today has been all kinds of stupid but i got to spend time with my dad so i guess that's ok.
this morning it was decided we should take dad to get an eye test to see if he needs glasses. i guess he needs to get his licence renewed soon. last time he took the eye test 6 times. that's not good. so we all hung out doing sunday morning things. dad and i played some video games. mom worked on her book stuff. breakfast was eaten. dad rushed us all out the door a little after 9 because he wanted to get this eye test thing over and done with.
mom drove us out to the mall. there were not a lot of people there. we parked the car and mom went up to the door. the sign said the mall doesn't open until noon on sunday. mom was horrified. noon on a sunday! i thought this was america, land of the consumerist. oh well. we all got back in the car.
mom then drove us over to the natural history museum. i really want to visit with the butterflies again, with my dad. the car got parked and we walked over to the museum and it was closed. the museum doesn't open until 1pm on sundays. oh man. we're just not off to a good start.
mom was getting a little grumpy as dad rushed her out of the house before she could get any breakfast time. we all got back in the car and she then drove us to steak and shake. thankfully they were open, they're always open. we got a table and i got to order a chocolate milkshake. mom got a stack of pancakes and dad got something called a breakfast taco. whooo-hoo for snacks.
after we were all done eating we went over to target. dad pushed me around the store and we looked at stuff. mom just shuffled along behind us. there wasn't anything we really need to buy but mom found something. she got another stack of paper for her ongoing book making project. boring.
back in the car and it was finally noon so mom drove us back to the mall. this time it was open. mom and i dropped dad off at the eye dr/ eyeglasses place. there's lots of waiting involved with this kind of thing. mom and i walked around looking in different stores. every once in awhile we went back and checked on dad to see how he was doing. the dr gave him some eye drops to make the black parts go all big. dad looked funny.
the end result was several hours, hundreds of dollars and a new pair of glasses for dad. hey dad, nice glasses. i got a smoothie too.
dad's eyes were all screwed up so mom decided we should all just go home. we're going to visit with the butterflies another day. i'm going to hang out with my dad watching funny videos.