friday 7/22/11

This was one of the more busy and interesting days I've had in awhile.

First was a 9am call (my alarm was set for 11am as I didn't have any immediate plans). My work called and asked if I could come in and work from 2-6pm. I don't work on fridays, so this was a surprise. In the end I agreed to come in but that I would be there around 2:30 as I already had something going on at 1.

What I had already scheduled for 1pm was my very first ever manicure and pedicure. I've had a gift certificate for this since around Christmas and finally decided to papmper myself. (Also was to help since my boyfriend I'd been dating since November and I broke things off.) Anyway, at the salon I didn't know you had to pick the colors you wanted and if you wanted a nail design so this took awhile to decide. I ended up with sparkly red toes and fingernails, which do look very pretty although the fingernail polish had already begun to chip by the end of the day.
Getting my toes done was a fun experience. Soaking my feet felt great and the chair I sat in was amassage chair, so that felt wonderful although I did laugh a bit as it was also a new experience and felt good but funny. Plus the lady said my feet weren't dry and my heels were better than most she saw. Both good things to know.

When I was finally at work (2:45) things went pretty fast. I work at the toll bridge in Fargo (the only toll bridge in ND that I'm aware of). I have some regular customers who chat with me, but today there was someone knew to talk to. A lady came by, stopped to pay, then asked if I was the employee at the bridge who does geocaching. (You can read up on this at www.geocaching.com) I do and go by the name ladylexia. She got all excited and said she geocaches too and told me her handle. It would have been great to talk more, but there were cars string to line up behind her, so hopefully she comes through again when it's less busy.

After work and an errand, I made it home in time to drop things off and meet friends at the Pizza Ranch. As usual the food was good as was the company, who were 2 of my friends coming over to my place after this meal to play some pinochle for a few hours. This is a pretty regular friday event for us. (I love playing pinochle!) Usually we can platy a few games in a few hours, but tonight it took 2 hours to finish just 1 game. The cards were against us all.

To cap the night off, my mom called. She and my dad were on their wayto the lakes. Earlier today she'd lost her phone. Now she was calling to see if I would go to a park in West fargo and search a picnic area for her phone. This  cut card night short, but low and behold we found her phone! I was surprised and had even told her it was probably long gone. I guess luck was on her side =)

All in all the day went well and was fun. Cards were awesome as usual, and knowing there are more geocachers in the area is a bonus, especially when I can't find caches I'm looking for, which does happen more than I'd like but I am improving!