Things we did yesterday:<\/p>\n
1 Arlo did his Saturday morning karate class at the community centre
\n2 then we dropped kids at my parents’ place for the afternoon
\n3 SA and I took the bus downtown
\n4 we went to the Alibi Room for lunch and beer
\n5 and ate brunch instead because there was no lunch yet, even though it was 1 pm, you crazy hip young people
\n6 got a stomach ache because beer at lunchtime is not usually how I roll (though it was delicious beer)(and brunch)
\n7 walked through Gastown and enjoyed the fine flora and fauna, including cruise ship tourists (so! shiny!)
\n8 took pictures and felt self-conscious about it and then noticed a guy sitting at a cafe table, taking a picture of the next cafe table through the slats of the chair and felt less self-conscious
\n9 walked up to the butt-end of Pacific Centre so SA could use the bathroom
\n10 walked through Holt Renfrew and then tried to get out of Holt Renfrew
\n11 had to be directed out of Holt Renfrew
\n12 into the mall! Which is very like a mall but much more fleh, where fleh means fancy and rich
\n13 then out of the mall onto Granville Street
\n14 there was a hip hop break-dancing demonstration on the street
\n15 those boys were young! and very good at break dancing. And sweaty!
\n16 we kept walking up Granville and then up to Chapters
\n17 though it felt kind of stupid to be in Chapters when there’s one at Metrotown
\n18 nevertheless. I needed to look at books.
\n19 ran into the dad of one of Arlo’s friends, working in the Indigo Kids section
\n20 asked him if there were any locking journals for sale (there were not)
\n21 looked at the biography section, the blank book section, the new fiction section
\n22 looked for deals, didn’t find any
\n23 got a peppermint tea from Starbucks because my stomach still hurt
\n24 considered using the bathroom but decided against it because SO MANY PEOPLE WERE IN LINE
\n25 took the escalator to the top of the store and then back down again
\n26 met up with SA again and we walked back to the butt end of Pacific Centre to use the same bathroom he used before
\n27 bought six doughnuts from Tim Hortons to share with the kids and my parents for dessert
\n28 tried to remember where the bus stop was, but couldn’t, so walked all the way back to where the bus starts
\n29 waited for the bus
\n30 saw a young woman on a fancy old-style bicycle, talking on her cell phone by holding it against her ear with her shoulder, wearing no helmet, crossing Burrard Street in a very wobbly fashion, as you would if you were riding a bike with your head glued to your shoulder
\n31 restrained myself from shouting rude things at her
\n32 rode the bus back to my parents’ house and walked up the very steep hill from the bus stop and nearly expired
\n33 found the children drinking ginger ale in the back yard, covered in dirt and the remnants of face paint
\n34 entertained them until dinner time; no small feat, as they were tired and grumpy and hungry
\n35 ate delicious barbecued meats and oven baked potatoes and home grown lettuce
\n36 lingered over wine while the children entertained us with their revue show “The Idiot Children”. They called it that. Eli came in the room with his t-shirt on over his legs like pants and no shirt and said, “Greetings fellow grownups. We are the IDIOT CHILDREN.”
\n37 were somewhat irritated by the second act of The Idiot Children until we realized that Arlo had lost the second tooth on the top of his mouth so had a legitimate reason to be sucking on his shirt and interrupting our conversation with his “urgent” voice
\n38 noticed it was quite late, well past our usual departure time and encroaching on bedtime. Despite our better judgement, gave the children doughnuts for dessert
\n39 packed up our stuff and came home
\n40 fought back a jigger of road rage and kept my eyes forward while driving when a douchecanoe in a thumping bass car passed me on the right just as I was about to change lanes because I was two blocks from home
\n41 ignored Arlo asking me “what’s a douchecanoe?”
\n42 put the children to bed. Once again, Arlo decided not to leave his tooth for the tooth fairy.* That makes four teeth the tf has not been allowed to claim
\n43 poured a snifter of wine
\n44 watched an episode of Homeland on Netflix
\n45 ate a few chips
\n46 locked the door
\n47 read my book
\n48 went to sleep.<\/p>\n
* 49 this morning we learned that he actually *did* put his tooth under his pillow but didn’t tell us, as an experiment. He wanted to see if it was Eli who would take his tooth, or the tooth fairy.**<\/p>\n
** Apparently there is a tooth fairy and s\/he is a thief because the tooth is gone, no one in this house took it, and there was no money left. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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