Sunday Morn
Here it is 6:30am and I’ve already been up an hour and a half. That’s what happens when I work the graveyard shift. I “sleep in” on the weekends and still get up awfully early. That’s OK, it’s not that awful. I enjoy the peace and quiet of the early early AM! Although living in the apartment, I have to stay quiet. Can’t wash dishes or sing to loud music :-)
Seahawks did it yesterday! Defense looked AWESOME! The offense, not so much. Next Saturday in Green Bay will be interesting! Will it be snowing? It’s already been a cold snowy Winter in Wisconsin. Not sure who that favors? The Packers are tough to beat in Green Bay. Obviously I want the Seahawks to win, but I will admit that the Packers are my second favorite team in the NFC.
Wii bowling yesterday. I was very inconsistent. I was getting a bit frustrated with some of my low scores. 150, 160. However, I had a few high scores. The highest was an incredible 274! I had eight strikes in a row. Seven or eight. What fun! If only I could bowl that way for real. I’d settle for 150, 160 :-)
Pot luck after church today. My friends the Rulands are hosting. Matt tells me they got a big screen TV! He knows I’d like to have the game on. Friends. Even though they know you, they still like you!
Looks like early service today since I’m up so early. That works out. I can watch the Giants and Buccaneers before I head over to the Rulands. This afternoon it’s the Titans and the Chargers. I’ll take the Giants and Chargers respectively!
Wii Baseball
A tie? I was expecting extra innings. Must be a Japanese thing. I battled back from 2 runs down to tie in the third. I shut ‘em down in the bottom of the inning to force extra innings. WRONG! 2-2 tie. Maybe there is something in the settings I need to change. A tie in baseball is un-American! :-)
I still love my Wii though.
Wii!
I got a Wii! I was surprised how hard it was to find one. I’ve been on the phone to the Best Buy, Circuit City, Toys-R-Us, Wal-Mart, Target, and Gamestop. I’ve searched the web. I’ve driven around. All of this every day since Thursday, December 27th. Ok, maybe not EVERY day, but almost!
Today, it paid off! I had just called the Gamestop, Sears, Other Gamestop, Wal-Mart, Target, another Gamestop, another other Gamestop, Toys-R-Us, and Circuit City. Nope. However, the Best Buy and all of the Gamestops told me they had received a shipment yesterday! There was hope! Wii’s were trickling in every other day or so. Also, the Wal-Mart at Foothills Mall told me they would probably have them at 6am Sunday morning because they had an add coming out. That was my fall back, but I really wanted to find one today. The Gamestop at the Foothills Mall told me their shipments came in between 11am and 2pm. Since they got a few yesterday, it was unlikely they would get any in today.
About Noon, I was kinda bored, so I decided to drive down to the Foothills Mall just to check. I hung out at the Gamestop and talked to the nice people. I played a little Mario Galaxy on the Wii on display and then decided to go. As I walked out I saw the delivery truck coming! I decided to go back in and wait a few minutes! What were the odds? Slim.
They unloaded and delivered. No Wii’s. :-( So, I drove over to the Wal-Mart. No Wii’s. Then I drove down Oracle to the Circuit City across from the Tucson Mall. Nope. Originally, I was going to go by the Best Buy on Wetmore, but since I was getting discouraged, and Best Buy was probably crowded anyway, I thought I’d go by Comp USA. I hadn’t thought of them! Do they carry Wii’s. I was hoping it was obscure enough to work! I never made it.
As I drove down Wetmore, I saw the Wal-Mart next to the Best Buy. Maybe they got a shipment yesterday too and had a Wii for Mii!? I parked and went in and found my way back to Electronics. It’s an older Wal-Mart. Narrow aisles. The dimmer lighting makes it appear a bit dingy. I was SHOCKED. SHOCKED when I got back to Electronics. The LAST Wii!!! and it was for Mii!
So, I’ve been bowling a lot :-) My best game so far is only 208 or something. I was doing better in Roswell. I have hit quite a few home runs though. I have a lot of time to practice. :-) Wanna buy a used PS2?
Cleaning the Apartment
It’s a good sign for 2008. On January 1st I spent much of the day watching football while I cleaned up around here! I rearranged the living room and even cleaned the fish tank and bathroom!
Yes, this is a LOT cleaner! I’m not done yet. I need to switch out the TV stand. I have a nicer one in the bedroom. I also need to put some more stuff on the walls. One reason for rearranging is to make room for Wii Sports! I don’t have a Wii yet, but I am waiting. As soon as I find one, I’ll be bowling in the living room! The previous configuration was too cramped. I’m hoping with a clean apartment and a Wii I can actually invite people over in 2008!
With the previous set up the couch was facing the sliding glass door and the TV was where the fish tank is now. Great view of the outside from the couch and the TV from the kitchen (this pic was taken from the kitchen). However, in order to make room for actually entering the apartment through the front door, the couch and coffee table were crunched up to the TV. Too cramped. This new set up opens up the living room. Besides, I can still look out sideways from the couch.
I still have work to do before I can invite guests. I only have one bathroom and to get there you have to go through the bedroom. I gotta clean that now! Besides, I don’t have my Wii yet :-)
