Saturday, May 28, 2011
World Traveller
Back in Quincy for the holiday weekend. The trip last night took seven hours, partly due to the traffic and partly due to our stop at the Bollingbrook Cheddars. There was queso dip involved, though, so there are no regrets.
Topics covered on the drive included: 1) what to have for dinner (approximately one hour); 2) the variations in quality in the High School Musical series (forty-five minutes); 3) ways in which the creators of Lost dropped the ball (half an hour); 4) how you have to at least give Avril Lavigne credit for not totally skanking out like every other teen pop star (five minutes); 5) whether Avril Lavigne in fact wrote a song for racially-ambiguous superstar Miranda Cosgrove (five minutes); 6) ways in which Bridesmaids was amazing (half an hour); 7) various crazy educational professionals we encountered in Quincy (an hour); 8) whether to stop to pee and get Diet Mountain Dews (fifteen minutes); 9) potential conflict resolution mechanisms for the upcoming parental visit (half an hour); and 10) miscellaneous.
This morning I got up and did some ab exercises, which were a poor substitute for my beloved Fit Core class. Then I got the oil changed and felt self conscious while sitting in the tiny waiting room and pretending to read a three-month-old copy of Motor Trend. Lunch with grandmother is upcoming. I am very glamorous.
Back in Quincy for the holiday weekend. The trip last night took seven hours, partly due to the traffic and partly due to our stop at the Bollingbrook Cheddars. There was queso dip involved, though, so there are no regrets.
Topics covered on the drive included: 1) what to have for dinner (approximately one hour); 2) the variations in quality in the High School Musical series (forty-five minutes); 3) ways in which the creators of Lost dropped the ball (half an hour); 4) how you have to at least give Avril Lavigne credit for not totally skanking out like every other teen pop star (five minutes); 5) whether Avril Lavigne in fact wrote a song for racially-ambiguous superstar Miranda Cosgrove (five minutes); 6) ways in which Bridesmaids was amazing (half an hour); 7) various crazy educational professionals we encountered in Quincy (an hour); 8) whether to stop to pee and get Diet Mountain Dews (fifteen minutes); 9) potential conflict resolution mechanisms for the upcoming parental visit (half an hour); and 10) miscellaneous.
This morning I got up and did some ab exercises, which were a poor substitute for my beloved Fit Core class. Then I got the oil changed and felt self conscious while sitting in the tiny waiting room and pretending to read a three-month-old copy of Motor Trend. Lunch with grandmother is upcoming. I am very glamorous.
