Steps
Posted on November 9th, 2009 at 12:38am
Suddenly, I’m checking and re-checking, and re-checking the locks on my doors and windows three or four times before I head into bed.
Sarah asked me if I knew where to get film for her Holga camera. I suggested a place called OPT in Oceanside. I realized the last time I was there was when I bought my Canon camera. She suggested we go together and grab breakfast beforehand. I figured while I was the camera place I could see if they could pull up an old receipt for me.
We had breakfast at Beach Break Cafe. A little hole in the wall place I’ve never heard off, but is super popular. One of those “it’s worth the 45 minute wait to get seated” places. I had the banana-crunch French toast and it was every bit as delicious as it looks. It was so much food. We had a moment of sitting at the table and groaning in delicious agony before we stood up.
We then went to OPT. I spoke to a guy, told him my situation, and asked if it was possible to print out an old receipt. He said it was no problem at all. He took my last name, and browsed through the system. The only Saucier on file was Todd. I guess my purchase in 2005 goes too far back for their system. I had momentarily got my hopes up.
I spent a lot of the weekend at my parent’s house, slowly cleaning out the garage. It’s been a complete and utter disaster area in there for over a year. Even with Todd in Portland, I’m still texting him every five minutes with a picture of some random something asking him “Do you want this? Can I throw it away??”
I’ve talked about my choice of theme with my mom a bit now, and I think I’ve got her excited enough to really help out. I’m very excited to really get going, but I’m a bit ahead of myself. I’ve got a lot of things planned out already, but what I’m missing now is one big center-piece of an object to build. It’ll come to me.
I’ve also gotta take it slow because all of this New Years party business may not happen, thanks to the robbery. Depending on what happens with my insurance, any extra money I have throughout the rest of the year may have to go towards replacing all of my stuff. It’s slow going.
I’m gonna go check the locks for the 5th time, then get to bed.
Goodnight Moon.
One step at a time.