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Screw that. The Marketplace didn't close until 11pm, and the Westside doesn't close until 1am. Ben was happy and settling down, I wasn't needed here for any particular reason, and I felt cranky enough that I knew if I stayed around I would just pick an argument. It's not Sara's fault, not really. At anytime earlier tonight I could have spoken up and said, "Hey, I really want to go *here*..." and I am sure they would have followed along. It just rubbed the the wrong way when I found the first store in the state of Florida that I was genuinely interested in being in, and had to leave within five minutes because Ben was upset I wasn't with him. So anyway, I decided that I could either sit around and stew, or I could actually be a grownup and go do what I wanted to do. I tickled Ben's belly, kissed him goodbye, and then went back out.
Since the Marketplace would be closing first, I went to the two stores there that I really wanted to see and I spent all the time I wanted there. Then I moved over to the Westsice, and probably spent about an hour in a movie memorabilia shop just browsing. There were a number of other interesting little shops along the way, none of them Disney and none of them carrying the same tourist crap that I have been seeing all week long. I went into the Virgin store for nearly an hour, just meandering around and looking at stuff. I actually wound up buying a book, a new collection of Richard Matheson stories. There are two or three in it that I have read before, but the rest of it is new to me at least even if they were originally published in various pulp magazines in the 50's.
I assumed that by the time I got back to the hotel everyone would be in bed in the other room. Instead, Mandy was sound asleep next door and Sara was in my room with Ben watching tv. Great. The whole point of going out was to get away from her for a while, and not have to see her again until morning. Instead she is laying on my bed and trying to strike up a conversation. When she is in a cranky mood I am nice enough to just ignore it and not do anything to antagonize her. I wish she would do the same in return. Anyway, she has gone off to bed in her own room now and Ben is in my room still listening to his cd player. He definitely needs to get to sleep, so I am going to shut down now and turn out the light. Hopefully I will be less cranky after a good night's sleep.
I miss Kris. A lot.
Since the Marketplace would be closing first, I went to the two stores there that I really wanted to see and I spent all the time I wanted there. Then I moved over to the Westsice, and probably spent about an hour in a movie memorabilia shop just browsing. There were a number of other interesting little shops along the way, none of them Disney and none of them carrying the same tourist crap that I have been seeing all week long. I went into the Virgin store for nearly an hour, just meandering around and looking at stuff. I actually wound up buying a book, a new collection of Richard Matheson stories. There are two or three in it that I have read before, but the rest of it is new to me at least even if they were originally published in various pulp magazines in the 50's.
I assumed that by the time I got back to the hotel everyone would be in bed in the other room. Instead, Mandy was sound asleep next door and Sara was in my room with Ben watching tv. Great. The whole point of going out was to get away from her for a while, and not have to see her again until morning. Instead she is laying on my bed and trying to strike up a conversation. When she is in a cranky mood I am nice enough to just ignore it and not do anything to antagonize her. I wish she would do the same in return. Anyway, she has gone off to bed in her own room now and Ben is in my room still listening to his cd player. He definitely needs to get to sleep, so I am going to shut down now and turn out the light. Hopefully I will be less cranky after a good night's sleep.
I miss Kris. A lot.