Busy weekend!

Phew!  Our Friday went like this:

9:00 Leave for the north DMV
9:30 -10:10 DMV stuff {holy cow, we were not expecting it to go this fast! 40 minutes here vs. 4 hours at the other place!!}
10:10-2:00 We had to take the car to get inspected, then the mechanic fixed the car, and reinspected it so it would pass.  We paid a bunch for it and in the meantime we ate lunch {sushi} and browsed around the nearby mall.
2:00 - Left the DMV/mechanic/mall area for campus
2:30-3:00 I got my picture for my new student ID card, got the campus parking sticker for my car, and bought books. That also set us back a few bucks.

We had a little downtime to have a smoothie and relax before heading out again.

4:30 Left for some organized bowling. I'm pretty sure we drove through some ghettos, and made it there late, but alive. GoogleMaps estimates of driving times through cities is about half of what it actually is. Ugh.
5:10 BOWLING!  We bowled and the Mr. scored 147 then 145.  I bowled 109 and 112.  We bowled until
7:30 left the bowling alley, taking a different way back, making much better time than before
8:00 got back to the apartment
8:15 headed out to the movie theater to meet up with another couple to catch the
9:10  showing of THOR. I thought it was a pretty fantastic movie. It lasted until
11:10 at which point we drove back and basically fell straight asleep!

I've gotten so used to going to bed around 9, that I was honestly surprised that I stayed awake after such a busy day.  I even kind of tripped on the escalator since I am so nimble on my feet {har har har}.

On Saturday and Sunday we did more necessary paperwork and chores.  Today we went on a walk through a protected forest area, and that was pretty interesting.  We also planted some seeds, so hopefully those will turn out well!

I hope everyone else had a fun, relaxing weekend!

A Lesson in Local Dialect

As an addendum to my previous post, about our weekend (here), you might have left that post wondering:
"If the northern DMV was soooo GOOD, then why did you (two, educated, handsome, charming, splendiforous, grown adults) choose to visit the "BAD" metro, inner-city DMV?"

The mister had been told by coworkers that the northern DMV was "okay".  In comparison, when we asked a clerk at the grocery if they had any input on the subject: "..." (The ellipsis is signifying an unending pause.) "..." "The downtown DMV...", she looked around, "it's not so bad".  That should have been our warning, right there.


Turns out, we have plenty of rose colored glasses to go around.  "We'll save time driving there, since it's about 10 miles closer", we reasoned to each other.  We thought that driving 20 miles less round-trip would be worth it. We figured that even if we had to spend extra time there, it would have been equivalent to the extra time we would have spent driving to the northern DMV.

Nope. That's not how it worked.  I am glad to say, from this, we are learning the local dialect:

If something is "okay", that means it is glorious, magnificent, stupendous, and the most fantastic thing ever. If something is "not so bad", that means it is abhorrent, unpleasant, and should be avoided at all costs.

Using these new vocabulary words in a sentence, I can say: The DMV is not so bad, and relaxing at home with Easter candy is an okay way to spend the evening.  =]

Going places, doing things, and paying everyone along the way

This is what our Friday and Saturday consisted of.  A narrative may or may not follow, depending on whether or not I can put all of my lovely thoughts into words or not.  Until then, this is the gist of what we've been up to yesterday and today. It seemed like lots of fun colored crayons would be more helpful than trying to explain it. And if it looks confusing, that's because it was.  VERY.

If you click on the picture, it will become larger (I think). This evening, it was 7:00 by the time the Mr. was back from the store.  Luckily, supper turned out well, and one of my two highlights of the day was finding pesto on sale: so we had pesto shrimp and spaghetti. Yum.