Blog Number 155

Greetings and welcome to today's random thought.

My 5 year old was looking forward to today all week long.  She was at the post office earlier this week and saw some stamps with the Disney Princesses on them and she was told (by me) that we would go buy them on Saturday.  As she rolled out of bed this morning (still half asleep) she notified me that this was indeed Saturday and reminded me that we were buying Princess stamps today.  We arrived at the USPS around 11 AM and she ran over to where she found the stamps earlier in the week.  Only, they were not there!  She had this look on her face (only parent's of 5 year old girls would know what this look looks like).  I assured her that we could get in line and ask the clerk.  This pacified her but she was skeptical that this would work.  As her father, I assured her that they had the stamps behind the counter.

My father retired from the post office and so I enjoy going there.  I don't really even mind waiting in line.  Once we got to the front of the line and explained to the lady what we wanted, she went on a hunt.  She checked drawers and files and no luck.  Then she headed to the back and I peered around the corner and saw her digging deep into a big safe.  Finally she came out of the safe with the sheet of stamps.  This made the 5 year old very happy (and me too as I was a little afraid that my promise [that the stamps were actually there] would be broken).  The stamps are not really princess stamps but Disney Romance stamps (but there are two princesses on them).

Anyway, everything turned out OK.  Then we headed to the library.  The son is pumped about having his own library card and could not wait to check some more items out.  I still do not have a library card since I have not gotten my Texas driver's license yet and that is a requirement (for an adult) to have a library card.  The wife has one so I just have her check things out for me.  After heading home and having some lunch (and I did my Federal Tax Return online as well) we headed to the cheap movie theatre and watched "Happily N'Ever After."  This was worth every bit of the $4 total that we spent on tickets (but not much more).  This was a Shrek wannabe for sure but we did kill a few hours on a Saturday and the kids had a good time.

So my Saturday is over.  Nothing very exciting really (although I am getting a nice return on the taxes this year - shhhh, don't tell the wife).  Well, it is time to tuck the kids in, until next time...

Thanks for reading my Random Thoughts.

Jon