Genetically Made To Shop

Time: 12:34pm
Mood: Mentally exhausted
Song of the moment: The Killers - This River Is Wild

I've been feeling mentally exhausted over the past couple of days - and it's all because I've spent so much time driving, and working overtime.

I had to head to Detroit on Tuesday so I got a rental on Monday evening. Monday night, I had to drive to the airport to pick up my parents (freedom ends! haha). The very next morning at around 6:30am I headed out to Detroit. The plan was, I would drive to Detroit, meet my sister for dinner on the way back, then crash @ Laura's in Hamilton (Art's father passed away this past weekend and the funeral was on Wed. morning. The Mac gang wanted to attend the funeral to show our support for Art). As I reached Cambridge, I realized I had forgotten my laptop bag that contained not only my dayplanner w/ the customer's phone number, but documents that I was supposed to submit to the customer. *grr*! So that foiled my plans of staying over in Hamilton (I had to report at work by 1pm - there was no way I could drive from Hamtown back home to pick up my laptop, then drive to work).

I got to Detroit 1 1/2 hours early, so I decided to walk around the mall. Big mistake. I ended up buying stuff from VS, Bath and Body works, and a pair of black dressy shoes from DSW. Oh boy! haha! The mall is a dangerous place! I had my meetings and they ended early - so on my way home I took a new route. To my dismay, I realized 20min later I was going the wrong way. But here's the kicker - I realized I was going the wrong way when I saw a mall I bought my Coach purse from. So I went the wrong way, to find myself at a mall. I must have some internal GPS system mapping out where all the malls are. I didn't go in... I merely exited the highway and turned around. LoL!

I got back home at around 10:00pm Tuesday night after having dinner with Kathy. The next morning, I was headed to Hamtown at 7:30am. So much driving :S

The funeral was a beautiful service full of kind words and carefree stories. It was truely a celebration of his life. I can't even begin to imagine what it feels like to loose a parent. I was so heartbroken when I lost my grandma, but I think this is probably 10x worse. Art and his family will definitely be in my prayers.