Sometimes I don't make phonecalls in the car just because it interrupts the music...

I was determined not to sleep in too late today, so I got up at about 9 o'clock. I guess some would consider that sleeping in, but 9 is kind of my breaking point. If I sleep later I feel lazy, but I enjoy not getting up earlier. Of course, I want to start running again when January hits, so my schedule will hopefully be changing.

Today I had some errands to run. First though I wanted to call a store in Spartanburg which didn't open until 11 to see if they had a Blackheart amp in stock. So I took my shower, took Lucy for a walk, and checked my email/facebook. I called them as soon as it hit 11, but they don't have any in stock. For fun I called a few other dealers around SC, but no one I called had any. Oh well, I guess if I want to try one I just have to drive to Charlotte.

I ate some lunch at home and then left for my errands. Lucy seemed a little weird before I left, kind of moping around, but I figured she just didn't want to be left home alone or something. The first place I went was Guitar Center, just to play the Tweed Blues Jr. again. It was a good day for it because there wasn't a myriad of shredders blasting out. I think the trip convinced me that the amp is the right choice...there is just nothing I don't like about it. Petsmart is right next door, so after playing a few guitars I went and bought Oliver some more kitten food. Purina was on sale, which is what we got last time, so that was nice. I think I saved $3 or something with my PetPerks card.

I next drove to Greenville Tech. I wanted to turn in a financial aid form they sent me, and also sell my books back. I could have mailed it in, but they didn't send anything with it instructing me where to mail it too. Seems like an egregious oversight to me. Since half of my tuition being covered depends on this form, I figured better to hand deliver it to the office. When I went to the bookstore after the financial aid office, the lady informed me that book buybacks ended on Friday. I don't really understand how that is possible, and it definitely didn't work like that at Clemson. I had seen some other text book stores down the road, so I went to those and sold the books back. I'm not really sure if they pay as much, but the other store in Clemson was always similar to the main bookstore. I only got $58 total, which just reminded me how lousy book buyback is. I remember this one class in Clemson I payed over $200 I think for the book, and then they changed editions and no one would even buy it back.

My last errand of the day was going to FedEx to ship out Kristi's broken Chi and some gifts for relatives. I have really grown to like FedEx ever since living in Columbia, so I typically ship things through them, although it stinks that there isn't a shipping center close to my house any more.

After FedEx I came home. Lucy seemed a little out of it still, and hadn't eaten her food from the morning still. After I let her out she got back into her bed. I went and played the drums for a while, and when I came out discovered Lucy had been throwing up. For the rest of the day she wouldn't eat or drink and just slept all day. It was really kind of pitiful, especially because Oliver just slept on top of her crate since she wouldn't come out. Lucy barely came out of her crate for Kristi when she came home, and then went right back to sleep...which if you know Lucy you know her not going crazy about Kristi or me getting home is bizarre.

Tonight we went to the Boyds' house for Charlie's birthday dinner. Since Lucy hadn't eaten all day I made her an egg to see if she would before we left. The only other time I gave her an egg was when she was spayed. She wouldn't eat for a day and half afterwards, so I made her an egg just to get her appetite going. Tonight she wouldn't even touch the egg. Oliver had a piece though and seemed to enjoy it. On that note, I never would have guessed that we would have trouble with Oliver constantly eating Lucy's food and not vice versa.

Anyways, I wasn't sure if we still would do the dinner thing because Kristi's grandmother fell yesterday and fractured her pelvis. She is doing ok considering, but is still in the hospital and Karen has been really busy with all of that. I think everyone is a little down about it, which is understandable. She has been living with the Boyds ever since her husband died last year, which I think makes it even harder on them. Callie cooked some food so that we could still have the dinner, and so we drove over around 6:30. When we got there Kristi realized she forgot the gift, so I got to drive back and get it. Not a big deal, I enjoyed listening to the new songs from David Ramirez while I drove.

Dinner was good, and we stayed for a little while afterwards before coming home. Lucy was still acting sick when we got home, but eventually perked up enough to eat some food, which is good. She only got up for a little bit and then went back to sleep when we got in bed. I think Oliver is concerned because he spent 5 minutes cleaning her face and her ears for her.

I spent some time reading some of Blue Like Jazz again tonight. I have read it before, but for some reason that book has sections which I can really identify with and challenge me in alot of ways. If you haven't read it you definitely should.

Work tomorrow probably won't be all that exciting. The two storage areas are a complete mess, so I think I will spend most of my day trying to organize those. Tomorrow night I am going to attempt a cheesecake again. Kristi needs a dessert for a something at school, and I want to try to make a cheesecake and not screw up so badly. We'll see if it works!