Banks, Walmart, Home Cooked Meals

Well today was first of all a day to sleep late. Relatively. Well, at least to me, sleeping til 9 AM seemed pretty late, but when half of the house still wasn't awake yet, I realized that maybe I could give myself some more leeway. Hm, well internships start tomorrow; so much for sleeping late. And here I am blogging instead of getting a good night's rest. Procrastination. What I do best.

But I digress. John and I drove to Bank of America today, which was a pretty epic trip. 30 minutes away practically! It didn't seem too bad, until I got there and failed to fill the deposit slip out correctly. So.. other people went in front of me as I worked on making my complicated transaction involving 2 accounts and cash back work. The teller still had to fix my corrected slip again. The point is, I have money now! YES.

Next up on our exciting day was WALMART. The pinnacle of shopping civilization. I frankly was a little overwhelmed. We had pooled our funds together to buy everything for the upcoming week, but WOW. It was a little more complicated than I expected. Even just choosing the type of lettuce, or salad dressing, or what size of syrup bottle, or the amounts of all of the previous things was incredibly complicated. Somehow, we got through it, and $250 later, we have many, MANY groceries. Of course, I bought some things for myself that were staples of my daily routine: sausage biscuits, waffles, ritz crackers, and Dr. Pepper. Sorry to the healthy people - I need to indulge regularly to function properly.

Speaking of healthy people, we stopped by the hospital (which houses the local gym) today and got applications for gym memberships. The question is, will I have the willpower to actually submit the application, and then to actually go to the gym? We'll see about that, but I'll certainly try.

In the evening, we were served a very delicious meal by Khadijah and Alice. Spaghetti with salad. It was fantastic, and we had plenty of leftovers - until David Womble got into the food ;) Noelle and I are cooking oven-fried chicken on Thursday - I'm excited about that though. Having our first meal together as a family was our first act of bonding. It felt good to all sit around the same table, eat the same food, and just share in each others' company. The BN family rocks, essentially.

Finally, we watched Tyler Perry's "Diary of a Mad Black Woman." The movie was HILARIOUS, interspersed with funny comments from the audience. Fun times, fun times. I'd give the movie 4/5. A little predictable, but certainly worth watching - very, very entertaining and Tyler Perry is a genius.

Our family still probably spends more time in front of its laptops than in talking, bonding, and sharing, but I really hope we break those barriers down in the next few weeks (days?). I can see it happening, and I think we all just need to make a little extra effort. Internship at the library starts tomorrow, although I don't think my supervisor is going to be there because she is sick. We'll see how that goes - as always, I'll keep you updated.

Quotes of the Day:
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Lauren: "The tea tastes.. Swedish.. I mean sweet-ish." (only I heard this)
Khadijah: "I'm brown too!!"