Bored, Bored, Bored

As you might be able to tell from the title, I have very little to do today and I'm not enjoying it. In fact, I was so bored that I watched The Growing Pains Movie. Yes, you read right. I watched a really, really, really bad reunion movie from a really, really, really bad 80's sitcom. Well, perhaps it wasn't that bad at the time, but like the Dukes of Hazard, it just doesn't hold up once you get past the age 12. In any case, that just goes to show exactly how bored I was. And let me just say that I was shocked, Shocked I say, that Leonardo DiCaprio couldn't find time in his busy schedule to put in a guest appearance. For those of you who may not be aware, Leo's career really started to kick into high gear when he joined the cast of Growing Pains for its final two seasons as the poor, homeless kid, Luke Bower (thanks IMDb).

Need another example? Okay, I've got one for you. I bought new pillows. That's right, I drove to Bed, Bath & Beyond and bought new pillows. Sure it was nice to get out of the house, but for pillows?

Actually, I've need the pillows for awhile, I just never remembered to go and buy some. It's one of those things that only occurs to me when I'm climbing into bed and realize for the umpteenth time that there is only about a millimeter difference between putting my head on the pillow and putting it directly onto the mattress. Since I like to have my head elevated when I go to sleep, which has the incidental side affect of reducing my snoring, new pillows were definitely in order.

So I showered, got dressed and headed out to Bed, Bath & Beyond. And since I had nothing but time on my hands, I went ahead and shaved. A side benefit is that doing it today will allow me to use the snooze button one extra time tomorrow morning. Ahh, the snooze button...What a miraculous invention it is.

Found some pillows that I liked, though its really difficult to be sure in the store unless you are willing to make a complete ass of yourself by stretching out on the floor for a test snooze, for about $15 bucks each. I also needed a new mattress pad, so I grabbed one that I thought was $20 and only later realized, as I was walking to my car trying to figure out how I managed to spend $125, actually was $48 (including the 20% discount from one of the B3 coupons that I had managed to horde). Obviously, I will be returning that tomorrow. I'm not about to pay $50 bucks for a mattress pad unless it is going to give me a massage. I also picked up a knife set with block and some cutting boards, both of which I've needed for some time, but just never got around to picking up. It's not like I do a whole lot of cooking, but when I do at least now I'm prepared.

So, that's the extent of the excitement in my life at this time. Of course, it could be worse...I could have stayed home and watched the "Facts of Life Reunion Movie" which was right after the Growing Pains movie, but without Nancy McKeon who was probably too busy with her role in "The District" to make it, what was the point?