July 25, 2007

Following up on a previous story, my order from VictoriasSecret.com still hasn't arrived. In their response email this morning they said that they will be sending out the order again and I will have it within 2 days! That leaves just tomorrow. We'll see.

This morning we woke up and watched the rest of the movie "Hook". It is a neat movie. If you have never seen it, I recommend it. Robin Williams plays Peter Pan, but all grown up and forgotten that he was once a kid. He has to make peace with himself and his young children who are kidnapped by Captain Hook (Dustin Hoffman).

I spent most of the day at Rae and Jeff's fixing the rail on the front porch and then at their pool. I feel bad because I did not finish the job. That is, the problem is rot in the wood and there is more rot than we anticipated. So I got as far as I could and will leave it to them to decide the next move.

Michelle offered to take Evan to swim lessons today. Keith went to the doctor today for his knee so Mercer asked if I could pick him up from work. So I dropped Evan off at Michelle's job and continued on to Mercer's. We then went to a few stores to buy a card table and some folding chairs for Keith's birthday party this Saturday which will consist mostly of playing poker.

Dinner was at the Loop, we came home and I got a chance to relax. I am supposed to be picking up Dan, Wendy, and Aidan from the airport but their flight from California was cancelled so I will picking them up first thing tomorrow. I really feel bad for them because they have to stay overnight in an airport with Aidan, who is only almost 4.

July 24, 2007

What sense does this make? On July 10, I ordered some pajamas for Michelle from VictoriasSecret.com. The anticipated date of delivery was July 24. I figured that it wouldn't actually be that long, unless they were being shipped from Mars, and since we don't have any trade agreements with Mars, I figured it to be unlikely. What is confusing is that my payment cleared with them on July 13. Well, I am sure you can guess, today being the 24th and I still have not received the package. I am little confused. They have had my money for 11 days, where is my order? Even if it was shipped via USPS on the following Monday (July 16) it should have arrived last week sometime. So what is the story?

Today, when Evan woke up, he played in his room which allowed me a couple of hours more sleep; I didn't get up until after 9! He and I played games today, board games and video games. In fact, we were in our pjs most of the day (nice perk of summer vacation from time to time). We went to swim lessons under overcast skies, though only the slightest drizzle occurred. Much to my disappointment, Evan has seemed to digress in his swimming lessons. Last week, where Evan was swimming across the pool with the life jacket, today he wouldn't swim to the middle of the pool with the life jacket on. His complaint was that Nolan wanted them to just float there without swimming which made Evan uncomfortable. It is confusing for me, but what can I do.

Wow, you know, it seems like I have had a bit of confusion today, and not much of it has cleared up.