Wednesday, December 31, 2008

So where did I leave off? Janice called. She was running late and wanted to know if I could pick up Dad. But Mark needed to go to Meijer, so we decided that Mark & I would pick up dad and take him to Red Robin, then Mark could go to Meijer (there's 1 right next to Red Robin) and Janice could drive me, dad & the kids to the arcade. It seemed like the best way. Only we hit this huge pot hole on the way there, and when we arrived at dad's place, we had a flat tire, and my dad wasn't even home!

Things were looking dire. We were stuck where we were. Dad wasn't available. The cost of the tire last time we had a similar problem was about $700.00 (which we can't affored). Janice didn't know how to get where we were and even if she did I couldn't just abandon Mark...and we wanted to see dad who wasn't there. Ugh. I tried very hard to not stress and look on the bright side; just be grateful the tire didn't blow and kill us.

Later my dad walked by and we caught him. He said: "I thought we were meeting on Tuesday." and then we convinced that it was indeed Tuesday; he thought it was still Sunday. So he sat with us, and eventually Subaru roadside assisstance sent a AAA guy who fixed the tire. Turns out the damage was minimal and we had a spare rim, so it wasn't as bad as we were thinking and we were soon on our way to join Janice.

Mark ate with us, as he was hungry by this time. We had fun I think. Janice paid for all of our food; I think because she felt bad that she had been late and we'd gotten that flat tire to pick up dad. Mark left to run his errands, which included going to the Sprint store. My dad broke his phone, and we were seeing about fixing it.

We got to the arcade fairly quickly. Jordan & I played 'House of the Dead III'. Dad, Janice, Jonathan, Jordan & I played air hockey. Dad and I played a game of pool and he was amazing! He kicked my ass twice! I had no idea that my dad could play, so that was a neat revelation. I got to play some other games, including a final bout of DDR.

It was getting late, so we drove dad home, then Janice dropped me off; it was a nice visit. When I got home I was exhausted, but Mark wanted me to go to Meijer with him, so off we went. Mark got the calk he needed, and we went back home. I ate. It was after 6pm. I checked to see if Trevor was online but he didn't seem to be. Mark started working on the bathroom again, and I went to sleep.

I woke up around 1:30am. Read the news. Wrote this.

16 days until Season 4.5 begins.

Less than 24 hours and 2008 will be over.

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