Nice day. :D

I didn't fall asleep for quite a while last night--I actually ended up turning the light back on after at least an hour of trying to sleep and picked up my Peter S. Beagle book and began the first story (Lila the Werewolf) at about midnight. I read it for about a half hour before I forced myself to go to sleep, although I was enjoying the story very much and really didn't want to. I usually dislike stories about werewolves, but I adore the way Peter S. Beagle handles writing about them (as I adore how he writes about... well, everything. He is my favorite author and all...) and as usual his prose is top-notch.

I woke up at about 9 AM to get the birds some food (they were chirping insistently, and Dad playing guitar also woke me up) and then went back to bed until about 10:30 AM, when Dad randomly announced that he, Ryan, and Tanner were going to Roseville. Naturally, I wanted to come along (which I guess he didn't expect for some reason), so I got up and hurriedly got ready, prepared more food for the birds, etc. Before leaving, Dad and I spent quite a while trying to find my CD player, which turned out to be under a pile of stuff in my room.

We almost didn't pick Tanner up because he kept saying we needed to wait for him to eat breakfast, but eventually I guess he gave up on that ideal and we did end up picking him up after all. I tuned him out in the car by listening to lots of Yoko Kanno music loudly (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Escaflowne, and Sousei no Aquarion).

First we went to some sports store, but because Ryan couldn't make up his mind on what shoes he wanted, we left pretty quickly. Dad dropped me off at Best Buy before going to their next sports store. I wandered up and down the anime section for a while, like usual. I discovered some really good deals--$6.99 for volumes of Peacemaker Kurogane and Princess Tutu, so I was all psyched about that until I realized they were volumes 7 and 2, respectively. I then decided not to get them, as buying a DVD of a series out-of-order means you have to buy more volumes before you can even watch the ones you bought originally, and that can get pricey. Seeing as I only had $22 to begin with, I eventually settled on just getting Eureka Seven Vol. 1. I've been meaning to see it for quite a while now, and after meeting the director at Anime Expo that cemented the fact that I really really want to see it.

I walked to Barnes and Noble after that. Obviously, I couldn't afford anything with my $3, but I picked out The Power of One for Dad (I love that book, and figured Dad would like it, too) and grabbed the Stokes Field Guide to Birds in hopes that he might buy it for me. With those in hand, I walked around the store a few times before settling myself in (of course) the manga section. Nothing looked really interesting (for a minute I panicked and thought maybe Death Note Vol. 7 was out, and OMG maybe I wouldn't have the money to buy it! :O :O :O But it wasn't out), so I sat down with a Fullmetal Alchemist Character Profile book and read through it. A nice girl asked me where I had found it, but there were no more so I was sure to hand it off to her when I left.

Dad did indeed buy both The Power of One and the Stokes guide, so that pretty much made my day. ^_^

We stopped for food on the way back home. As usual, Ryan wanted Taco Bell, and by now I'm downright sick of Taco Bell, so I went to Starbuck's and got a strawberries and cream and a piece of fancy chocolate chip banana coffee cake. That was also quite nice. :D

When we returned home, I got a grocery list from Dad and $12 for groceries, so I walked to SPD and got some food for the birds (corn, peas, and strawberries), a quart of milk, and some deodorant because I left mine at Mom's. I barely made it money-wise, but it turned out fine. I then walked home, stopped to eat about three blackberries growing on a blackberry bush (our area is infested with them, for those who don't live here), and went home to hang out.

I cleaned both Zeph's cage and the robin and jay cage, cleaned out Dad's fridge (there was something smelly in there, though I'm not sure whether I removed the cause or not), and made a couple of phone calls. Lately neither Janey nor Cindy have answered my messages, so I'm just going to assume they're at the fair or something... I really do need to get those robins and jay in the flight cage, though. They're getting restless in the cage they're in, and they're eating so much it's hard to keep up. XD;

Well, that's just about it. I watched some Forensic Files and attempted to read more of Lila the Werewolf, but Ryan, Tanner, and Dylan were too loud and I couldn't concentrate. So, I gave up on that and here I am.

