So, I woke up early this morning. Joe did, too, actually, but he ended up going to bed. I got bored around 11am and decided to get off my butt. I took a few books to the bookstore near my work because I had to go get my iPod, because I left the stupid thing there yesterday. They bought two books for $2.10. How crappy is that? I was offended enough to actually decline the offer, but I’m really trying to just get rid of the damn things. I read them and get rid of them. Honestly, there’s almost no reason for me to even BUY books except that I like getting them right when they come out, and I like to be able to read them at my leisure, instead of worrying about returning them to the library. There’s nothing better than a new book. Except maybe new yarn. 
I really should just go to the library, but … well, I don’t. I’ve been spoiled by Dallas and having a zillion Half Price Books locations within just a few miles. There is one here, but I think the closest one is Oakland, and I’m just not brave enough to go that far yet. Maybe I’ll venture out there while Joe’s gone next weekend. Scratch that..there is one semi-close in Concord, and the one I thought was in Oakland is actually in Berkeley. It looks like it’s fairly easy to get to, too, so maybe I’ll load up the books and take them there. It’s not really about the money - it’s just about the getting rid of them.
Anyway.. after that whole thing, I came back to find Joe awake. We hung out for a bit before we went to Nations, our favorite burger and pie place, for lunch. Then we headed out to Santa Rosa so he could get his hair cut. Unfortunately, the barber was closed when we got there, so he ended up stopping at a nearby Great Clips. I walked around a thoroughly crowded Ross, and found a cute top that I ended up putting back because a) I didn’t feel like trying to fight for a dressing room and b) I didn’t feel like standing in line to pay for it. I walked out of the store and waited another 5 or so minutes for Joe and then we drove to Mary’s Pizza Shack for dinner. While we were eating dinner, we started making plans for tomorrow. This turned into plans for our drive home, and we ended up detouring through San Francisco, stopping at Sausalito (well, I don’t know what it’s called, but it’s the vantage point where a lot of pictures of SF are taken, as well as commercials and shows and stuff). It was pretty spiffy, but it was too dark to take any pictures. That, and I didn’t have my camera, since I didn’t think it was necessary to eat lunch. lol 
I took a couple cameraphone pictures, but they’re really crappy. Next time, I’ll bring my camera.
After that, we drove over the Golden Gate Bridge, which we’d never done before (we walked across it, but didn’t drive). We drove down by the Marina and through SF and then we crossed the Bay Bridge, and then we drove home.
Tomorrow, we’re taking BART back down to the City, and I don’t know what we’re going to do, but I’ll be armed with my camera. 
Manda | 
10 30th, 2007| 
