[imported from livejournal and backdated]
I was going to call it a vent but you know what, it wasn't a bad day, it
was a good day with a series of stupid things interspersed.
First
up, I got a call from the mac shop saying my imac was in and I could
pick it up whenever. I thought that was awesome. Josh didn't want me
to pick it up on my own but I had Pete with me (big bald guy, no one
with a brain would mess with him, not that I'm worried about being
messed with, I may be a little out of practice but I can still mess
people up good). Pete wanted to poke into a shop anyway to buy some
miscellaneous candy goods to take back to the UK for his friends, and
see what else there was to see, so I thought we could go to Carousel
(where the ac shop was) coz we only neededto take one bus there as
opposed to Garden City where we were originally going and needed two
buses.
So we went out and waited for the 883. It came by and it
was a crappy old bus that we had no chance in hell of getting the twin
pram on. I then remembered I'd forgotten the receipt so we went back
and got it, then headed back to the bus stop in time for the next 883,
which was also a crappy old bus. You wouldn't want to be a person in a
wheelchair trying to get to bnloody Cannington from my place.
Wew
hopped a 98 to the Murdoch Park and Ride thinking there had to be
something from there. I rang the Infoline and told them where we were
and what we wanted and got told to catch...the 883. Screw that for a
joke. So we decided to head to the Fremantle Interchange, seeing as
lots of buses and the train went from there. I got my numbers crossed
and we didn't jump on the next 98 that went by like we should have so
got stuck until another one dropped in fifteen minutes later. Went to
the Freo exchange and couldn't find timetables for any of the relevant
services coz tyhey were all out. We dropped into the tourist info place
and were informed that the 155 would take us straight to Carousel.
It ran every 45 minutes.
We
opted to have lunch in Freo and had a really nice lunch which for Ru
and I (Tao had piked out on the bus and gone into the pram with no drama
after we'd gotten off) involved spag bog and for Pete some apparently
delicious concoction involving chicken and mushrooms and possibly
spinach. Oh and ice chocolate for both of us. He'd never had ice
chocolate before. Sacrilege.
Headed back to Freo interchange to
see wen this bus was getting there. 3:22pm. It was 2:27 at the time.
We opted to go to Garden City as there were forty million buses heading
there. Took the 146 to Garden City and saw the 155 heading to Freo on
the way up.
Screw you too Murphy.
Got to Garden city and
headed straight to Darrel Lea. Pete bought good chocolate for his
friends and himself, I bought licorice for my boys and a packet of
jellea babies for me. I specifically went through and found a packet
with a lot of red ones. Wandered around a bit, occasionally having to
drop into the change room due to Ru going on a bent with countless wees.
Stopped in at Muffin Break to grab a double choc muffin each for me
and Pete, a hot chocolate for me and a Babychino for Tao. Tao loved his
babychino and he also ate one of those little packets of butter that
comes with muffins and bread in cafes. Didn't have any muffin though.
Pete spent some time playing daddy and playing games with Tao until he
managed to clean Tao's face.
Thought we should leave as it was
getting late so went to catch a bus back to my place. Initially jumped
on the 881 but found out that it also didn't go past my place, so moved
up to the next stop to catch the 940 to Kardinya so we could catch the
99 from there back to my place. Didn't have to wait long. Tao was
starting to get restless on the way back and started doing high pitched
screams until I snarled at him after about twenty eight failed attempts
to appeal to 2yo reason. Got off at Kardinya, had to change Ruan's
nappy again. 99 rocked up shortly after I'd finished and packed up.
Jumped on that. Relatively uneventful ride home.
Walked the
short distance to my street and then turned down it chatting all the way
about I can't remember what, then suddenly realised...
I DIDN'T HAVE MY WEDDING RING.
Make
a comment, go in and greet Josh, whine about not having my wedding
ring. Pete realises he doesn't have his wallet. Search ensues. Josh
and Pete head up the road with a torch to see if they can locate the
wayward items. No luck. Pete is trying to make the best of the
situation, observing that he has to cancel his cards, and that he needed
a new wallet anyway. Fortunately he hadn't lost his Singapore money
like he thought he had, it was in his passport in his room. Joshi s
trying to comfort me and telling me it's fine, it's just a ring. I'm
depressed. I put Ruan to bed and lie there depressed and crying.
Quietly. Don't feel like eating but I make myself eat, otherwise silly
things happen to my blood sugar level and I pass out.
Keep happy
chatting to Pete seeing as he's leaving, so really bugger about the
inconvenient timing of losing the wallet. Bye to Pete and Josh takes
him to the airport. I go into full depression mode when they're gone
and my sister is having a shower and go back into neutral mode when she
gets out. Still depressed. Going to ring or email Transperth and see
if they can find it, might drop into Garden City and see if anyone's
turned it in. With some luck I've banked up enough karma that I might
get it back but don't like my chances.
Fuck, I really liked that ring :(
Sigh.
Josh
keeps telling me it could be worse and I guess it could be, I just have
this weird superstition about losing rings and their link with
relationships, I gave my ex a ring and he lost it and we broke up not
long after.
Eventually I'm going to splurge some money and buy a
couple of items of clothing that I really liked from this shop I
discovered and really liked and bought this supercool utility belt from,
like that will make me happy. For now I'll just indulge in however
much chocolate I can cram in and listen to music. Can't even cuddle
with Josh coz he's watching Naruto and it's on my hate list.
Nyeh.