Very busy day. Got a lot of things accomplished. More than I expected to be honest. We got up a little later than I planned, but it was definitely one of those days where I knew if I rushed because I felt like I had too much to do, that I would get it all done and then be like 'okay now what'. So instead of rushing, I went with the flow and managed to get everything accomplished at a decent pace without stressing.
First thing on our list was to hit target for some stuff. Before we did, we went to BJ's for lunch. I was pleasantly surprised. We had a nice lunch. I had a watermelon salad with a mini deep dish and B had a caesar salad with flatbread. It was nice, light, and not overly expensive. We then hit target and got all those errands done. From there we went to the pet store, then stopped and rented a carpet cleaner. I know that it wouldn't do as well as a professional but it would also be cheaper and less intrusive. That too was a surprise. We started the carpets around 3 and it took a couple of hours to do the whole place. I was pretty pissed off at the kid yet again. I asked her before I went out to make sure her floor was clear. That was at 11am. Four hours later when B and I got home from running all our errands, she was just getting around to cleaning her floor. The sink was filled with dishes, her room wasn't done, but she had time for the boy. I cannot wait for her to move into her own place and have to deal with picking her own shit up. I give them one week together in their own space before one of them gets pissed off at the other about either dishes or clothes or other crap all over the floor. They got her room ready and then they left for his place. Good. She spent the night there yesterday which actually made me happy. Regardless of B being here or not, I needed some time 'alone'.
Once the floors were done we headed back out to give the carpets time to dry. I was totally disgusted by the way at how much dirt we pulled out of the carpets. I emptied the thing 4 times and it was almost pitch black water each time. Speaking of Pitch Black, new Riddick movie is coming out. It looks AWESOME. More like the original Pitch Black than Chronicles. I never thought Chronicles was horrible, but it was nowhere near as good as the raw Pitch Black. This one looks very promising indeed.
We hit the bookstore where I got the new Terry Pratchett and the new Neil Gaiman. We went to the mall and wandered around a little. I got some new underwear. That is one of my next tasks - cleaning out my clothes. I have way too many plain and simple. We also went into Sears for some towels. The Sears by us is closing down and things are anywhere from 30% to 70% off. We got some nice bath towels for $7 each. Hand towels were $5. Another thing I need to go through. Next week I have to be onsite M-W, but I am going to try and start tackling some of these smaller things like towels and clothes in the evenings.
After the mall we went to the pub. That didn't turn out as well as I would have liked. It was too 'dirty' and dive for B's taste. She enjoyed her fish and chips, but didn't like the pub in general. It also didn't help that her cousin was texting her and they got into a big argument about B's dad. He is a shit disturber and one of the few things that can really set B off in terms of frustrating her and making her angry. It really put a damper on our night. I ended up withdrawing and shutting down because I kept wanting to say something but I knew it wasn't my place. We got home and both of us kind of retreated into books for an hour or so.
Around 11 I went to bed and she came in shortly after. There was definitely a wall between us but it was of my own doing and I hurt her feelings without meaning to. It was and is one of those things where I want to protect and help but know I can't and shouldn't when it comes to her family. I don't know them, I don't know what it's like to be separated from family you actually like, nor do I have the same kind of displacement feelings that she is experiencing. We got through it of course, but there was some hurt feelings on both sides frankly for a little while.
I do like how her and I work through things. We talked about what happened. I comforted her, she apologized to me, I apologized to her, and the night ended back on a positive note. In the end that's all that matters.
See? Busy day. Today we are meeting friends at the Hangar One distillery. Yes, the vodka people. We are going to a tasting. While it is a bit of a drive from our house, it should be fun because we really like the people we are going to be hanging out with today.
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