Names, reservations and furniture, oh my!

It's Monday night. I'm writing now because I think the moms group is coming over tomorrow morning which means I'll have to spend nap time picking up the living room. (I could do it now, but did you know there's a Deadliest Catch marathon on? Right. Priorities.) Oh, and I don't even know if they're coming because it wasn't on the calendar (we have a calendar!) and no one's responded to my email and have you met me and my RSVP issues? So. Who knows.

About the NAME thing... My mom called me all, "What is the Louisa name! I need to know what the Louisa name is!" so I told her and maybe I should always share name choices over the phone because you can choose to misinterpret phone silence and hesitation while it's impossible to misinterpret The Face. 
I'm feeling better about using an Unusualish Possibly-Not-Universally-Liked Name thanks to your willingness to play along and choose between FAKE NAMES, what good sports!, but still not decided.  Whatever. It's not like I'm having this baby tomorrow. And we were still deciding on Jack's name after he was born, so it's not like we don't have Name Indecision Precedent. (Physically restraining myself from continuing on this subject because whooooo caaaaares?)

Also, I'm a touch preoccupied because I've been trying to make hotel reservations for the wedding we're attending in June. And between the "max occupancy" error I got online and the reservations I made on the phone and the weird email saying I have a reservation for one room (I needed two) in Victoria (where the wedding is NOT taking place), I'm, to put it nicely, perplexed. I'm going to have to call a stranger on the phone AGAIN and you know how much I enjoy doing THAT.

Anyway! We had a lovely Ikea-free weekend. And "Ikea-free" certainly does not mean we didn't spend any money. We first spent a ton of money at the Cheesecake Factory for a friend's birthday, because Phillip and I never want to eat the same thing and therefore have no interest in sharing a gigantic plate of Cheesecake Factory food. (Like how I said "don't want to eat the same thing" instead of "want a giant plate of food all to ourselves" which would be what is actually true?) Then we spent a ton of money at dim sum yesterday (see: want a giant plate of food all to ourselves) and THEN we spent a ton of money on patio furniture for our patio that is roughly the size of a dining room table. Actually, it was pretty cheap considering we bought four piece wooden set (and then gave the bench to my sister because hello, dining room table-sized patio!) So, okay, not terribly expensive furniture, but when you add in the decorative pillows I bought (for lumbar support!) and the hotel reservations and that trip to Target and the flowers I have to buy at Home Depot tomorrow because my next door neighbor is TOTALLY OUTDOING ME, it's adding up. Pretty soon I will not be able to say, "But we have that big tax refund!" OR "We got that stimulus check!" because DUDE, we have done our economy-stimulating part. 

So, it's Monday night and someone has to go back to work tomorrow and someone else has to entertain the boy all by herself tomorrow and woe is us. Although it shouldn't be too bad (for ME) since I now have a nice chair to sit in while my kid splashes in his water table. Which he is most certainly going to do since tomorrow is supposed to be the only warm-ish day for the next fourteen weeks (you can never say "hot" here, only "warm", alas) and WE MUST TAKE ADVANTAGE.

But first, I must call the reservations line and inquire as to why I have the wrong kind of reservation in the wrong COUNTRY.

I hope you all had lovely weekends too.

Comments

[Jen]

We are going to a wedding in June as well. Perhaps I should check the reservation myself, as I trusted my husband to make it...

[Jess]

I swear, it seems EVERYONE has trouble making hotel reservations for weddings. It scares me a bit because I am just imagining the stress of having all our guests call us up complaining that they can't book a hotel for our wedding. Ugh. I hope you get your stuff straightened out.

[Manda]

Apparently pregnancy has affected my ability to read (my friend Jessica calls me "pregtarded" all the time. Classy, huh?). I skimmed the part of your last post when you said the names were HYPOTHETICAL. Meh. At least now I can say that I HATE the name Louisa. Bwohahahahaha! Ok that makes me feel a little better for suggesting variations on FAKE NAMES.
Can't wait to hear the real names! Hee!