Well, we have survived the weekend. It truly was one of work, housework, and play. We're so tired now, and I don't think I can do it justice with this post. But I'll try... for the fans, you know.
So this weekend was a busy one. The GC somehow suckered/guilt-tripped her mother to come in "to assist" with house chores. So the Mother of GC (MoG, for now...) got in Friday AM. Then, MoG and the GC went to the OB appointment. (Thank God, I can't do it anymore! One time was it for me!!!)
Then we went to lunch at the Bluewater Grille, which is quickly becoming our favorite restaurant not named Moe's. There we enjoyed a lovely lunch. We even watched as people came in to dock their boats. One such grouping was extremely entertaining. This poor group consisted of 2 women (who lost the pregnant-not pregnant game with authority!!!) and 2 kids. Clearly, the driver had really no idea how to drive a boat (like I do, but I digress). She was coming in too hot for the poor seawall. The other lady tried to reach over at the increasingly closer pylon to stop the momentum- I am not sure what she was thinking. Next this I remember was seeing her backside straight up in the air! Whew! I didn't know we'd see whales at lunch!!! Then she toppled over into the water. The boat continued into the pylon, bouncing off. Everyone in the restaurant turned and gawked... aghast at the sight. Somehow, the driver got the boat under control, without further carnage.
After lunch, the women of GC dropped me off at Panera to study, while they went off a shoppin!!! (More $$$$ flushed from my pockets.) Seems they had to get frames for the BY's room and new pans for the GC's induction cooktop. After about 2 hours, they picked me up, and we returned to the GM. Once we unpacked everything, it was time for the GC to tour the MoG around the forest. This was fun.
I stumbled out later to see the sights. There the GC was trying to show the MoG different areas, when the MoG starts pulling out vines. Weeds and green carnage was everywhere. The GC was exasperated; she just wanted to show the MoG where things were. Hmmm... this scenario reminded me of every other afternoon with the GC and I, except the roles were quite reversed. Ha ha, I chuckled mightily to myself... I have my revenge!!! Now she sees!!! She looked at me smiling, and she knew!!!
The rest of the evening was spent drinking and constructing our patio furniture. (This is the stuff that the GC somehow got for like 50% off a couple of weeks back. We just hadn't had space to put it up.) Somehow with all the EtOH, we were able to make the furniture stand upright. We could even sit on it!
The next morning I was aroused by a supremely task-oriented GC. This GC was entirely focused, something I hadn't seen in years. I wondered out loud if I pissed her off royally. "No" she says... "But we do have to get a move on." Why? I knew what the plan for the day was, some yardwork, some refinishing of furniture, blah blah blah... "Well, for one, you said that you wanted to paint the whole downstairs!"
eeeerrrr!!! What!?!?!? How much did I drink?!?!?! Damn the MoG and my BY-EtOH tolerance! I've been duped!!! I get out of bed, and the MoG and I go to the local do-it-yourself superstore to buy supplies. Then we get to work:
Painting the laundry room.
Sanding the cabinets down. (2 sliding front cabinets and 1 set of drawers)
2nd coating the laundry room
Taking down the shelves in the laundry room.
Sanding the shelves in the laundry room
Painting the shelves in the laundry room
3rd coating the laundry room
Sanding another set of drawers
Cleaning and wiping down the innards of the furniture with Old English. (Editor's question: Is this the same company that makes the famous malt liquor? I asked the GC, but she could figure why some company would have two diametrically opposed products. But the name is the same! I could have used a nice 40 by now But I digress...)
Painting the 3rd set of drawers
Somewhere in there was lunch at the McDonalds of Chicken... lest I forget!
Man... at some point it became like 6pm... the crew was beat! The GC was running low on fuel. We made an executive decision: no gameroom painting. We'd had enough! So we were done. The GC declared "To the showers!", which we dutifully did. Then we were off to Mellow Mushroom for a well earned meal... and 3 dollar Magic Hat drafts... yummm...
We made it back home... and I was getting ready to turn in.... But No!!! The GC had powered back up, and with the MoG, they were a formidable duo!!! What now? Well, we can unload the boxes of kitchen stuff into the gameroom. (Editors note: It seems that we have been doing well with the renovation. But recently the length has been starting to wear on us. I figured that it was the fact that she didn't have her kitchen yet... Wrong! She couldn't deal with the disorganization! Too many unopened boxes! Too much cardboard and paper everywhere. So we unpacked. and unpacked... and unpacked... Then we were done! Finally. Glasses and dishes and silverware everywhere in the downstairs room. Bedtime!
Sunday was a day of rest. Thankfully I was allowed to sleep in, which in GC/BY time means 8. So I was up. Moved all the painted furniture back into there appropriate places. Then got ready for church. After church, we did a nice tour of downtown W-town and a nice lunch on the river. Then, playtime! We went home, and got changed for our beach endeavor to Carolina Beach! Yeah! We used the MoG as a guinea pig for this endeavor, since we had never been there before.
Nice place. Not many people, but parking was a little better. I dug a hole in the sand for the GC to park her belly, and we vegetated. The water was nice, but the waves might have been to much. The GC started using me as a shield! But then it was time to go home.
Ah, what a weekend!
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