Up at 2, so not really early enough to get over to the cop store, but then it's raining anyway. I'm pretty sure I have a canister of Sabre pepper spray, I just need to find it and doing that will require that I get the loft all organized - it's full of cardboard boxes I'd hoarded because normally at this time of the year it rains a lot so gathering them outside is problematical. Well, this COVID thing comes in and I'm glad I've got all these boxes now because even the lower quality ones can be cut up for padding.
The plan last night was to get to bed early so I'd get up early and I am up earlier than I have been, but it will take some time to "walk" my schedule earlier. Ideally, I'd be out and about, if I am, from 10-2 and inside the rest of the time.
I got one notable thing accomplished last night though. I did my own haircut. I had some coffee and then started in, thinking if the battery in my little beard trimmer gives out I'll have time to re-charge it and finish my cut, but it was going strong when I was finished and it took a little while. I've paid good money for cuts of the quality I gave myself. Using the 2nd to smallest shoe for the top and the smallest shoe for the sides, it came out pretty well. And it feels great to be rid of that mop of hair I was developing.
Years ago I used to cut my own hair, and it was a complicated cut that involved short tapered sides and long on top, thinned with thinning scissors or a type of cutting I invented, and shading short to long on one side because the top was combed over to one side. Plus I used that stuff you spritz on that lets the sun bleach it out a bit, so I had this gradual blonde thing going on top. It was pretty crazy. A simple buzz is nothing compared to this.
In fact, I've probably been spending a couple hundred a year on haircuts, plus the hassle of going over to the place, waiting my turn, being itchy until I can get home and wash my hair, etc. I could buy some really nice clippers for that.
The rain stopped and it got pretty sunny outside, so I took the week's trash and some postal service packages and headed out at 6. Since it was so cold and windy out, I didn't see a single bum. The chute at the post office was jammed so I just put my packages in one of those boxes they keep around, and put it where you put packages when the chute is not working. This is why I try to always go there when it's actually open and there are people there.
I went to 99 Ranch and got 15 more cans of meat and fish, plus a few other things, then got more stuff at H Mart. In both cases, people are staying far apart, and the cashiers were not in a good mood. I got a talking-to for not bringing in my own bag at 99 Ranch - OK lady, I'll bring in germs. At H Mart the card reader didn't work so I paid cash, and you have to bag your own things and quick, as they're rushing people through. I spent about $100 between the two places and it gives me 2 more weeks of "bunker time".
If I get sick, I'll be living off of miso soup, diet soda, ginseng drink, and my own body fat. A 2-3 week semi-fast would not hurt me, really. Ebay could be put on holiday mode if I get too weak to work, and I think things would go OK.
I got a little practice in, maybe 20 minutes, when Ken came by. I got my check and he says he has mail for me including a jury duty notice but he forgot to bring it. I made him a cup of tea and we talked about stuff, and I got my pay check.
After Ken left I practiced a bit more, but I think I need to clean the trumpet because there's roughness in the sound that I think is gunk in the trumpet not me.
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