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Gone Fishing
Jul. 6th, 2011 12:20 amSpent the morning at the computer doing photo editing of Westercon & 4th of July fireworks pix. All of the con was done but decided to leave uploading the July 3 batch till tonight.
Grabbed my fishing rod & tackle box, but forgot my extra weights and swivels. GPS did not have Pacifica Pier as a POI, so I selected a gas station on the coast highway and then turned off the route when it looked like it was taking me short of Pacifica. I should have followed it, the route I took was a lot longer than it had to be (Hwy 1 exit from 280). But by some miracle I found the beach, parked on a side street, and discovered I was only a block from the pier.
There is a charmingly sleazy, run-down café
built into the same little structure in which the pier's public restrooms are located, and I stopped in for a bowl of clam chowder. They claim it is the best in town. It may be, but doesn't hold a candle to Ivar's. There was only one employee on duty, which apparently is the norm, so it's a while before getting your order in and another while before getting your food, but it was a fun place to watch the locals mock the tourists, and each other.
After scoping out the pier, I went back to the car, got my rod & tackle, shoved a windbreaker & Kindle into my knapsack, grabbed my camp chair and headed back. I set up about 2/3 of the way to the end of the pier, and quickly discovered I really needed those weights. In fact, I really need to buy some huge weights to fish in that surf. I figured some work-arounds with the line weights in the tackle box, but got no bites. In the 2 hours I was there, I only saw one (too small) fish pulled in. The fog rolled in with alacrity, so I folded up my chair and packed everything back to the car.
Called Janice to let her know I could make our 5 o'clock coffee klatch, then stopped at the PO to mail an eBay sale, B of A for some cash, and then over the hill and home.
After coffee (actually a Java chip frapuccino) I tackled my to-buy list. Walgreen's for conditioner and a sharps container. They didn't have sharps containers. CVS for Breathsavers and a sharps container. They no longer sell home sharps containers, only travel ones which don't work for insulin pen tips. Was en route to Ranch 99 for bamboo steamers, but got trapped in the wrong lane, so continued on to Felipe's Produce for pickling cucumbers. They sell the big ones, not the gherkins, so I only got 45 instead of 50. About $7 total. Good thing I went there first, they closed as I was checking out. Ranch 99, got what I thought were 10" bamboo steamers, and then bought some bamboo to steam. </joke>. Bought some frozen won tons, and ha gow/sui mai for steaming. Those were on sale for about 30% off.
Home, discovered the steamer was 12", and did not quite fit in the assigned cabinet. Can't latch the door. But 12" is a good size for the wok, so I may not give them to Goodwill and buy a set of 10"-ers.
While I was fishing, my recruiting agency sent me all kinds of email, including the online time card system login, and a note from my handler saying she will visit me Friday. The handler takes over from the recruiter when the job has been landed. So I am set for a 9 am start Thursday, orientation at 9:15, and then meet my manager and start to save the world, as we know it.
Plans for tomorrow:
Pack two in-dash nav/audio systems sold on eBay, and ship them.
Find my recruiter and give her a bunch of paperwork, and maybe be treated to a meal.
Call the contract agency's benefits provider and ask if I read the fine print correctly that they will not cover my insulin. WTF?
Maybe make pickles, now that I have all of the ingredients.
Grabbed my fishing rod & tackle box, but forgot my extra weights and swivels. GPS did not have Pacifica Pier as a POI, so I selected a gas station on the coast highway and then turned off the route when it looked like it was taking me short of Pacifica. I should have followed it, the route I took was a lot longer than it had to be (Hwy 1 exit from 280). But by some miracle I found the beach, parked on a side street, and discovered I was only a block from the pier.
There is a charmingly sleazy, run-down café
built into the same little structure in which the pier's public restrooms are located, and I stopped in for a bowl of clam chowder. They claim it is the best in town. It may be, but doesn't hold a candle to Ivar's. There was only one employee on duty, which apparently is the norm, so it's a while before getting your order in and another while before getting your food, but it was a fun place to watch the locals mock the tourists, and each other.
After scoping out the pier, I went back to the car, got my rod & tackle, shoved a windbreaker & Kindle into my knapsack, grabbed my camp chair and headed back. I set up about 2/3 of the way to the end of the pier, and quickly discovered I really needed those weights. In fact, I really need to buy some huge weights to fish in that surf. I figured some work-arounds with the line weights in the tackle box, but got no bites. In the 2 hours I was there, I only saw one (too small) fish pulled in. The fog rolled in with alacrity, so I folded up my chair and packed everything back to the car.
Called Janice to let her know I could make our 5 o'clock coffee klatch, then stopped at the PO to mail an eBay sale, B of A for some cash, and then over the hill and home.
After coffee (actually a Java chip frapuccino) I tackled my to-buy list. Walgreen's for conditioner and a sharps container. They didn't have sharps containers. CVS for Breathsavers and a sharps container. They no longer sell home sharps containers, only travel ones which don't work for insulin pen tips. Was en route to Ranch 99 for bamboo steamers, but got trapped in the wrong lane, so continued on to Felipe's Produce for pickling cucumbers. They sell the big ones, not the gherkins, so I only got 45 instead of 50. About $7 total. Good thing I went there first, they closed as I was checking out. Ranch 99, got what I thought were 10" bamboo steamers, and then bought some bamboo to steam. </joke>. Bought some frozen won tons, and ha gow/sui mai for steaming. Those were on sale for about 30% off.
Home, discovered the steamer was 12", and did not quite fit in the assigned cabinet. Can't latch the door. But 12" is a good size for the wok, so I may not give them to Goodwill and buy a set of 10"-ers.
While I was fishing, my recruiting agency sent me all kinds of email, including the online time card system login, and a note from my handler saying she will visit me Friday. The handler takes over from the recruiter when the job has been landed. So I am set for a 9 am start Thursday, orientation at 9:15, and then meet my manager and start to save the world, as we know it.
Plans for tomorrow:
Pack two in-dash nav/audio systems sold on eBay, and ship them.
Find my recruiter and give her a bunch of paperwork, and maybe be treated to a meal.
Call the contract agency's benefits provider and ask if I read the fine print correctly that they will not cover my insulin. WTF?
Maybe make pickles, now that I have all of the ingredients.
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