A Very Busy Day!

Today was a very busy day but I'm very excited about the results.  First off, I went for an easy run in the morning to get loosened up and put some mileage in for the week.  I'm planning on an 18+ mile run tomorrow so I wanted to go easy to get ready for that.  Then I headed to the bank to deposit some graduation money, a paycheck and my signing bonus, which pushed my bank account in a direction I like to see it going.  Then I started the really fun stuff.

First I went to Michael's, a store that I rarely have a need to go into.  For those not initiated into the wide world of craft stores, Michael's is a craft store and more importantly, they have custom framing, which is pertinent to this particular story.  When I was younger, my dad gave me four comic books about dinosaurs.  These are cutesy, cartoon dinosaurs but instead a series documenting a bloody feud between a pack of velociraptors and a clan of T-rex's.  In any case, I thought they were awesome then and I think they're awesome now.  So I brought them to Michael's and talked for probably half an hour with the framer there about matting and she made some suggestions and I ended up leaving them there to get matted and framed.  It will take about two weeks, but I can't wait!

Then I went to BestBuy.  I have been considering an extra monitor for some time now and I decided to at least go and look at them.  I ended up buying a 23" Acer monitor which I'm very excited about.  I can now multitask like nobody's business and enjoy movies and TV shows posted to the internet even more.  It looks a little silly next to my laptop because it dwarfs the screen, but I figure I'll get used to it!

Then I headed out the door to go to the grocery store but locked myself out.  Luckily I hadn't put on the dead-bolt and was able to credit-card my way in (with my old Price Chopper card... I knew that would come in handy!).  This just reinforces the need to use the dead-bolt all the time because by and large the regular door lock is not very secure.  I eventually made it to the grocery store and the rest is history and not very interesting.  The crazy thing is, despite everything I did today, I still didn't get everything done!  I have an oil change and a long run scheduled for tomorrow plus a long day of cleaning around the kitchen and apartment in general and doing laundry.  I will need to go to work to rest from this weekend.    A grown-up's work is never done!

-Lane