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Day Two Hundred Eighty Three (Year Three)

I only had a couple of things on my list today that absolutely had to get done.  They were:

1) Obtain, and load into itunes Such Hot Blood by The Airborne Toxic Event
2) Sync and charge my ipod.

Done, and Done.

The ipod is fully charged for the first time in what feels like a long time, and the new Air Tox disc is loaded and ready to roll.  The Twitter hype has only continued to build.  Fingers crossed that it will all be true as I head out with the Mrs. for a road trip into Sioux City tomorrow.

I want to hit up MidBell to see about my poster.  They still haven't called.  The funny part?  I searched for the poster online tonight, and discovered that the company that makes it also makes another poster that I either have somewhere, or looked at often enough that I feel like I own it.  Talked to my Mom tonight to see if she remembers anything that might be hiding in the basement of her house.  She said she'd check on it and get back to me.  If it's there, I'm going to have her bring it down the next time she comes our direction.  If it isn't... I'm going to order it.

I'm also going to look and see if they have any of those stamps I found online the other day.  Seems to me that it would be easier to stumble across one there than have to order it online.  We shall see.

Also on tomorrow's list: time for playing.

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