I finally went and bought the shower gift... yes I waited until Friday - see yesterday's post why we didn't grace Wal-Mart's door... or even the parking lot.
So... this AM I get moving (not always an easy feat) and get to the Wal-Mart rush in of course the baby section is in the very back of the store and get diapers and a pack of receiving blankets - in pink because oh joy oh bliss she's having a girl.
I get tissue paper and a card - I didn't get a mushy, congratulatory or other wise overly sappy card - I'm an awful Aunt we'll just add that to the ever growing list of things I going to fry in haties for... I mean - I can't in all good conscience send a card wishing her bundles of joy and all the rest of that clap trap - because one, if I'm really honest with myself I don't mean it -- not all of it, and two, I can't face a 23 year unmarried high school drop out with her second child...grumble grumble and my aren't the grapes sour today? Oh let's just face it I'm not a giving person in this area - my issues are my own...
To continue.... I got a mailing envelope to ship all this stuff in, because there were two sizes of boxes, HUGE and tiny tiny - if it don't fit in that box you don't need to ship it. Thank you Wal-Mart.
Got to work, packed it all up, realized I didn't put the card in there, so now I have to go home and tape this thing up and ship it-- Saturday. Oh - yeah I'm an awful person. In my defense I have 3 plus years of fertility treatment hell so I think in the long run it kinda evens all out don't you think? ;-)
The rest of my day has been spent in preparation for my trip to Alabama on Monday. I will leave my home at 6AM Monday morning, I will trudge to, through and out of the airport, arrive at the AL airport, hope my luggage made it, get the rental car with 2 of co-workers, find the office and be forced to sit in a meeting room which means in exactly 15 minutes after sitting my fanny in a chair I will be fighting a nap. Does Starbucks sell espresso IV bags? Just wondering. So now I'm bagging up to head out, face a grocery store and get home and make dinner. Home made pizza tonight - sans the meat - an all veggie pizza. That is just too depressing for words... ;-)
Tonight we drink - just because. Next week it's for medical purposes. Stay tuned.
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