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Last night I finished reading the first Harry Potter book. Yes, I know. I am about ten years behind the rest of the world! In my defense though, my next door neighbor coincidentally just started reading them as well, so I'm not the only one! I only ever saw the first movie, so I have no idea what happens in the rest of the books. I've been told by more than one person that they get better throughout the series. I'm looking forward to reading them all.
Today was a busy day. It was overall a good day.
In the morning I took Ryan for a jog. On my way in I stopped at an electronics store that's right around the corner from my house. Larry's sister sent Ryan an activity center. Somehow in transit one of the wires connecting the power supply severed. I was going to try to repair it. I explained the situation to the man working at the electronics store, and he offered to fix the activity center for me if I brought it in. Sounded good to me!
Let me say that just walking to this electronics store was a mini-adventure in itself. It's located in Thompson's Yard, which is down sort of a semi-paved alley that leads to the back of the shops on the main street, entrances to other businesses, and a row of what look to be storage sheds, some of which seems to be used for some type of commerce. For I don't know what reason, I felt safe. Of course I would never purposely take Ryan (and myself!) anywhere dangerous. It did occur to me though as I was walking in Thompson's Yard that it normally wouldn't be the type of area I'd be inclined to wander around.
After that we headed out to MHS to mail a box to Larry.
I had planned on feeding Ryan lunch when we got home, but he was out completely cold. He didn't wake up when I took off his shoes and coat, so I figured lunch could wait. He took a very big nap. He didn't nap much at all yesterday, so I guess he was making up for it. After Ryan woke up, I fed him then we headed out again.
While trying to see if I could get the activity center in the stroller, I managed to sever the other wire to the power supply. Oops. I took it back to the electronics store and the man there told me to come back in a bit and it would be done.
On my way to the shopping center, I ran into my next door neighbor, Denise, and her four kids. They love Ryan! When they saw us, all four of them ran up to Ryan and were showering him with attention. I wonder what Ryan makes of it all! It was nice to chat with Denise for a minute. I hadn't seen her in a while.
I got to my first destination downtown, a toy store. Ryan loves to push his stroller around, but I would rather he didn't. This store had a little Ryan-sized toy stroller on sale half off. Unfortunately, the store sold their last one a half hour before I got there. Oh well.
From there I went to the Tourist Information center. The book I wanted wasn't there. The new edition won't be out until March!
On the way back, I stopped by Starbucks and got an eggnog latte, and for Ryan a cocoa.
I picked up the activity center. The man only charged me three pounds to fix it. I definitely think it was worth it.
As Ryan and I headed home, there was a pretty sunset. We're not often out at that time of day. It was really nice.