Off to Hell

Before I'm off to hell, I'd like to put a quick word in. And really, it will be quick. I hope.

So last night I subjected myself to Doctor Who. I honestly didn't expect it to be so campy. I watched two episodes last night, and whilst I enjoyed it, I didn't expect it to  be so silly. You really kinda got to dig deep for meaning. That is, if you can understand everything they say with that muddled accent. I've never heard such an English accent before. I'm not even one of those people that swoon over British accents. I don't like 'em much. I guess I just don't care for them.

Between the two episodes I watched, I did laundry and popped more popcorn for myself, and while I was up there I ran into Dad. Apparently I flooded the laundry room by accident by not taking care of the laundry sink well enough. And Dad was surprised that I was making popcorn at three in the morning. I don't think he realizes how extensive my night owl hours are. I got it from him, too. Because now he's up at three in the morning with me and I can't eat the food I want because he's up. He needs to go away and sleep so that I can do my things and then sleep myself. Because I won't sleep tonight until I have my waffles and popcorn. In that order. Two episodes of Doctor Who, too.

I woke up aided by Puddin again. And I ate lunch. And I went shopping.

I hit the mall first. Did a lot of walking. I was searching for tights or leggings for my aunt and it took me quite a few stories to find them. I also got myself some more body wash because I hate using bars of soap. I just don't like using them. And I ran out of body wash.

I then hit Best Buy and found nothing that I needed for Christmas presents, but plenty of albums that I wanted for myself. Awolnation. Avenged Sevenfold, Apocalyptica, August Burns Red, Hollywood Undead, as well as a few others I can't think of off the top of my head. And I was really only in the A section. Which is why most of those bands start with A. I left the store empty-handed. Even though I wish I had moneys to spend on music. Which I usually obtain without money anyway. But I want to be supportive sometimes, you know? Do good instead of wrong.

Afterwards, Ann Arbor lights killed my gas mileage, and then I hit Nicola's Books. I actually found one of the books that Eric had on his Christmas list.

So that means I have Dana, Eric, and Ben covered. I still need to buy online things for Joe and Mom, and then go to Cabela's for Dad. And figure out where to get Abbi's present. I guess look at Cabela's, too. Tractor Supply let me down today.

I did go to there and get a hay rack for Puddin and the guinea pigs and a new bag of bedding for Puddin since the other one is almost gone.

I payed in cash for all of the presents. I had sixty dollars sitting around on my desk, and now I have ten dollars left. That's it. And I had that ten dollars in my wallet to begin with. So I spent sixty dollars today. That's a lot of money, man. And I'm not even done yet. I'm not even halfway done with spending money. Why is Christmas such a whore? Seriously, why has no one ever called Christmas a whore before?

When I got home and took care of the rabbits, Mom convinced me to stay home for dinner. So I did. And while I was helping cook dinner and set the table and everything, I said that I'd be texting Jeff the whole time we were up north to keep myself sane. Of course, she asked me who Jeff was. And I had to explain where I met him. But she mostly prompted me, and I gave her kinda sorta answers. So that's all covered. Now my parents know of Jeff. I feel better about that. He can now know that he's not a secret.

I've been talking of him a lot lately to my friends, though. He's just ... already important to me. We clicked, man. I don't know if I've ever had that really happen before. I guess it worked well with Abbi and me.

After dinner, I stopped by at Classic because I was going to bring Abbi to Alyssa's house for her birthday and Katie's homecoming. I guess I ended up staying at Classic for over two hours and helped out like I was working on the clock. I helped Owen top, I helped Von in the back, I cut pizzas, I helped Abbi with her bread sticks, and Owen was trying to pay me to clean the back for him. To do his prep. Except when he started offering me money, I told him that I was going to grab Abbi and leave soon. That I couldn't do it for him. He just kept adding one dollar at a time until his final offer. I thought it was rather amusing, but at the same time annoying.

Eventually I did get Abbi and myself out of the shop, to Country Market to buy Katie some Starburst, and then to Alyssa's house. After I parked, Nate was pulling out of a driveway for a delivery, but for some reason - despite the noise his car makes - I thought it was Matt, so I jumped out of the car and waved frantically at his car. Abbi did the same. I was laughing so hard. Nate didn't know what to do. He put on the breaks, glided for a little more, then almost came to a complete stop. He must have decided against it, so he drove past us, but then put on the breaks again. Eventually he drove off, but it took him a while. I really want to know what he said, if anything, when he got back to the shop.

Abbi and I then proceeded to reacquaint with our friends. I was afraid that Bethany wouldn't be a great geek for us. I thought we wouldn't get any geeking done with her. She's more receptive than Stephanie when it comes to geeking. They were watching Firefly when Abbi and I arrived, and Bethany had already developed a preference for Simon. She was getting very much into the show.

And I wore a Firefly shirt today, too. And I got one from Katie. Another one! "Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!" Alyssa got her Star Wars t-shirt from us, too. She liked it. Hehe.

Jessica made us cinnamon rolls, we had ice cream cake, and we sat downstairs in the cold and caught up with each other. It was nice and fun. Abbi kinda kept sorta falling asleep on us, so around quarter to three I decided I needed to take her home. Goodbyes were a little long-winded, but that's because we don't get to see each other often.

The drive home was horrendous. It was extremely foggy, especially on Jennings Road. So I didn't go about twenty-five down the whole length of Jennings and it took an enormous amount of time to get Abbi home. But we got there nice and safe. I was able to drive a little faster to home and, well, obviously got home safe.

So now my plans of waffles, popcorn, and Doctor Who are thwarted. I went upstairs a couple minutes ago and Dad will still awake and on the computer. So I'm kind of angry. I really wanted those items, and I kinda really want sleep now, but I want food and Doctor Who. And it'll be almost impossible to get Puddin into her cage right now because I only just now let her out for the day.

I wonder when we're leaving tomorrow.... And I still haven't actually found anyone to take care of my rabbits Friday. I procrastinate on life situations. This may be a problem.