Tuesday during the day I went and picked Al up at work because he has a sore toe that he needed to get looked at. We went to the walk- in clinic and to my surprise he got in right away. He thinks he may have damaged it playing soccer but the doctor (and I) think he has the “Gout”, the poor bastard. It sounds much worse and ugly than it is but I would much rather tell someone I poked my eye out with a pencil than tell someone I have the Gout.(1)
Picked Shan up at the airport Tuesday night and we stopped for a pizza at the Casa Grande(2) on the way home. Sounds like Shan had a blast with the girls in T.O. and spending some time with Anne and Bill(3) topped off the trip. Ikea Girl came home with lot’s of cool stuff for our place too. Like some curtains for the bedroom instead of the big Star Wars poster I have been using for now! It’s nice to have her home again but I can’t help but wonder how long she will be staying?
Had a nice lunch with my mom yesterday. She insisted on paying for some reason even though she has been buying me lunch for the last year and a half. Regardless it was nice to see her on neutral ground and actually have some catching up to do. Stupid Christmas is coming fast and unless my patent goes through on those beer flavoured candy canes(4) I am broke before I have even started again this year! Looking forward to seeing Toph and the Rattes though. Paul, Lissa, and the boys are here on Saturday so I cannot wait to see them.
(1) – Al will never admit he had the gout.
(2) – I took Shan to this place once to try something new and we really liked it. It’s closed now, but from what I remember it was a cool little hole in the wall place.
(3) – Anne and Bill are lifelong friends to Shan’s mom and pretty much family to Shan growing up. Salt of the earth people who I myself have enjoyed visiting. Shan and I stopped there on our trip to visit Mel and Jeff and stayed the night. Shan inherited Annie’s Pasta recipe and it’s a staple in our house. Awesome people.
(4) – I still couldn’t find any of these online if anyone wants to fund this idea.