bear issues

We went into town yesterday. We didn't get going till about 11:00. Someone had bulldozed the road so most the potholes are gone and it's sooo nice. Out on the highway there was road construction, though. So we wound up in town around 1:00 so we went straight to work so I could see Bonnie. I talked with her and Anita, I spoke a little with Virginia, and I got Dee to put in my vacation time for the next three and a half weeks (since I put in personal days too). Bonnie said she didn't know I did so much for her and she really appreciates it. I didn't know I did that much for her, I know I tried to make life easier on her but she helped me out sometimes too. Well, she said Zhaun's falling apart, he's working every day now, and he's already gotten in trouble for reports not being done that I  used to do. Dustin is stressed, I saw him, he was all stressed and rushed. Bret and Julie aren't really saying anything but you can tell they miss me. I didn't actually see Bret or Julie, though. Anita said they're realizing just how much I did. And Bonnie says I look so much healthier now. She's envious and I feel bad for her because she looked tired and old and downtrodden.

After work we went to storage, dug around for some things that were in there like Victor's handgun (dunno how that wound up in storage!), my silicone spray, and I don't even remember what else.

We went to this Badger Lumber place but the prices were insane so we left.

Then we went to Western Building Center and they said they'd have an estimate (for building materials for the house) by tomorrow, which would be today. We're supposed to call the branch of the store that's up here.

Then we went to the thrift store and picked out a few shirts for working in.

Then we went to Lowes where the counter apparently closed at 4:00 (?) but some other guy helped us.

Apparently Home Depot wasn't so nice and their contractor desk place had closed early too and no one else was around who could help, so I don't know what to do about that.

Kinda makes me wonder how people with normal 9-5 Monday-Friday jobs get stuff done. What, do they take a day off during the week?

Anyway, after that we went to Wal-Mart and got some things we needed like a decent fly swatter, sandpaper, tuna helper. And some things we didn't need like an ice cream treat.

We then went across the road to Costco and got some soda since 4.99 for a 24pk of Coke is an awesome deal.

Then we went back across the street to Ross and got me a sunhat. What's amazing is a lot of the hats are 100% paper. Those just fall apart. I know, I had one. I finally settled on a polyester one.

Then we stopped at a gas station and got gas and used the bathrooms. While in line for the bathroom I saw some soap that was green tea and cucumber. But I couldn't investigate it further because it was my turn, and then I forgot about it.

After we got in the house and it was almost entirely dark out that bear from the other day came back and started slapping at my car so Victor went out and was going to chase it off but it started charging him so he shot it. He got it in the shoulder and it took off. Tristan's going to come up and help us figure out where it went and he's got a friend on fish and game who he might call in, apparently they had to get a bear last week too. Tristan's kinda awesome that way, he's a firefighter, and he's done search and rescue stuff, and sometime or other he's going to Oregon for some firefighter training stuff. He knows all sorts of people and I believe he's like the captain of this branch or something.

So, I'm going to go sandpaper the rollers of my wringer and get laundry started.