After cutting off six inches of braids with the intent of converting from sisterlocks to traditional dreads or an afro — because I was fed up with being at the mercy of unprofessional lockticians, ended up driving 70 miles to the Inland Empire on Sunday and reconnecting with the locktician I had before relocating to Long Beach – the only locktician who has never let me down …. so far. The sisterlocks now freshly re-tightened, I regret I had a fed-up moment and gave myself a very bad haircut as I am now ready to give sisterlocks another go.
The good news is the hair grows fairly fast and should recover and look less choppy in a few months.
Stayed over in the I.E. through the Martin Luther King Holiday and had lunch with my friend R, her son C and his little friend X at Richies Diner.
Actually, we’d originally headed for the newly opened Farrell’s Ice Cream Parlour on Foothill, but decided to look elsewhere when advised the wait time was an hour and a half, possibly longer.
Note to self: Never plan for lunch at Farrell’s on a holiday – a school holiday or otherwise, when every family in town is likely to want to treat their children to the Farrell’s experience.
Shakey’s Pizza Parlour was our second choice, but we ran into the same long lines. There were no lines at Richies. We walk straight in, got seated, waited on and the food came so fast I had to double check to make sure they’d cooked it.
On the way back to Long Beach today, Tuesday, I stopped by the doll house and took measurements. I’d originally thought there was no dining room in the doll house. That was a misperception, so the This End Up table and benches will be going with me, along with the platform bed, couch, a cedar chest, This End Up TV stand, and a Cost Plus 3-tier and 4-tier bookcase. Not a lot of furnishings, but what with throw rugs and books and knickknacks, that’s plenty enough for a doll house sized senior apartment.
Fortunately for me, I’m only downsizing from a 1-bedroom apartment to a smaller 1-bedroom apartment. There’s a couple moving into the complex, downsizing from a 4-bedroom house!
Good luck with that.
Also while in the I.E., I got a different version on the altercation between sister and brother-in-law as detailed in the last post.
Supposedly, there was no altercation. News of an altercation was a complete fabrication. By whom no one knows. Yes, sister did end up in the hospital – on life support no less after having flat lined a time or two. But supposedly brother-in-law never laid a hand on her. In this version of the incident, it was a combination of a heart problem and pneumonia causing an episode while out driving with brother-in-law which necessitated brother-in-law having to pull over and summon an ambulance.
Which version of the event is true? I do not know. Which version of the event is true? I do not care. But, supposedly, sister has now recovered.
So I guess I’m still the No. 1 Bad Guy of the family.
