I started the day, early, with the usual slate of good intentions, most of which had fallen by the wayside by the time I fell asleep mid-afternoon. I was hoping that this weekend could be a time to catch up on life-type stuff (think oil changes, tax returns, insurance forms, correspondence to tenants) but other than grocery-shopping and getting a haircut (too short on top, I fear) it hasn't been a very productive day.
We still need to run out and get wine, in case the wine store is closed on Monday. A funny blast-from-the-past last week: some friends came over for dinner and we drank all the wine, and then at 7:55 or so we realized we really wanted more, so we flew downstairs, into the car, and over to the Liquor Despot, where they were giving the "please bring your final selections to the registers" routine over the loudspeaker as we walked in. J was characteristically indecisive about pinot noirs, so I grabbed a couple things and away we went.
Don't even get me started on the liquor store closing-at-8 thing. Hell, even Maasachusetts, the Home of the Puritan, allows them to be open till 10 on weeknights. But it was comical and kinda fun to be trying to beat the clock, like in high school. (For the record I am old enough to remember when the legal age was 18, not 21).
Bought my Polish textbooks yesterday. Fascinating - yet frightening. One of my favorite blogs on this site has a great link to an online book about adult language learning. It's good to go into this with an analytical mind. Click on the entry for August 25.
Posted by otto0114 at September 4, 2004 08:34 PM