Another Wet Day.

Hello All.

Shopping day was today. So was a small rainstorm. Which is reason why Nika didn't go to school today and why she tagged along. We had two umbrellas and a little yellow rain coat for Nika.

The first thing we did after we got to town was go to the bank to put my sister's name on my bank card. The whole thing took about 20 mins maybe. Not as short as I expected, but not as long as I thought it might take.

Then we went to get something to eat from the sandwich shop. Nika had a hot dog, my sister had a cheeseburger, and I had a normal size tuna sandwich without cheese. Jhodie went over to the store named China Town to get two flashlight and batteries. Our little lunch cost me $17.50, counting the can or OJ that I shared with my sister. Nika had a drink from just before we came in, that was a $2 box drink.

My sister showed up with a bit extra. Some paper crowns for Nika, I don't know why, for a $1 each. A peeler, and a decorative paper bag. She ate then we went back to the bank to get my bus money, which I won't get as you will see later.

At this point it started to rain again, so on went Nika's coat, we opened our dying umbrellas and walked into the square to get to the bakery. Half way there, both our umbrellas started to leak, and Nika was laughing and running in the rain. Then the rain got harder, and the wind picked up. Soon we were trying to hold on to Nika and our umbrellas as we crossed the street on the other side of the square to get to the bakery. By the time we go to the bakery, the only thing that was still dry on us was the hair on our heads. By the time we left the bakery we has spent $20.50. That was for two pieces of bread pudding, two pieces of potato pudding, 2 sliced white bread and one pack of round bread, and one bag hot dog bread, and a plane yellow cup cake for Nika. Now before something starts talking, all that I'm bought today is suppose to last us for 2 weeks. I shop once every two weeks.

Then we went to get a few things from C&C. It's a small supper market. We get like 4 or so things from here. We get our lotion from here because I think it was the best price we found. We got two, one for me, and one for Jhodie. That was $17 each. Then we got one box of cobras to get the stand because the other brand we do buy stopped including the stand for some reason. We got 3 matches at .50 cents, a celery, two small single serving Doritos, three little toy box thing that they sell down here for a $1.20, and three packets of soup. The end total was $62.50.

Then we went to see if we could get some batteries and a new shower curtain at another store. When we got there Nika said that she had to use the bathroom. So I took her over to the "mall" to use their bathroom. Jhodie said to also change her wet pants and socks with the dry ones she packed just incase. But when we got there, she didn't have to pee again. So I changed her clothes. I used that hot air thing to dry her shoes a bit. It would be counter productive if I didn't at least try to dry her shoes after putting on dry socks. As we got back Jhodie came out of the store. She said that they didn't have any shower curtains and they didn't even know that, and the batteries were more than she thought they were. She spent like $10 for 4 or 5 batteries. I'm not sure.

Then it was on to Rams. By this time it was already warm and the sun was out hot again. It had more or less stopped raining since we came out from C&C. We dropped off our bags at the bag check and got our little ticket thing, and systemically worked our way from one end of the store to the other side. We were almost finished when my sister got into some kind of bargain talk with the owner over some boxed milk. It seems that he was willing to give her a crate of the grow up milk for $19. By the time we made it to check out, she had spent more than she would have liked, and couldn't get the grow up milk for Nika. The total was $333. $26 of it was for my lactose milk at $5.50 a box. Wednesday I'll scan the receipt for you. I was thinking of typing it all in, but I don't want to. We had ran out of a few things, ok, most things. By the time shopping day comes by, the kitchen is bare. One cereal was $8.50. That was the cheapest one they had. The box of chicken thighs was $18 or so. Two pieces of cheese came up to $10. Soap power, one bag was $17.25. 6 bars of soap came up to $11.70, and the list goes on. The apples weren't that bad, $1.40 each.

Then I carried Nika to the taxi stand because she had fallen asleep about 5 or so mins before we went to checkout. Oh, as for check out, my sister didn't want to pay the $10 the bank charged for using the debit card at the supermarket, so she had taken off, or thought she had taken off, enough money to pay for our main shopping at Rams. But she came up a little short, and had to use my card anyway for $33 of the stuff.

Then there was a little more bad luck when we got the taxi stand. There were no drivers when we got there. They were at some kind of meeting. Also, when one did show up, it was the guy we tried very hard not to get. He doesn't help us load or unload the bags, so when we got back home, he just sat there in the bus, with the engine running as we carried Nika in, and made like 5 trips to and from his bus getting all our stuff. I'm glad that I didn't pay him. Oh, the 3 min rid cost me $10.

I went to lay down, but my sister called me out to help put up some of the stuff, I did that, then went back in to bed. At this time I think it was like 3pm or so. She then came and got me 3 hours later just after sunset.

Then I came on line to do a person search for my uncle. He wanted me to find someone that left St.Kitts back in 1924. Three hours and a phone call later all I had found was information that he passed though Ellis Island, on this date, when he was this old. My uncle thinks this is so easy. I found more information on someone with the same name that got to the US 40 years earlier. There is just about nothing for people from St.Kitts, at least not that far back.

Well around 3am I crawled into bed after I started writing this blog. I saved a draft of it just before the computer crashed on me.

Today Tuesday, I slept in until 11am, got some cereal, went back into my bedroom and watched some tv until 1pm I think. I then came out here ready to play Jackal and Hide while I washed some dishes and clean up the kitchen, but I found Peal out here watching tv. So I just cleaned up a bit and dumped the water that was collecting under the sink.

Then I came on line to check my school mail and finish up this post.

Well take care. I'll catch up with you later. I have to get my hair washed and greased, then I have to get my sister to comb it.

See ya.