Wiiquest, Part Eight

This morning Tina decided to call around the Targets before we left to spend our gift cards at Borders (thanks, Uncle Buddy). The first one she called in Fairview reported that they had units and, after some wrangling on the phone, they reserved one for us. Thomas and I jetted over there shortly after and successfully acquired our Wii! I bought ExciteTruck with it. Graham and Thomas have agreed to split the cost of an additional Wiimote, but they are still hard to find.

After the purchase, we met the rest of the family at Buddy’s house for lunch. We hooked the Wii up to Buddy’s TV and tried out boxing, golf, bowling, tennis and ExciteTruck. Part of the fun is playing but a large part is also watching other people play. Everyone enjoyed it before we were off to Borders and now home. Thomas is configuring the wireless internet connection and will probably spend the next hour setting up his Mii.

Wiiquest, Part Seven

Bedtime: 2130
Awoke: 0430

Target Store: Fred Meyer, 164th Ave, Vancouver WA
Arrival: 0500
Place in line: 1
Wiis Available: 0

Target Store: Fred Meyer, Mill Plain, Vancouver WA
Arrival: 0515
Place in line: 1
Wiis Available: 0

Last possible day before Christmas. The freight guy came out at the first Fred Meyer and let me know there were none. Contrast that with the second Fred Meyer where the operator refused to put my call through until after they opened. Why are you even answering the phone?

I borrowed an empty Wii box from someone at work. I’m going to get 250 one dollar bills today to put in it and then we’ll wrap it up with a note.

Vital Statistics

Bike odometer: n/a
Weight lost: 51 lbs.
Hours of sleep last night: 5
Hours billed this week: 21
Current reading: The Prince by Machiavelli
Recent listening: Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me, Coverville, various Christmas songs
Recent viewing: Sportscenter, Everest: Beyond the Limit, It Takes A Thief
Recent playing: Sketchfighter
Recently accomplished: Waited in line, dried van carpet, paid bills
Imperative To Do: Buy Wii, finish garage, finish old blog entries, call mechanic, build new computer for Thomas, rake, clean garage, fix laundry room door, RMA old Tivo drive, Best of 2006
Cool Link: Pandora: Discovering more music you like

Wiiquest, Part Six

Bedtime: 2330
Awoke: 0430

Target Store: Fred Meyer, Wood Village
Arrival: 0500
Place in line: 1
Wiis Available: 0

Target Store: Target, Division
Arrival: 0700
Place in line: 2
Wiis Available: 0

I called all the Fred Meyers and none of them received any units. There was little hope for Target, but they have a later opening time, so it was worth a try. This afternoon I’ll call the GameStop stores and tomorrow morning I’ll do Vancouver Fred Meyer again.

Wiiquest, Part Five

Bedtime: 2130
Awoke: 0430

Target Store: Fred Meyer, 164th Ave, Vancouver WA
Arrival: 0530
Place in line: 3
Wiis Available: 0

Target Store: Fred Meyer, Mill Plain, Vancouver WA
Arrival: 0615
Place in line: 3
Wiis Available: 0

I could have waited in line at Circuit City until their 1000 opening time, but Tina had physical therapy at 0800. Tomorrow is going to be Part 4 repeated.