Get With the Program!

I am a fossil.


I knew I was a little behind the times when I was the only person in town without satellite TV or a game system, but I just put it down to being frugal and a little on the hippie-dippie side. But after visiting my siblings and seeing how much my kids loved the video games, I decided I was going to finally get with the program and go get them a Wii. So off I trotted to Zellers. When I had trouble locating the Wii console, I asked the lady behind the counter to point me in the right direction. She looked at me like I had horns growing out of my head and said they didn't have any. So I went to Wal Mart. Same thing happened there. And then again at Future Shop. It was at about this point that it occurred to me that everyone in town must be sold out, so I went home to order one online. To no avail. Apparently this Wii shortage has been a very public problem for some time. I had absolutely no idea. I probably should've just stuck with a nice, safe jigsaw puzzle. That's more my speed.


Here are the last of my favourite vacation shots:

All I could think of when I saw this shot later was Marty McFly saying "Better get used to these bars, kid..."

"Hey there, baby. What's your sign?"

I *think* I took this in Georgia somewhere. The Captain thought it looked cool. Seeing the photo now, I'm inclined to agree.

After slamming our worst hotel, I thought it might be fair to tell you about our best one. This was the very next night at a Days Inn in a place called Llano, Texas. They gave us a first-floor room, right on the end and with no one in the adjoining room. The place had a sort of rustic decor, but with two TV's, so the kids could watch Sesame Street in the sitting room area and we could, for once, watch something a little more adult-oriented on the other side. And no, I don't mean porn. We watched CSI:Miami, which is certainly as boring as porn, but David Caruso taking off his sunglasses never fails to make us howl with laughter, so it was all good. We got burgers from the local place across the street (delicious!), and all-in-all had a fabulously relaxing night. The staff were friendly, and the waffles at breakfast were shaped like Texas. I kid you not. So, despite my previous rant, customer service is not entirely dead in the hotel industry. I'd recommend this place to a friend, and I'd stay there again in a heartbeat.

My brother took us to see the Tent Rocks in New Mexico. The kids wouldn't really let us do the full hike, but the scenery was amazing nonetheless.

I promise to get back to visiting you all again in the next day or so. It's taken almost a week to return to normal here, but I'm slowly getting back into the swing of things. Now, if I could just find that Wii...