Yesterday was very hot. The sun was bright in the sky when Zack and I woke up. We did not feel like getting out of bed and going in service, (especially since most people are off on vacation right now, camping at the lake or by the ocean), but we knew we had to. When we arrived at the KH (a few minutes late), we remembered that this was the weekend they had decided to resurface the parking lot. So we had to park on the hill, at the end of a long line of cars, and walk down. We were so late that we didn't know if we'd missed the group, or if anyone besides ourselves would be out at all. (Most of the other cars on the street belonged to the Spanish brothers, or to the parking lot crew). Then we saw Michelle, who had come to meet Jamie Eaton. Val Robinson was there, too, so we had a group!
Michelle said, "I'll drive. And my first stop is Starbucks." Zack said, "Ah, Starbucks. My favorite call." We all got cold drinks (me: my new favorite, the strawberry banana Vivanno). Then we did a bunch of calls, mostly Jamie's. Michelle was down in the dumps, because about a month ago her fiance broke up with her. It was supposedly a temporary thing, while he worked on getting stronger spiritually. But then, when I was at a door with Michelle, she whispered to me what had happened on Thursday. She texted her ex, feeling lonely and blue after not having heard from him for weeks: "Do you think if you don't talk to me I'm just going to go away?" He texted back: "Yes. Go away."
So she was very, very blue.
Zack wants to kick the ex-fiance in the head. I second that.
By noon it was quite hot, and we all headed home. I wanted to go shopping and get Zack some new shirts (we were late for service because he had a hard time finding one to wear). Zack was not very enthusiastic about that idea. Neither of us really likes shopping, especially trying on clothes. Getting dressed, getting undressed, getting dressed, getting undressed, standing in a cramped little cubicle with bad flourescent lighting, while your hair gets messier and messier.
So we went to Target and got some accessories for his new desk instead. Also I bought some stuff to decorate our kitchen. I am new to decorating, so I'm taking it one room at a time. The kitchen is a snap: Zack's mom gave us beautiful new dishes with an old-fashioned provincial pattern in red. And since red is very in for kitchens these days, it was easy to find stuff to go with them. The kitchen feels much more homey now and much less institutional.
When we got home, someone texted Zack about football in the park, so he went off to hang out with the guys, and I went to the library. I checked out Nicholas Nickleby, an old favorite, which I haven't read since 2005.
Later Zack came home almost ready to collapse with heat stroke, and said he'd had fun playing football, but it was very, very hot. He took a cool shower, and then we ran a few more errands. We bought Pongo a new toy, and watched the hamsters in the pet store fight over their running wheel. They were very cute and I wanted to buy one. But I didn't.
The End
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