Nice day. :D

I didn't fall asleep for quite a while last night--I actually ended up turning the light back on after at least an hour of trying to sleep and picked up my Peter S. Beagle book and began the first story (Lila the Werewolf) at about midnight. I read it for about a half hour before I forced myself to go to sleep, although I was enjoying the story very much and really didn't want to. I usually dislike stories about werewolves, but I adore the way Peter S. Beagle handles writing about them (as I adore how he writes about... well, everything. He is my favorite author and all...) and as usual his prose is top-notch.

I woke up at about 9 AM to get the birds some food (they were chirping insistently, and Dad playing guitar also woke me up) and then went back to bed until about 10:30 AM, when Dad randomly announced that he, Ryan, and Tanner were going to Roseville. Naturally, I wanted to come along (which I guess he didn't expect for some reason), so I got up and hurriedly got ready, prepared more food for the birds, etc. Before leaving, Dad and I spent quite a while trying to find my CD player, which turned out to be under a pile of stuff in my room.

We almost didn't pick Tanner up because he kept saying we needed to wait for him to eat breakfast, but eventually I guess he gave up on that ideal and we did end up picking him up after all. I tuned him out in the car by listening to lots of Yoko Kanno music loudly (Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Escaflowne, and Sousei no Aquarion).

First we went to some sports store, but because Ryan couldn't make up his mind on what shoes he wanted, we left pretty quickly. Dad dropped me off at Best Buy before going to their next sports store. I wandered up and down the anime section for a while, like usual. I discovered some really good deals--$6.99 for volumes of Peacemaker Kurogane and Princess Tutu, so I was all psyched about that until I realized they were volumes 7 and 2, respectively. I then decided not to get them, as buying a DVD of a series out-of-order means you have to buy more volumes before you can even watch the ones you bought originally, and that can get pricey. Seeing as I only had $22 to begin with, I eventually settled on just getting Eureka Seven Vol. 1. I've been meaning to see it for quite a while now, and after meeting the director at Anime Expo that cemented the fact that I really really want to see it.

I walked to Barnes and Noble after that. Obviously, I couldn't afford anything with my $3, but I picked out The Power of One for Dad (I love that book, and figured Dad would like it, too) and grabbed the Stokes Field Guide to Birds in hopes that he might buy it for me. With those in hand, I walked around the store a few times before settling myself in (of course) the manga section. Nothing looked really interesting (for a minute I panicked and thought maybe Death Note Vol. 7 was out, and OMG maybe I wouldn't have the money to buy it! :O :O :O But it wasn't out), so I sat down with a Fullmetal Alchemist Character Profile book and read through it. A nice girl asked me where I had found it, but there were no more so I was sure to hand it off to her when I left.

Dad did indeed buy both The Power of One and the Stokes guide, so that pretty much made my day. ^_^

We stopped for food on the way back home. As usual, Ryan wanted Taco Bell, and by now I'm downright sick of Taco Bell, so I went to Starbuck's and got a strawberries and cream and a piece of fancy chocolate chip banana coffee cake. That was also quite nice. :D

When we returned home, I got a grocery list from Dad and $12 for groceries, so I walked to SPD and got some food for the birds (corn, peas, and strawberries), a quart of milk, and some deodorant because I left mine at Mom's. I barely made it money-wise, but it turned out fine. I then walked home, stopped to eat about three blackberries growing on a blackberry bush (our area is infested with them, for those who don't live here), and went home to hang out.

I cleaned both Zeph's cage and the robin and jay cage, cleaned out Dad's fridge (there was something smelly in there, though I'm not sure whether I removed the cause or not), and made a couple of phone calls. Lately neither Janey nor Cindy have answered my messages, so I'm just going to assume they're at the fair or something... I really do need to get those robins and jay in the flight cage, though. They're getting restless in the cage they're in, and they're eating so much it's hard to keep up. XD;

Well, that's just about it. I watched some Forensic Files and attempted to read more of Lila the Werewolf, but Ryan, Tanner, and Dylan were too loud and I couldn't concentrate. So, I gave up on that and here I am.