Last Friday afternoon we went over to a friend’s house so Joe could help set up her new cable box and make sure her router was secure. She had posted on Facebook looking to pay someone to do this so it was nice to earn a little extra money. Afterwards we stopped at Walmart and bought a new basketball for only $5. The two at home won’t stay inflated and there’s some nice empty courts at two of the parks we like to frequent and I’ve been wanting to shoot some hoops. Of course with the colder/rainy weather lately I haven’t had the chance to actually try out the new ball yet.
We also ended up at Sonic for dinner and had corn dogs because we eat like children sometimes. Case in point, later the same weekend we made Velveeta mac and cheese with cut up hot dogs.
Saturday morning we stopped at the library so Joe could donate blood. They really did a number on his arm this time: he’s all bruised. I was like “welcome to my world” since that happens to me every single time and why I am not donating any more (besides almost passing out last time).
After that we decided to check our town’s Oktoberfest since admission is free before 4 pm. It was ok but not terribly exciting, just as we suspected. We shared a pork schnitzel sandwich and a soft pretzel. The pretzel was a disappointment but the sandwich was pretty good. Not sure if was $7 good though.
That evening we borrowed Captain America Civil War from the library and ordered Lou Malnati’s thin crust pizza using a gift card. I don’t know why but the thin crust wasn’t nearly as good as I remember it being so we’ll be sticking to their deep dish from now on.
Sunday we put E’s old bed frame and mattress up for sale for $50 on Offer Up (an app). He hasn’t spent the night here in months and likely won’t again so we’re turning his bedroom into a workout room. Not five minutes from posting I had three interested parties. At one point I believe it was over ten! I tried to be fair by messaging the first person who contacted me explaining they had to take the frame AND mattress and asking if they were still interested and then waiting, but they didn’t reply. After over an hour I moved onto the next person on the list with the same message. After three people didn’t reply back I was getting rather annoyed so I decided to send the same message to everyone and include that they needed to get back to me ASAP since there was a lot of interest. The guy who replied the quickest said he could be over within fifteen minutes. Once he arrived and he and his wife checked the bed (turns out the frame was a bit damaged on the side that was against the wall) and paid us, I marked it as sold in the app. This apparently sends a generic message to all the people who had messaged me that says “I have sold the item”. Well, one woman responded “to someone else” and then about three minutes later wrote “fucking bitch”. Wow. Now, I get that she wanted the bed, and she did reply to my first message about ten minutes after I sent it, but what the hell? She didn’t reply faster than the guy who bought it so you snooze, you lose. I don’t believe she originally messaged me before he did either. In any case, I didn’t bother responding and instead just reported her for using foul language and blocked her. Some people!