Today I decided to get out of the house and hang out with Brandon and Matty.. I hung out with them yesterday morning and then they went to Sioux Falls to a comic book convention. I couldn’t go with because I had other things planned. Anyway, they called this morning, saying I should come see them so I did. They got me a The Simpsons graphic novel and a Stargate Atlantis comic book. I’ve been giggling over how badly drawn comic book John is.

They also might have given me illegal fireworks, too, but I can’t say if they did or not.

We ended up having lunch at Subway and decided to hang out on Thursday since Brandon is leaving that night to go to Minneapolis to see Jenna. We then went our separate ways since Matty had an appointment (he fixes computers on the side) and Brandon had to open his parents’ sports bar.

I was barely home a minute when Tyler called, asking me questions about my grill. I bought the cheapest one. Nothing fancy. Then he asked me if I would go with him to pick out one because he’s having a big party at his house on the Fourth. Then he was all, “You guys aren’t invited because it’s for Dawn’s side of the family!”. Um, all right. I had already told him I wasn’t doing anything on the Fourth. I’m not even going out to his parents’ farm for the big cookout there.

Anyway, our search started at Wal-Mart but he hated everything they had so we went to the local hardware store. Once again, he hated everything they had. Then we went to Ace Hardware and he found the one he wanted but the guy claimed they probably didn’t have any in stock and tried to sell Tyler the floor model. Tyler said no so the dude went in back and took forever to bring out one in the box. While we were waiting, I found a cute bird feeder and got it. It’s the kind you have to put together. This should be fun since I can’t put anything together, lol!

After getting the grill, Tyler decides he wants to use it tonight, which means he has to get the tank filled. We had to go to the other side of the lake to the bait and tackle shop to get it filled. While we were there, it started to downpour and it continued to rain as we came back into town. We went to his house, where Dawn proceeded to yell at him for buying a new grill. Then Tyler wanted to put it together in the rain and by that time, I was tired and just wanted to go home and eat. I told him good luck and left. I’ll have to call him in the morning to see how well it came out.

When I got home, I noticed my Doctor Who download had timed out so I had to download it agan. I wasn’t looking forward to watching the episode because Billie Piper’s acting has gotten so awful, and it was awful in this episode too. *sigh*

After watching it, I made dinner and talked to Taylor on the phone. She’ll be home Wednesday night for the weekend. She sounded a little too excited over the not illegal fireworks I might have. If you hear about a massive house fire in Iowa, that’s my house.