Andrew just got home from my sister Sarah's house. It's the only place he's ever stayed the night. It's the only place he will stay the night. I think it's because my 8 year old nephew lives there (which makes sense since he is Sarah's son), and the fact that when he stays with Sarah he can do whatever he wants. Don't want to take a bath, even though you stink? Don't worry, you don't have to. Want to eat pizza and chocolate milk for breakfast? Sure, no problem. I think it's payback for all the things we let my nephew get away with when he was little. Although, I must say that while I will eat
So last night Patrick and I had a night to ourselves. We decided to brave the insane traffic and headed into Austin. We ate at Pappadeux. I love their crawfish etouffe. I could eat it everyday. Actually, if I'm ever on death row it will be my request for my last meal. If I'm ever on death row, we've got bigger problems than what I eat for my last meal. After that we still had time to kill and no kid to encumber us, so we headed to Round Rock to IKEA. Okay first of all, I've never been to IKEA. That place is ridiculously massive. I was not wearing the right shoes to trek 26.2 miles through IKEA. Some of you will get that, some of you won't. In case you don't know, 26.2 miles is the distance of a marathon. If you already know that, I apologize for explaining it to you.
I have never seen so much stuff in my life. I wasn't overly impressed with the furniture*, but if I was still in college that would be the place to buy furniture for my apartment. When it came to organizational stuff, I was in heaven. I love to organize, and if you're going to organize that is the place to be. I've also decided that if we need to buy a crib, we will buy it there. They are cheap and small, and since we are not adopting a baby-baby we won't need one for long. What exactly is a baby-baby you ask? Oh yeah that's the super technical (i.e. Courtney) term for a baby under a year old. Actually, even if we do end up with a younger one, I still think we'll buy a crib there. And I liked some of the other stuff in the kid's section. Their kid's beds are pretty cute, but we already have all the furniture for our little girl's room, and I've learned that there is no need to spend a fortune on a crib. So we didn't buy anything, but when the announcer guy came on the intercom and said "IKEA will be closing in 5 minutes" it was fun to watch all of the people with full baskets and screaming kids booking it to grab their last purchases and get to the front. All I can say is "get out of the way."
Then we came home and discovered that a mouse has somehow taken up residence in our bathroom wall*. Then I couldn't sleep well, because I kept dreaming about a massive rat attacking me in my sleep. It may have been all the food I ate. Nevertheless, now I'm going to call an exterminator. Mice (even one mouse), and I do not live well together.
*Public Service Announcement - I feel that I must explain that there is a massive highway being built very close to our little subdivision. That, combined with the fact that Texas is in the midst of an extreme drought, is causing all critters of all shapes and sizes to find their way into our neighborhood looking for food and water. We do not make a practice out of harboring mice, snakes, rats, raccoons, possums, etc. in our home. Again this was a public service announcement.
*Public Service Announcement Numero Dos - If you bought your furniture at IKEA, I think it is beautiful, comfortable, and I love it.
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