Monday, January 12th
The cable guy came today! HBO! E! Crime Investigation Network! Too bad we're still in the hotel because our air shipment isn't here yet, and I have to go back to watching the Time Warp marathon on the Discovery Channel back at the hotel.
David took a cab to work and I have the week off, so after a solid nap at the hotel, I drove up to see Millie and met David. She was thrilled to see us as usual, and gave us one of those pathetic whine-barks when we left.
We wandered around Holland Villiage looking for dinner. Holland Village is sort of like an Uptown for you Minneapolis folks - lots of bars and restraunts, shopping and the like. David spied a Mexican food restraunt, and though we expected to be pretty disappointed, we gave it a shot. My cheese enchilada left a bit to be desired, but the chips and salsa were fantastic, and so was the margarita.
We ate a ton, and as we were on our second basket of chips, David said: "Okay, we can live here..."
Tuesday, January 13th
I cannot figure out how to use the washing machine. We'be been at the hotel a lot longer than we thought we would and I really need to do a load of laundry. Is it plugged in? Check. Power button on? Check. Dial turned to the right setting? Check. Water on? Check. There's nothing like not being able to run a basic appliance to make me feel like an idiot. I called our real estate agent and she tried to talk me through it, but no luck. The repairman will come tomorrow, when our air shipment is supposed to come. David's yoga gear will have to fester a day longer.
I sat down on our rented couch to watch some good cable on our rented TV, and found out that Crime Investigation Network had disappeared, along with a few other favorite channels. Drat, the fact that I could see them yesterday must have been a teaser. I looked on the order slip and saw that we didn't get the "Upsize" on our package, so that must be it.
I met David at the kennel to visit Millie, and then we headed back to Holland Village and picked pizza this time. It was a nice place, the cloth-napkin and tealight candle kind, gorgonzola as an option on the pizzas. It also had a whole wall of wine, so I was pretty excited. But after sitting down and looking at the wine list, there was one (count it) wine-by-the-glass option, and it was $14. And it came cold. I tried to ask about all the wine on the wall, and was this really the only option, but the waitress didn't seem to understand my question, so I gave up.
This day was a bust. At least we'll be out of the hotel tomorrow...
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