Sunday, Boring and Expensive, Sunday

It was cloudy and rainy today with ominous rumbles in the distance. We just missed a very large hail producing storm, so other than an exciting and suspenseful hour in the basement counting cobwebs, we were left twiddling our mental thumbs.

Since yet again our local meteorologists failed to predict gloomy weather (the morning's paper said 82 and sunny), we were unprepared for the inevitable boredom of a rainy Sunday. Our plans for the anticipated not-a-cloud-in-the-sky summer day included yard work in the morning (perhaps church? or not), rollicking and socializing at the pool in the afternoon, and a lively game of basketball in the front driveway at dusk while enjoying the smell of smoke from the grill. Heck, maybe we would eat outside.

Foiled again. So you ask, what did Z, S and z do with all of their free time today? I'll just do a comparison cost analysis for you, and I think that will give you a clear picture.


HOPED FOR SUNNY SUNDAY

Yard work: Free.

Church: $5.00, if Z remembers to bring cash for the offering, and S is able to elbow him hard enough to arouse him from his nap.

Pool: Free. Although the anticipated cost of actually getting together with the eager neighbors for dinner remains unestimated.

Basketball: Free.

Dinner: Prepaid, as Z stocked half a cow in the freezer this spring.

TOTAL: $5.00


ACTUAL SUNDAY

Blockbuster: $25.74. Includes late fee of $8.58 and a coupon for $4.29. Rentals were Honey, I Blew Up the Kid, Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco, Jimmy Neutron: Confusion Fusion, City by the Sea, and Secretary.

OfficeMax: $17.00. We bought one Home Organization Calendar. No time like the present, and all that. We were of course, over charged and got one for the price of two! Consequent trip to be refunded will result in additional money spent on unnecessary items that catch our collective eye.

Circuit City, First Trip: $40.79. DVD Head Cleaner bought because DVD's rented from Blockbuster won't play; suspected five year old dusty DVD player to blame. And why not, air can cleaner for computer keyboards while we were thinking of it. Of course, it was against all known laws of the universe to visit a store of any kind without buying z something. Thus, the ScoobyDoo addition to his Learning LeapPad was acquired. Hey, it's educational.

Circuit City, Second Trip: $301.05. Z found a great deal on an RCA 27" television for the kitchen. And then, what is a TV without a combination MP3, CD and DVD player? You know, since we just rented all those DVD's, and hey, NOW they work!

Box that TV came in: Free. z played for two hours in it after we cut out a door and window. Honey I Shrunk the Kid, Homeward Bound and Jimmy Neutron have received mere glances.

Beans for Dinner: Free.

TOTAL: $384.58

Lord, please send us some good weather before we have bought ourselves out of house and home. On the bright (and yes, sunny) side, we will have entertainment galore, and a cardboard box house. Anyone seen an outlet? Anyone?