wired...

i swear, prednisone makes you downright irritable. for me, it's like being on meth...geez. i'm wanting to go and talk 1000 mph.

today was pretty busy. got the haircut that i sorely needed. although it's a bit short, at least it'll grow back. it's funny, the last two times my stylist has cut my hair, she parted it down the middle. ummm. you've been cutting my hair for about three years and you know i part it on the side, right?

we talk and laugh and she then wants to spike my hair, saying that it's all the rage w/ asians. sorry, not me. twenty years ago i used to do that because...it was all the rage. i'm not mr. retro and i don't want to be spencer the rock star. ugh.

ah well.

anyway...

it was go to the store day too. susie is gonna come over and watch the ol' fat dog for the three days we'll be gone. it should be a nice respite for her and the baby. their place is so crammed with baby shower stuff that you almost can't breathe ;) you say that you only have 500 diapers left?

so...we got groceries for them (Andy too). isn't it hilarious how you need a few things and end up getting a week's worth of food instead? $94?!? but we just came in for some coffee...

the second stop was the Entenmann's outlet (well, now Bimbo's) for bird bread. talk about going on a binge. seventy-five cent loaves of rye...half price boxes of donuts...free items. i think we got 15 items for $12, about a quarter of the price than the supermarket. why spend $2.49 or $3.29 for Oroweat breads when you can get 'em for $1.49 at the outlet?

our final stop was the liquor store. we wanted to find a special bottle of wine (or two) for a going away party tomorrow. our friends, Arn and Helena, have sold their Longmont house and are going to travel the U.S. and Holland (Helena's homeland) from July to October, before moving into their new plantation/orchard/winery in Argentina.

i...so...hate...them ;)

well, just a bit of jealousy. for the past few years, they'd been thinking of leaving it all behind. they just figured that all their hard earned money over the years may stretch further in another country. initially, they were considering New Zealand or Panamá, but they settled on a beautiful bodega in the Mendoza wine growing region of NW Argentina.

sure, the place is gonna need some TLC, but they're just the right people to do this. you should see the garden/landscaping/construction job that they did at their old house in a few short years. we're hoping to visit them late next year and check in on their progress.

back to the liquor though. we settled on five bottles (ha!)...we'll be taking an Albariño. it's a white wine from Spain that i'd just found about last month. it's the primary grape used to make dry white wine in Galacia (NW region of Spain). supposedly, it's the premier Spanish white wine. lois'll like it because it has many Riesling qualities (i.e., fruity, sometimes with a hint of floral).

hopefully, it was a good choice. after all, it cost $13!!! not much when it comes to wine, but we rarely drop more than $11-$12 on a bottle because there are so many great ones for $6-$9. and really, i'm no oenophile. i know what i like and frankly, a $50+ bottle of wine would just be wasted on me. unless, that is, you're buying...then, and only then, could i fully appreciate it in a "Sideways" manner ;) but without all the melodrama and condescension.

suffice to say, all that shoppin' pooped us out. so what the hell am i doing up at 2:19AM? flying on prednisone and coffee. i'm wondering if i should take my chinese herbs too that my acupuncturist concocted for me yesterday. although i don't speak mandarin, i heard her mention 'ma huang' when she was instructing her husband on someone's herbal mix. if that was mine, then taking the herbs will turn on the jitters because 'ma huang' is essentially ephedra...whoo hoo!

so nighty night just might not happen...drool