this morning. For those of you who know Tony, this will come as no surprise. For those of you who don’t, let me just say, “He is head over heels for coffee.” Sometimes it’s a close call between me and the beans. The first thing he does in the morning is walk with eyes half opened, feeling his way along the wall, to the coffee pot to get his first cup. We cannot drive by a Starbucks without stopping. Sometimes we make our eating, shopping, or driving decisions based on where a Starbucks is located. He confessed to me just tonight that there are some mornings that he becomes bitter at me for the mug of coffee I take to work in the mornings because that makes 2 less cups of coffee from the pot that he can enjoy. So now that you understand a little bit of his life-long love affair, you will have a better feel for how he might have responded this morning to a strangely quieter than normal grinding of his automatic grind and brew. The bean grinding blade broke, and all he was served was hot water. I was impressed by his calmness, but I know he was disappointed.
When I came home from church this afternoon, I found him waiting for me in the kitchen, wide eyed, and almost lost. He asked, “What am I supposed to do without football?” Ever since we’ve been married (oh, so long, I know), football has been on. His Sunday ritual is to vege out in his recliner and watch as many games as possible (sometimes one would be on his computer screen while the other played on the tv). So, being this was his first football-free afternoon, he was confused as what to do for 6 plus hours. His solution: MUST BUY A GAMING SYSTEM. We decided on a Wii, but, of course, they are obsolete. We decided, nonetheless to spend the afternoon going from store to store to see if we happened to be lucky. I mean, what else could we possibly have done with our afternoon? We very quickly became discouraged at the impossible task of finding a Wii today, so we moved on to the search for a new, must be just the right kind but not outrageously expensive, coffee maker. (Please know that this is our 4th one to occupy the counter since we’ve been married… again, oh, so long. The first - mine - was naturally not good enough; you had to push the start button yourself. The second - his - was free from an internet monthly coffee deal, and didn’t take long to poop out. The third - a special, most treasured birthday gift - unfortunately lived up to it’s poor reviews.) We began at Mimi’s Cafe for lunch, but the wait was too long, so we began our quest at Best Buy (where we purchased a hook up for my ipod to the stereo for dance) and then settled at Red Robin due to the fact that I was about to eat my arm. We then moved on to the mall, Linens-N-Things (where we got a couple of glasses and gadgets on clearance), to Sam’s (where we purchased Salmon and a 4 Berry Sunday for a snack), to Kohl’s, and then a quick stop at home to drop off the Salmon and take a bathroom break. We then headed to Bed Bath and Beyond, back to Best Buy, moved on to HHGregg, then back to the mall. From there we visited Target (where we got a fun tshirt for a gift-loving friend), went across the street to Walmart, and then again to Kohl’s… where we found coffee maker #4 and some new sweat pants for myself (which will be returned tomorrow due to a poor size choice and rediculous low, low, low, don’t know how it covers anything rise. Side note - Tony’s response to the trial wear was, “Wow, so I guess it’s time to hit the gym, huh?” Yes, be encouraged he has apologized, and I have giggled at his ignorance of appropriate things to say in those situations.)
I’m sure this will not be a normal Sunday afternoon, but we enjoyed it. I definitely couldn’t begin to count the number of times we got in and out of the car. Tony has now taken close to an hour to read about and set up his new toy, and then maybe I’ll have space to make dinner. So, despite my hopes against it, I do believe that video games are in our future. But, a boy has to have something to do on a lazy Sunday afternoon, right?
