Okay, Friday night we (Chris, Rosemary & I) went to Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith. We agreed that Lucas did a good job with tying up loose ends and with ‘foreshadowing’. That whole Annakin going to the Dark Side was very well-handled. The Wookie army and the deaths of the Jedi were well-done too (how did Yoda & Kenobi survive? Now we know).
We recognized some of the scenes from Chris’s Star Wars video game (clone wars). That was amusing.
We went to the 10:30 pm show at an out of the way theater. As a result, there were maybe 50 people in the room. Including two jerks with open cell-phones. One of them was text messaging & playing games in the middle of the movie. Do you know how hard it is to concentrate on a movie with a lit up cell phone screen in your line of sight (ie in the seat in front of me with stadium seating)? Gave Chris a headache. Somebody hissed, "Put up the <expletive deleted> phone." I don’t know if it was to him or to the other guy (off to the left & farther down). Either way, at least he put it up halfway through the movie.
On the way home, we were ‘caught’ in a DWI checkpoint. By caught, I mean stopped, license & registration checked & then released. But it was a mild delay. Since we’d been passed by an ambulance just a couple minutes earlier, when we first saw all the flashing lights our first thought was ‘OMG, how bad is this accident & how are we going to get around it’. The DWI checkpoint was a relief, really.
2 am before we got home. I was sooo tired. Then up the next morning to prep for my mom’s arrival. She woke up late too so didn’t arrive until almost noon. Bit of a relief really. Chris worked on cleaning up his room while I tried on clothes. I got rid of things that didn’t flatter, didn’t fit (except a for a few things for if/when I lose a little weight), etc. Mom & I repaired a few items, help extend their wear-time. Mostly it was small stuff; move a button, reinforce a popped seam, remove shoulder pads, etc. Now I need to go through my turtlenecks & weed out the egregious duplicates.
Mom left about 6 pm, after a trip to the thrift shop. I bought a couple books but resisted the teapot with matching cup & saucer. I did get about 4 vests & 2 skirts. *sigh* Still, it’s less than usual. That’s a good thing, right?
I woke up at 5 something am with a headache on Sunday morning. It never really went away until late that night. I did some work, loaded my family tree software (that I’ve been holding for 5 years, waiting for a computer with a cd drive that’s windows based) onto my laptop. I started on that a little. I also loaded some of my cd’s onto my iTunes & onto my mini iPod.
I checked some on-line stuff on the laptop, while watching the Bachelor & the Bobby Soxer (I really don’t know why that was Shirley Temple’s last movie, she was cute) and doing some laundry. I still need to put the load of darks into the dryer.
Joe came over & we went out to brunch at Pizza Inn. It’s 30 minutes away & the last one (of 6) in the tri-city area. After that, it was off to the game shop. Joe’s roommate owns it, so he usually shops from home so to speak. I can’t buy anything because my birthday’s coming up. We might end up taking someone else with us to Origins. Chris was talking to John B about it.
At Rosemary’s after that, we watched the episodes of the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles that she had taped. It was a Usagi Yojimbo crossover (a little, at least). When Diana & Chris C arrived, we made up our UY playtest characters. Poor Chris C started feeling poorly so he went home. We played a single 2-part combat after making up our characters. The first part was against mooks. Then we fought the 2 big bosses. As questions/concerns came up, Diana wrote them down to ask the game designer.
We ordered supper from Steak Out (a pretty good take-out/delivery burger/steak/chicken place) and ate during the battle. After the game, we did a whole review thing; biggest issue thing, etc. And my stomach/digestion started feeling poorly. I ended up spending about an hour (or so) in Rosemary’s bathroom. Then, when I finally emerged & packed my bag (game notebook, dice, etc), I had to go back. Rosemary was wanting to go to bed & her contacts stuff was in the bathroom that I was in. So she was pissy. That pissed me off because I was stressing over whether or not I was going to throw up.
We left and when we got home I immediately went & spent another hour in the bathroom. I tried to pick up a few things but it was getting close to midnight & I was tired. I got ready for bed & then went & spent another 40 minutes in the bathroom. Finally I got to bed & to sleep about 1 am. I thought long & hard about getting up & calling in late to work (so I could sleep late) before going to sleep.
I made it in on time anyway. But I am so tired. I didn’t have time for a real breakfast so I ate a breakfast bar. Then suddenly my stomach twinged again. I alerted my supervisor. I might not have to leave. But I don’t want to spend a few hours in the bathrooms at work. I’d rather be home if I’m going to feel like that. Maybe I’ll be fine. I haven’t twinged in an hour. We’ll see.
