Back to school shopping

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Oy. Who knew that back-to-school shopping could be so damn exhausting? Omaha and I drove out to the local shopping center, hitting Target and Office Depot, to pick up four pairs of pants and a new pair of shoes for Kouryou-chan, as well as a ton of paper, pencils, notebooks, and miscellaneous school supplies for Yamaraashi-chan. Target was a wreck; they just didn't have the manpower to keep the place cleaned up.

After all that, we went over to the evil mall and hit a restaurant on the periphery. Although it wasn't as bad or frenetic as the mall itself, the music was still too loud. You know what that mall needs? A family-friendly restaurant with no music and sound-baffling ceilings.

Afterward, we ran back to Target because we had forgotten one thing, a backpack for Yamaraashi-chan. Omaha took Kouryou-chan over to a little park while Yamaraashi-chan and I went into Target. "What are we here for?" she asked.

"Didn't you hear what Omaha and I were talking about in the car? We forgot something for you."

"What?"

I rolled my eyes. "A backpack, kid. You weren't paying attention, were you?"

"I was listening."

"No you weren't. If you were listening, you'd know why we were here."

"There's a difference between listening and paying attention." Now there's a slogan for an eleven-year-old.

It took five hours to do all that.

Anyway, after that, we went over to lisakit's place for dinner and socializing. She fed us wonderful steaks and grilled corn and zucchini, and we were comfortably full when we got home.