I had planned on going to a Pampered Chef party at my friend Sarina's house. I had even responded in the affirmative on her Facebook announcement. But I slept in too late, and once I got up, the laxative that my doctor had prescribed took effect. Long story short, I stayed in the bathroom while Pampered Chef took place. Ah well, I'll make the next one.
With my morning now shot, I just vegged around the house. There were no definite plans, just a sense that I have to do something about my lawn. Early in the afternoon Yizong called and asked if I'd go with him to buy yet another range finder camera. I said I would, got dressed, and went up to his apartment.
We left there and went to East Dallas to one of the seediest neighborhoods I've been to in quite some time. Yizong called me for a specific reason--he knows I carry a gun, and this is one of those neighborhoods that makes me glad I have one. Of course the problem is that Yizong never writes down exactly where we're going. (The last time we guessed at where we were supposed to meet the seller and got lucky.) We drove up and down the street a few times, growing more wary as we did so. Finally he called a mission abort, and we decided to go to the gun show for a little while.
This was the first time I went into a gun show and didn't spend more than a hundred dollars. Truth be told, I spent a grand total of five dollars on some beef jerky. Yizong tried to get me to buy a camouflaged tool bag as a purse for Monica, but I didn't really fancy the idea, so he ended up buying it for his wife. I saw a few things that were nice, but nothing I really wanted to buy--especially as I didn't have the money to buy anything much.
After we returned to Arlington I went down to Golfsmith, a big golfing store. I played with a bunch of putters, drove a few balls with a couple of drivers, and drooled over some of the high end equipment. I bought a few golf balls (one of my new weaknesses) and found a deal for a free glove to boot.
Academy Sports was next on my hit list, and I almost wish I hadn't gone. This weekend was tax free weekend, so everywhere was pretty much besieged by people trying to save a few cents (all that you really save on tax free weekend). I looked at their golf stuff, compared prices, and took a spin around the store before I went to Dick's Sporting Goods.
Dick's is a place I don't usually go to for two reasons: their prices are usually a bit higher, and they're in the mall. I avoid malls in general due to the crowds and the teeny bopper scene, but I wanted to see what they had in golf. I found several 5 woods, but they were lady's clubs, so I abandoned that search and went to the Knife Shoppe to have my pocket knife sharpened.
After the mall I took a spin to Target and Walmart to get some groceries and finish my exercising for the day. Groceries and a few goodies in hand, I bailed out and came home tired, but satisfied. Except that I wasn't done.
Even as I write this post, I still haven't figured out where I'll go to church tomorrow. I thought about going back to ERCC and see if Jessica goes, but if I do that, it will only be to see if I can connect with Jessica, which doesn't seem like a good enough reason. Besides, it's currently a captain-less vessel, and there are a lot of churches to go to. I may pick another one at random and go to it. Hopefully next week I'll have done some homework and find a church that advertises a singles group. But who knows... if things work out with Monica, I may not need a singles group any more. Stay tuned folks!
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