J-O-B

So I started working a second job in December. And this little part-time job has totally taken the pressure off the bank account. Now when I go to pay the bills, there's a little extra ching in checking. And when I have a night off, I do laundry and cook and clean the house, instead of laying on the couch and feeling bad about not doing the laundry and cooking and cleaning.

Only so far I've worked Christmas Day, New Year's Day, the OSU-LSU game, and every stinking NFL playoff game ever televised in the free world. And I'm scheduled for 4-10 on Super Bowl Sunday.

It's a trade off.

And for me right here and right now? While it's cold and snowy and ugly and dark in Ohio? It's totally worth it.

Art?

Or lack of knowledge of new camera??

Shopping?

Since neither the boy or I have bought a single Christmas anything yet, we mapped out a plan to buy everything we could possibly need (gifts, food, alcohol, various sundries) through New Year's and headed to the to the mall. We debated going to dinner and then shopping vs shopping then dinner and determined that we'd shop first and eat at a place where we could have cocktails....because cocktails BEFORE shopping never really works out for me.

We bought one magical gift that we're sure the recipient will love in the first ten seconds we were at the mall, then wandered around for 45 more minutes looking at a bunch of cr@p we'd like to buy for ourselves if we hit the lotto. We got to Target and wound up in the Christmas aisle, looking at exterior illumination.

Me: You're not even putting up lights outside this year, are you?
D: No, because I don't want to have to take them all down.
Me: Then what are we doing here? We should be buying gifts!
D: I feel like we buy the same stuff every year.
Me: I'm just not feeling it either. I have no idea what to get anyone!
D: Me either. And I'm starving.
Me: Maybe we should go to BW3 and regroup.

So $34 and two huge drafts later, with full bellies and a slight buzz (and still no friggin idea what to get anybody for Christmas) we go food/booze shopping. We spent $75 at the liquor store, $40 on beer/wine and $70 on junk food; then came home and played Scrabble all evening.

Hope D's g/f LOVES her gift, cuz it looks like everyone else on our list will be getting snack food or booze.

Game Day Conversation

I drove my bro-in-law to C'bus yesterday so he could go to the OSU-Illinois game with my son. After scarfing down some Cane's chicken, next stop was a bar a block away from D's apartment, about 1PM:

B-I-L: Want to do a shot?
D: Man, I don't think I can. I was drinking rum all night last night.
B-I-L: One shot. We can't go into The Shoe without having at least one short one.
D: OK...I'll have a Jaeger Bomb.
Me: Is that a drink? Or is it a shot?
D: It's both. Remember that time when I was home and I made them? With Red Bull?
Me: You mean that time you got completely plastered and stumbled all around the house?
D: Yeah...while still managing to kick your @ss at Scrabble, if you recall.

It's 24 hours later and I still haven't got a comeback. Not that I've been working on it. Much.