko. I've become spoiled and commented to ben that the drums here were not as big as drums used in other performances I've seen. Still, I was entertained by the booming. I wish I could learn how to do that. It would be so nifty. But then it would give me big nasty arm muscles. Hmmmm....

( Bubble tea, grandma's gift, and some mundane stuff )