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01/11/2005 Archived Entry: "break in the clouds"

We are currently in the midst of a reprieve from the rain. I'm not sure how long it will last so I think Tabitha and I will head out on a walk to the store as soon as possible this morning. I only need half a dozen items, it will be more for the sheer joy of being outside under some sun, than for any real need for groceries. I can see gray clouds, but the blue spots are just as big as the clouds so I'm hoping the rain holds off resuming until tonight.

Yesterday was a long horrible day, unfortunately. Okay, it wasn't exactly horrible, but it sure wasn't any good. We got up and got ready for our long awaited family picture. I'm slightly sad because my hair was not cut the way I wanted it and I feel I wasted my time and money and will probably end up cutting it again. It doesn't look bad at least, it just doesn't look like I wanted. We head out in the pouring rain and don't get too far before I realized I forgot something so we had to go home and then got further than that and had to turn around again because I forgot something else! Turns out neither item was needed after all so that didn't help my mood. The photographer had zero personality and the manager, who handled our payment, was clueless as to basic math and really didn't understand the concept that $44 + $20 is $64 which is not $1.95 more than $18 which she kept insisting it was. The whole thing was frustrating, not to mention bizarre and not a good experience. We ended up with just one 10x13 for us and I have to decide if I want to go back to these horrible people to get reprints for family. I'm thinking I'm not as I have no desire to give them any more of my business. We even called their customer service line to complain. I'm having a baby soon and anyone who has ever seen my house can testify as to how much money we spend at photographers, so it really wasn't in their best interest to have screwed things up so badly yesterday.

Anyway, that whole thing put a huge damper on the rest of the day for me. I did have a good doctor's appt. but really, they are all kind of boring at this point. I mean it takes me longer to drive there than it does to get through the actual appt. Once home in the late afternoon I was feeling poorly in that all my muscles just ached and baby was pushing very hard on my whole pelvis area making it impossible for me to stand for more than 10 seconds at a time. Thankfully I had dinner in the crock-pot so I didn't have to do much of anything and Chris handled what needed to be done. I got my good spirits back around 8:00pm so my evening did end on a good note.

Oh, and I do like the family portrait we chose and it looks lovely over the fire place :)