This is the first 'vacation' I've had since I got too old for school.
Did a fair amount of shopping today. Hit Costco, got some nice warm track pants that are a) not ginormous; and b) are actually long enough. Also bought some more wool socks - they’re all that will keep my feet sufficiently warm, as of late. (I’m a bit worried. I think I may need to ask my doctor if I have a circulation problem. I don’t recall my feet being so cold that I didn’t want to go without shoes indoors, even in winter. Then again, maybe that’s just part of what happens when one’s personal odometer ticks over the fourth decade.) I got some more basics…and then I hit The Malls. And The Makeup Counters. :D I initially went out to get some gift items for a friend, intending to buy two items for myself. That two item count jumped to six. (Shut up. I’m helping the economy.) Most of the things I bought were on sale; and I think this person is really going to have fun with the items I got for her.
At Costco, I also picked up two movies: The Dark Knight, which I’d seen in the theatres (once in IMAX, which was pretty cool); and Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, which I hadn’t seen. TDK is still amazing, and I’m really looking forward to the third movie in the trilogy. IJKCS…eh. It wasn’t horrible or even necessarily bad, but I didn’t enjoy it as much as I enjoyed the previous three. There were bits where they tried to inject the funny, and it kind of worked…but not completely. There were the action sequences which still looked good; but you could see the cutaways much more clearly. (With Harrison Ford’s experience and professional track record as well as his current age, he’s earned the right to ask that a stunt double take the punches and falls. But it’s still pretty apparent.) The plot wasn’t a mental workout, but then again, the IJ movies have never been about intellectualism, but about non-braindead entertainment. The interactions between Marian and Indy were a little awkward, but I think that’s as much to do with the scripting as the fact that these characters most definitely do have a history. And the ending was a wee bit on the trite side. But…like I said…non-braindead entertainment, not thought-provoking storytelling.
There’s a lot of stuff to do this month. I want to evaluate other healthcare choices because while I currently have Blue Cross, it’s near-impossible to get a callback from a provider that does take Blue Cross. I need to look into business incorporation. I need to get my taxes started. (I’m glad I’m not living in California, or I’d probably end up getting an IOU instead of a tax refund.) I want to log on to the work computer, just to see if any spastic emails landed in my inbox during the mandatory shutdown. I know I don’t have to work on any of them until Monday, so I probably shouldn’t even check on things. But I’ve got this overweening need to Be Prepared.
But I’ll start all of that tomorrow.
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