Nick Postagulous
Monday, October 18, 2004
Birthdayness Part 2
Saturday night, over at our place, we had Alison’s side of the family over for my birthday. I made chocolate cupcakes for everyone. Everyone but me that is, as chocolate gives me migraines. I thought I’d make it a special day since normally I don’t like chocolate to be in the house at all. My true birthday cake was actually a pumpkin pie. But, since I didn’t read the box that well, I didn’t realize that you had to let it sit and cool for about an hour to two hours after it cooked. It was good, even if I did overcook it a little.
Tom & Teri (and Christine and Brad, at least in theory) got me Front Mission 3 and Ghost Recon. Ghost Recon actually hadn’t showed up yet, so they just printed out a copy of the cover art and put that in with Front Mission 3. Tom wanted to see how FM3 looked, as it is an old PS1 game, and after he had his mech punch the arm off another mech, he said, “I need to get this game.” Its turn based strategy, so he’ll whomp it easily.
Alison’s mom got me a $40 gift certificate for Home Depot which quickly turned into a Skil Orbital (or not, it can be turned off) Jigsaw and two clamps. These are some of the kinds of tools that I’ve been lacking. Now, I can make my Ikea Expidit-clone, but beefier, shelves and make that retro TV screen shaped coffee table I’ve been thinking about. I need to get Dad to help me pick up a mess load of 4x8s at some point (he has a van, not a dinko car like Alison and I both have.)
And, when I got into work today, Kelley, my sister in Atlanta, had send me a $25 gift certificate for Amazon. Ooh, and I hadn’t spent my bi-weekly $20 video game money yet, so I had $45 to spend. So, I bought The Urbz which, with shipping and tax, was $56. Only a little overbudget.
Tonight, Part III, where we got to my parent’s house for our weekly Nina visit, will be my birthday again. And today, it actually is my birthday. I’m now 36. Dang, how’d that happen. The parental units usually write me a check, which will probably translate to me getting Ratchet & Clank III. Yeah, I like video games a little.
Nina Update
Nina continues to be pretty dang clever. I’m only a little worried that she’ll become a Bond Villain. But better a Bond Villain than some Bond Girl who’s putting it out for any old dude. You know these hussies aren’t waiting around for Bond before they get their freak on. It’s modus operandi for those chicks.
Saturday went well. Nina had lots of fun at the party, then collapsed once the younger set (Christine and her boyfriend Tyler) left. Sunday went well, but she was exhausted after church in the morning. She woke up from her nap a little fussy, so we took her “to play” at Home Depot (when I got the saw) and then to “the zoo” at Petsmart. We didn’t really even need anything at Petsmart. I think Nina liked the parakeets best. Actually, she really spent the most time looking at a sleeping rat.
Today, Alison, Nina, and I, which means I took off work a few hours, went to that consignment baby thing, Kid’s Market. We bought about $135 in shoes, clothes, and then, even though we’d said no more toys, I couldn’t resist some actual brick sized Lego type blocks. It was a 2’x3’ box full of them for $10. Oh, and we got her a popper, you know, the push things, for $2.50. All the rest was clothes or shoes.
The only real stand out amazing thing we got was a pair of black pants that were just freakin’ killer. I need to take pictures of what we got. Well, after I get rid of that hideous shirt we had to buy in order to get Nina some red corduroy pants.
And, granted I’m a little partial to my daughter, but really, when I see other kids who are both her age or older, I realize that generally, compared to her, they’re all mouthbreathers and neanderthals. No offence. Just sayin’.
