Today my dad came out to visit. We went to the range for a class, then saw Sherlock Holmes. I was confused because the whole movie was about Holmes tracking down an evil Lord who was killing people with black magic. Since I didn’t think Sherlock Holmes was about magic that didn’t make sense to me. But then at the end in a very quick one minute summary Holmes explains how the guy did everything through science and trickery, not magic. Too little, too late. And too much Rachel McAdams, she is starting to get on my nerves. But besides that it was an entertaining movie. Robert Downey Junior did a very creditable English accent the whole time.
Besides these adventures my vacation has been quite tame. Christmas Eve with my mom’s side of the family, with the first name draw including my generation and featuring accidentally racist c0okies from my cousin Janelle. Christmas morning with the nuclear family, then Christmas afternoon with my dad’s side of the family featuring the first name draw including my generation which is the first time in several years we’ve actually had presents, which was nice. Saturday I went with my dad as he bought a big screen TV, Sunday I went shopping (largely fruitlessly). Tomorrow I’ll go shopping again – I’m making the trek to the Gilroy Outlets. I want knee-high boots to wear with skirts, and there’s a pair at Naturalizer I think might work (embarassingly I have determined I need the “wide calf” size of boots only a few stores offer). Also, I want more of the trouser jeans I got at the Banana Republic outlet last year. I really hope they’re still there.
Now, I will continue my vacation by having ice cream. Though Allison brought me a whole box of Ferrero Assortment went she was out (which I perhaps was not as overtly enthusiastic about at the time as I normally would be about Ferrero candies, not understanding they were all for me) I am savoring them by having one of each flavor each day. So with three down, now to ice cream!
