We didn't get the tree up until last night because Ron didn't get a stand on Monday night. He got home and was like, "I can't believe how much they want for a two foot tree!!! And THEN they wanted $7.99 for a stand!!! I can build one for less!!!" Ah, yes...those ever-efficient men with building skills. "Eye kin build ya one outta an ol' plastic bowl an' some wood planks!" Of course you can!!! And that will last us forever, right? I told him I'd go out and get a stand, no problem.
OH BOY was I wrong to think I could go out twelve days before Christmas (the infamous 12 days) and get a tree stand on my first try. There must have been record sales in tree stands this year because EVERYONE was OUT OF THEM. I tried two Save-Ons, a Wallgreens, a Longs Drugs, OSH and Home Depot. I finally got smart and tried calling the places before I wasted my time going there to look only to be told mockingly that, "We're ALL sold out!" When I called Home Depot on Tuesday night, I was told that they had a shipment come in earlier in the evening and that it just had to be received, they'd have them out on Wednesday. This was after I'd visted three other stores so I went home defeated. Last night I thought I'd try the Longs and the other Save-On that's near my work. NOPE, NUTHIN'. So on my way to the car from store number FIVE I called Ron and said, "Honey, next time just SPEND THE FUCKING $7.99!" How mean-spirited of me to do that to him after he's done so much for me. "Hi, you've reached 1-800-BITCH. For a list of little insignificant things to bitch about, press one..." I happened to pick a terrible day to slather the shit on Ron, as he'd had an awful day at work. His drill broke, then his wrench broke, then his truck started making noises and THEN his LOVELY and thoughtful fiancee calls him to yell in his ear about a stupid tree stand! He's all, "Just come home, I'll take care of it!" And I'm like, "NNOooooo, I don't want you to have to do it, I'LL DO IT! WAHH WAHHH!!!" and so on and so forth. So I head over to Home Depot with it in my head that they have done all their receiving and that I can get the fucking stand and go home. But I have to call first JUST TO MAKE SURE. The first dildo to answer the phone says that they're out. I tell him about they little receiving thing and he says he'll transfer me over to gardening, where they should know. After two minutes of annoying holiday music, I get transferred to electrical, where dildo number two says, and I quote, because these are the WORST words to say to a CUSTOMER, "I have NO idea", to which I promptly answer, "Well could you transfer me to someone WHO DOES??!" in my most irritated voice. Three more minutes of holly jolly finally gets me to gardening where I am told that yes, they do in fact have stands. SCORE!!!!! So I go and get the sonovvabitch and go home to an upset Ron...
We were supposed to go to Sears so that he could get a new drill, we had talked about it earlier in the day and I completely forgot with all of my grumpiness over the assholes who bought MY TREE STAND!!! DAMMIT!! I felt so guilty. Ron was tired and sullen all night, but he set up the tree on the stand and even vacuumed up the needles on the carpet when he was done. OH YEA, and he'd even done the dishes 'cause he got home before me! Ughghghg... He pepped up a bit when he saw the pretty tree though. I also put out some other cute little decorations. In between my decorating, I gave him many a guilt-ridden-I'm-SO-SORRY-stare. BAH! Oh well, I just know that I have to try to control these moody outbursts because Ron is right, life is too short for them. I don't need the stress. Now it's time to convince myself. Working on it.
That's it for now. I think I'm going to post the email I sent to a friend about Tuesday night...once I got home the party started. That's later...gotta do some work. Bye bye!
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