Quiet Day

The kids head for school early so I just got up in time to send them off on the bus. It had stopped raining so the dog walker was likely to show so I waited for him - as soon as he left with Buddy I headed back to bed...for THREE hours! I have got to start going to bed earlier! Last night it was past midnight before my head hit a pillow.

John and I walked down into town for lunch, checked out a few stores then headed home. Jumped into the car and headed to a light store. We love this house but it needs a little updating, especially in the lighting. Things are relatively cheap here so we're putting our own money into it - to a degree. We knew what we wanted but going shopping here is a very lengthy process. We fairly quickly chose the lights we wanted but that was only a small fraction of the time required. First, getting the attention of the salesperson. Not an easy task. We just kind of stood around, looking "ready" - it took about ten minutes before someone approached us. This is a very small store, with two other customers and three sales persons. The gentleman then chatted with John about California for about fifteen minutes. It took about ten more minutes to find out if the lights were in stock. Then another ten minutes to find light shades that would fit, their first selection was not what we wanted. There was unpacking/packing/unpacking/repacking to be done. John spent most of the time switching different lights on and off. The process of picking out (fifteen minutes) and buying two sets of lights took us almost two hours. Plus transit time. Good thing we weren't in a hurry!

Jake had another tennis lesson today - he's really enjoying it. John offered to buy him a tennis racket...looks like we'll be shopping again tomorrow! Uh Oh.