Impatience R Me

Up with the alarm, Spook wouldn't come out the the guest room. She has a new buddy:


One of my favorite photos from, I think, 1989. It had been on the wall of my last apartment, but here was tucked out of sight behind that bookcase until we started doing open houses, when I pulled it out just enough to remind me it was there. The last house visit I pulled it out further hoping the buyers would notice. They didn't but Spook did. She moved from the middle of the floor to be close to the elephant. Less threatening than mirror cat.

After my morning online stuff it was off to the big Starbucks in the mega Safeway. I ordered an iced mocha but it took a long time to be made, the ice was melted and they are now using flimsy plastic cups and sippy tops.

Set up my laptop near an outlet and checked email while charging, but wi-fi was not fast enough for watching Twitch streams and I wanted to get back home in time for my daily streamer. So packed up the laptop, got a cart and did some shopping.

Fruit cocktail was 3 for $5 and a 20 oz container of fresh cut fruit was $5, so about even. bought three fruit cocktails and a container of cantaloupe. Bought a couple of kinds of chocolate cookies. Escaped with everything on my Safeway list and nothing which wasn't.

Still ought to go to GO for milk. But no rush.

Home in time for the daily drive home, almost, only came in 5 minutes late.

Delivered was a dozen Ghirardelli cabernet dark chocolate bars. I discovered them at GO months ago, and as often happens never saw them there again. Found them on Amazon.

The shoes I have been wearing are too narrow, turns out they are only 2E, so I ordered a pair of 4E.

Tivo had a lovely PBS travel show to remote places in New Zealand. Or was that yesterday? The days just blend together lately.

Summer House was a look back on last season, so not a lot of skin showing. I nuked the one pass for Siesta Key after two episodes where they would not show anyone below the waist. The image framing was on purpose and artificial.

Late lunch with salad, turkey slices and maybe baked beans. Something on the side.

PTI was at the beach in Miami and this time the producers harnessed the lookie loos into acting like a studio audience. Lots of 9ers fans. No photo bombing this time. The football analyst this time was a NFL defense star turned coach, he leaned toward the 49ers, slightly.

Youngest sister called with a list of things to check in the new house, most of which are on the standard inspection sheet.

Streamed for 90 minutes, lots of active chatters, no trolls.

Two episodes of Swamp People as I finished a salad and the shells and sausage meal from 2 nights ago. Strawberries and cantaloupe and whipped cream. Those bayou folks are a whole new level of illiterate, but they sure know how to catch bullfrogs.

Chocolate covered shortbread cookies for a late snack.

Plans for tomorrow:
The usual morning
Figure out something for afternoon

Twitch surprises and a visit to the French Store

No reason to be up early so set the alarm for 8, and did not get up and about till 11. The usual breakfast was finished around lunchtime. Had something for lunch, I remember making a salad but not what the main course was.

1:30-ish was time for the daily drive home stream, and then I shut down the PC and drove to Target with a shopping bag and the tablet. Got a small mocha, and read more of the current sci-fi story. Used to be the starbucks inside the Target shared space with a couple of other food groups, but then they zapped everything and remodeled it to be all *$s and futuristic furniture in mostly wrong configurations. There was no longer the row of 2-person tables looking out over the up escalator, most of the tables are facing the wrong way, no eye candy prospects. So I actually read.

Done with the mocha, I grabbed a basket and went ISO things on my list, but all I found was a half gallon of 2%, a small Downey jug and Famous Amos.

Home, Tivo time. PTI, but deleted Andy Cohen and a Gold Rush rerun. Ex on the Peaks was pretty good, they brought in a long ago ex who was immediately dumped and then picked up for a date by the house playboy, who was in a relationship but the new ex is a much better fit for him.

Cleaned the cat water fountain, the filter was fuzzy so I ordered replacements, and also a second water fountain which doesn't become useless when the power goes out. Spook likes the "flower" configuration but also wants something deep enough to dip her paw into. While I was at it it was time to order another jar of treats.

On order from yesterday is a pair of NB 4E shoes to replace the too-small 2E pair.

Tuned to the Lakers game, expecting it to be in progress after the obligatory Kobe tribute, but there was Yo Yo Ma making sad noises on his cello as the video displays played an extensive tribute. Too much for me thank you very much.

Only one storm chaser was out, so I streamed for half an hour, several new followers, two trolls, and silence once I banned them.

Movers called, the estimator has been delayed, can we do it a week later? Checked the calendar and that was fine. We nailed down the 26th for packing and the 27th for moving.

J texted asking for me to come over Monday and help her fix her Netflix connection. Watching the Suerb Owl together Sunday is a non-starter as she is from Kansas.

Sausage slices in mac and cheese for dinner and too many cookies.

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Plans for tomorrow:
10 am monthly party at the community center. Say my goodbyes
Porch time if it's as nice as it was today
Piano
Tivo