monkeymom's Diaryland Diary
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In which the dog eats underwear.
Since the dog chewed up Scott's glasses last week, he's been going without them, and he said he can see, but the truth is that it's a bit of a strain, because of his astigmatism. So today we went to buy glasses for him.
He had a prescription from an eye doctor in Canada, so we just went to Shopko's vision center and picked a frame - they can make glasses in one hour.
We had about an hour to kill in the store until the glasses were done, so we headed for the electronics section to look at video games. They didn't have the Shadowhearts Covenant game that Scott was looking for, but we did give advice to a woman who was looking for a wirelss controller.
We looked at clothes, and I bought a pair of shoes, and the Halloween novelty underwear was for sale, so I picked up a pair of thong panties for Kim with a spider embroidered on the front. By then the glasses were ready, and we headed for home.
I made Chicken Noodle Soup for dinner, and we were planning to see The Incredibles afterward, but the soup wasn't done in time, so we ate movie nachos and popcorn instead. The movie was very entertaining, but why do I always go to the theater on bimbo night? There were about 15 Jr High kids sitting in the middle of the theater yacking loudly before and after the movie! They were quiet during the movie, though, which I believe is a testament to just how good it was, but I can't enjoy the credits when kids are talking loudly and stupidly while the credits roll! I think that's my superpower, attracting morons when I go to the movies.
After the movie, we went home, looking forward to the soup! I went right to the kitchen and put in the egg noodles to cook, Rich took the dog for a walk, and I heard Scott and Kim talking in the living room - when I went in there, I saw a huge mess the dog made while we were out! She had torn up a box containing wooden kitchen matches and matches were strewn everywhere, the Shopko bags were on the floor and I found a plastic hangar laying by itself near them, and ... wait, a label... hey, where are Kim's spider panties?? We looked around, but they were not to be found, and we are reasonably sure that the terrible sock-eating dog ate them! Geez.
So we made fun of the dog, ate the soup (it was wonderful), and then Scott and I had to go to the grocery store because we were out of milk and dishwasher soap.
As we went into the store, we met one of the temp switchboard operators coming out, with another girl. I stopped to say hi, and I introduced Scott. The temp introduced her younger sister, and just to be embarrassing to Scott, I asked her if she had a boyfriend. She answered in a kind of breathy, far away voice that she doesn't date, and said that she was going to college soon, and I said, Oh, you must be waiting to get there and see what's available? And she answered that she might meet a nice Christian boy, so I said, Well, Scott just got back from a mission! To which she said, and I can't quite convey the otherworldly way in which she was talking, but try to imagine it, that she had been in the Amazon Jungle this past summer and that she was going to someplace in Africa next, and I nodded and she said that she was ruined for ordinary life, and I squelched the urge to make a remark about becoming a nun, because really, she was freaky.
When we walked away from them Scott said she was setting off his Spidey senses, and we laughed about how creepy she seemed, and I said I thought that remark about being ruined for ordinary life sounded like a slogan!
When we got home I googled it, and yup, I was right, it's part of a book title so I'm sure it's a catchphrase for Christians everywhere. And good for them, but ewww, there was a strange vibe going on.
11:53 p.m. - 2004-11-08
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