We are out of our fucking minds.

We're going to try to get the Nintendo Wii on release day (Sunday at midnight).

I happened to stop by WalMart on the way home from work tonight...

And there are people camping in line.

Only like six, ten at most, but, still.

So, somehow, we're getting over to WalMart soon as the bus starts up, we'll be there at 9, 9.30, it's at 10am that WalMart lets people start lining up inside at the Layaway desk. I have work from 1-9, so I'll have to leave awhile... The Wii goes on sale at midnight. Poor Tom is going to be stuck there for like fifteen hours.

...we've gone back and forth on this a LOT, but, we really want the damn thing (we're going halves on it, and that's our Christmas presents to each other), and Tom's concluded that it's going to be really difficult to hunt one down once it hits the shelves. (As he pointed out, demand is going to be more prolonged than for the PS3 and Xbox360, as it's the cheapest, and the ones parents are going to be getting for their kids and things, while the others were pounced on by the gamers.) But, if the line has like 50 people by the time we're there in the morning, we might well just say fuck it, I don't know. Tom's antsy about the fact that he's leaving for Long Island at like 6.30 on Monday, and this's going to throw him off (and add another nerve-wracking thing, when he already gets really tense and things about travelling), and I'm ansty about the fact that, apart from work tomorrow, I have to be at work again 9.30am on Sunday, and there's no way we're getting back before like 2am that night.

So, it'll be a bit of an adventure, if we go for it. I feel so bleary just thinking about it... waiting on a line for GA at a U2 show is one thing, at least the people are awesome - the people in line tonight, who I stopped to talk to for a minute to see what was up, seemed kinda sketchy. I'm not like worried or anything, Tom's going to be there the whole time, I'll only be there part of it (and lord knows he can take care of himself and then some), but, I hate that he'll have to be there alone for eight hours. But I can't just call in sick or anything, it's such a small place that everyone scheduled is really *needed* there.. I can't ask someone to cover for me, as pretty much everyone is scheduled for some part of a Saturday already, and I can't cut out early or anything because there's only three of us there for the last few hours, which's less than usual lately, and the bare minimum to handle things. (Granted, the two I'll be there with would totally let me slip out a lil early, but, really it'd be quicker to just have them drop me off at WalMart at 9.)

..and I need to get to bed, Tom's already gone and I promised to be up there soon, as well I should be. Wish us luck!!!

 
lmfao I can't change my cell's phone number. Tom just got a tracfone the other day (and already, he's finding ways to hack it, but that's another story), and I had to pick up another card, so I figured while I was at it I'd try to get hte phone number changed to something local down here. I emailed them, and they said I had to call.

So, I called, gave them all sorts of info while the woman talked far too loudly into my ear (though I could still hear background noise), including my zip code. After a few minutes, she asked if I had "an alternate zip code". ...wtf??!? Luckily, resourceful person that I am, I was in front of the computer and was able to scrounge up Dunkirk's zip code, and gave that. Still no luck - I asked what the problem with the zip codes was, as I'd checked the map on their site before and was informed there that there's service out here. Turns out, my phone's on a slightly older technology, that's no longer supported out here. (Tom's is newer, thus his was set up just fine.) She said they could do a phone exchange for me, BUT, within like a year it's switching over to yet ANOTHER technology, so it'd be basically pointless.
Luckily for her, I actually understood what she was saying, and cut short her explanation a few times, as I got it the first time. (Which was also good for me, because there were so many random formalities thrown into what she said and all, so much of what she said became very awkward because of it.)

So, screw it, my cell's still got a 585 number, and is basically always roaming out here. According to everything, though, I should be being only charged one unit per minute, even when roaming, which I still don't quite get seeing as their deal is usually that you're charged double when roaming, and I could swear I *was* being charged double (whihc wasn't an issue 'til I started making little five minute calls home on my lunch breaks). I'll keep closer track this time, and call again if it *is* an issue - happily, Skype's latest update seems to have cleared up its previous issues with getting through a computer system (like "press one for english" etc, it wouldn't always read properly before, and it was a bitch to do anything).

In other news, woefully behind on the NaNo, but I've just gotten a fresh bit of energy on it, inasmuch as I'm determined not to let it die just yet, even if I have to churn out a shitload of complete crap to get it moving again. Work keeps me very busy, my hours have settled into a pattern at least, though it's a rather odd pattern still. Tom leaves for Long Island at like 6.30am on Monday, Dad's picking me up after work at like 9 on Tuesday, so I'll be home a few days for Thanksgiving at least. :) Tom's coming back I think Friday night, and I've got work at 4 on Saturday, so I'll be back down here before that at least.

I had a wonderful photoshoot with my old pal Shannon (my best buddy from the homeschooling days), and have gotten one picture pretty much set for her.. and dived right in to the crocheting supplies she gave me in exchange. I've got the basic stitches down, and can make granny squares! wooo!