Daylight Savings

This morning I overslept which was strange as I had gone to bed at 10 pm. That’s ten hours of sleep!. It was a tiring but fun weekend, chock full of activities. Saturday I got up early and drove through the rain to visit my godson and his family. On the way, since I was early, I swung by the hardware store and ran through the rain to pick up some much needed light bulbs (why do I have a bazillion 75W but no 60W?) and a timer for a lamp. Not even 9 am yet and “check” another thing crossed off the list. We went to the local discovery museum which was fun since I had the excuse of accompanying a kid so could climb on the stuff and play too. Had to run to the car as it was pouring. Got a little wet. Then home and played with his little sister while he went down for his four hour nap. She realized she had to up her game on cuteness as she’s been testing her parents lately. She’s now cooing and smiling and flirting up a storm. Quite cute. And the cutest thing was when I went in to get her brother after he woke up from his nap – there was a moment there when he realized it wasn’t mom or dad coming to get him like usual. And then he realized it was me and was super excited and started to swing between being bashful and flirting to being full on “play with me”.


I did manage to sort through all my half finished knitting projects. I ended up just brining over the basket that holds them all. I undid some and the rest are now written down as pieces to work on which makes it seem like a step towards them being completed. I’m slowly making progress. Saturday night I stayed later than usual so that Aaron and Cec could go out and enjoy a dinner together. It was funny watching them before and after. Before they were dragging their feet and couldn’t figure out where to go and were close to just staying home. I got to watch my movie on HBO while both kids slept the whole time. Granted I did have to re-bink the little one a dozen or so times as she liked to spit it out periodically but yet still wanted it. They got home and said it was one of the best meals they’ve had in a long time. You could see a change in the energy level even though they were soon heading to bed. Yay! Then off home I went, I even got to stop by the TJ Maxx and run through the rain to return a pair of jeans (J Brand) that fit wonderfully but were too long and several other items. Loved seeing the credit on the credit card. Did a quick round in the jean section one last time. Found another pair of J Brand jeans super duper clearenced that I almost bought but then compared them to the ones I just returned and they were exactly the same, except $30 cheaper. I didn’t buy them, unfortunately (you’ll see in a moment). Got home, ran through the rain lugging my knitting and should have dropped into bed, but instead decided that I’d stay up past midnight to catch up the latest Lost episodes from this season. I don’t know, I liked the earlier years. It just seems to be getting weirder and darker. Kind of like how the Harry Potter books went. I like the earlier years.
Sunday morning. I woke up late. But I didn’t realize how late until a half hour later after making pancakes I’m checking my phone and there’s a text from my friend Marie that I was going to hang out with that day. “Where are you, you ok?” And then I noticed it was 10:20 am and not 9:20 am! Daylight savings!! Which is strange as I’ve been telling everyone this week, “don’t forget”. Even the day before I mentioned it. I even mentioned it to Marie. I have it written down on all my calendars. And I forgot. So quickly hopped into the shower and drove off to the Cambridge Antique Mall to meet up with her. I had to take some alternate routes as some of the roads were closed due to flooding. I parked in their flooded parking lot and had to get out through the passenger door. It was pouring! I got inside and it was all antiques. What you’d expect, except I was here for the used bikes. They were down in the basement. Imagine your classic antique mall. Way too much antiques stuffed into an old five story building. And in the basement – antiques everywhere (including this beautiful “surfer” mid-century cherry table that I almost bought except I already have three dining room tables and no dining room really). And there in one of the corners, there’s tons of bikes and a little shop to fix them. It was just full of character. The bikes were old man! And still almost $200 which is crazy. I felt more comfortable just spending an extra $100 or so and buying a new bike. So we perused the bikes and then went and perused the rest of the store. There were some cute side tables I almost bought. But instead took Marie’s advice and used her technique – take a picture. So am thinking about them. I’ve been hunting on craigslist for some in the living room but maybe these are the ones. I’ve also been looking for a short bookcase to have up in the loft to make it look a little tidier with all my stuff. And at first I noticed this little pine bookcase and then I noticed the nice Danish book case behind it (on its end). Snap. I did end up buying an $18 original print of this beautiful sailboat on the sea. I believe it’s a lithograph. I was unwrapping it this morning and I’m even more in love with it now. I would have picked up these three Rockwell Kent pieces except they were much more expensive and I think they were just framed prints from one of his books. Still, love R. Kent and there’s a family connection. Snap. Seriously thinking about this one. They’re really nicely framed. I apparently have a nautical them going on.

Then off we went, running through the rain to our cars. We headed to the Food show at the conference center. Found parking on the street, but had to run and it was far and I’m really not a runner and I’m out of shape so half way there my body is like, “What the hell, you’re not in danger, it’s just water. You can get wet or have a heart attack. Your choice.” So we walked the second half. We were already soaked, so it didn’t matter. We chowed down on all the samples and just as our jeans were dry we headed back out and got soaked again heading back to the car. Made it to Wheelworks where I tried out several bikes, but not really because, did I mention, it’s been raining and they didn’t want their bikes to get wet. I have a short list, but am still overwhelmed by the selection. And apparently there’s this thing where they don’t want to sell you a bike where you can sit upright. It’s not efficient use of energy and you should really be hunched over the handlebars. I think the vertical is more comfortable. So have to figure that out. No bike yet. It was hard even getting onto the bikes when you have wet jeans on.
And then off to some furniture stores to help each other figure out what to get. Marie has a new house and husband. After I drop her off I’m driving home through the rain and keep seeing one umbrella after another get turned inside out. I do make a pitstop by the TJ Maxx by my house and surprisingly find a pair of J Brand jeans that fit and are still too long. But according to Marie, when you buy the expensive jeans that’s what they do – sell them long so that they fit more people and then you get them hemmed. Jeans hemmed?! But apparently there are places here that do it quite well and you can’t tell a difference. So I bought these jeans yet again (and unfortunately back at the first price I bought them and not the super duper reduced price). I was going to swing by the grocery store but that’s when I ran out of energy and home I went.



And finally, this morning. I left late like usual on Mondays and my commute was the longest ever! I got wet waiting for my bus since I figured I’d forgo the umbrella and just put on the rain jacket since it is a Noreaster after all. Luckily I brought one of my knitting projects and made some nice progress. More roads were closed due to flooding so they had to reroute us along with everyone else which meant we were crawling. It was so slow. I had a hot chocolate when I got in as I was chilled to the bone. And a coworker grabbed some New England clam chowder for me when she was out which was nice. I love clam chowder (except the clams are stuck between my teeth). Going home will be fun. This rain just won’t stop. I wish it was snow. At least it looks like 60s and sun in Richmond while I’m there this weekend.