Well I got a pair of shorts out. It's warm enough now to go to my summer uniform. Actually, yesterday on my way back from downtown, someone had put some bags of clothes out, and nothing interested me but I did pick out a pair of "uniqlo" boxers that ought to fit me, and pretty soon it will be warm enough that I'll be going around in boxers and a t-shirt in here.
Ken came by last night and I told him how easy it'd been to use the ATM to deposit my check, and we shot the bull about technical stuff, and all in all it was a nice visit. He brought me a notice from Medi-Cal saying I've got coverage for the next year so that's good. Apparently they cover eyeglasses too so if things normalize I can see about getting a new pair.
I'm trying to back out of buying the little washer-spinner I ordered on Amazon, and I'm not sure how that's going. Since it's not a Prime item I don't get to back out that easily so I "probably" am not buying it but I "may" be buying it .... I worry less these days about $150 because money seems less real. Why worry so much about it when everything might go all to holy hell in 6 months?
The internet's getting wonkier too. I'm sure past the ideal time to stock up on books esp. the classics. At least I can fill out my library of trumpet repertoire by ordering the books on Amazon.
I headed out at about 5, went to the Amazon place first and picked up my Reading Hebrew book and two Pur filters I'd ordered, and got some extra empty bubble mailers to use in shipping too.
Next was the ATM, where again I was able to deposit my check very easily. This is making banking a joy. My last check cleared, and the amount is what I expected it to be.
Next I rode up to CVS, because I'd decided I wanted to buy, if they still had one, a "handle" of Stolichnaya vodka. It might be the last "Stoli" I'll ever see. The CVS on the Alameda is ghetto-as-fuck, and sure enough, there were all kinds of "people of Wal-Mart" type people going in and out. I got a cart and went through the store and got an amazing haul. I found a 3-pack of the Pur filters because hello, the clientele of this CVS don't filter their water. I found shoe polish and laces and witch hazel and index cards and their two last cans of "Mary Kitchen" corned beef hash, the official corned beef hash of the Apocalypse. The Stoli and the filters accounted for $70 or so on their own, so the total was about $118. Fair enough.
I loaded up the bike trying to be as casual about having all this "treasure" in-hand as possible and hurried out of the area trying not to look like I was in a hurry. Some yelled at me as I rode out from under the bridge by the train station, and I just boogied out of the area before I relaxed a bit - just a bit.
Downtown, there was a guy I've talked to a number of times, a black guy who plays some very nice music on an electric guitar. I stopped and put my mask on, and gave him the $5 in singles I had on hand. We talked a bit, and I told him I deal with a lot of electronics stuff and I'll try to find some connectors and things like that he can use.
There were a lot of bums and crazies out on the street. Bums and crazies everywhere. I contemplated stopping at Weinerschnitzel for some jalapeno poppers on my way back, but it and the Fosters Freeze on the other corner had this sort of cloud of bums and crazies staggering around and I thought better of it.
When I got back near the shop here there were cars prowling around in suspicious ways, so I had to circle around and sort of sneak up on this place, then once I got to the door here the ice cream trucks were out and I just got the bike into the ship quickly and shut the door - in for the night.
I checked and my order for the electric washer has been canceled. I *did* order a plunger sort of thing Lehman's (store that caters to Amish and off-grid people) sells, but being sold by the actual maker, called a "breathing" plunger. What's made me decide on this is all the reviews by people saying it gets their clothes cleaner than a regular washing machine at a laundromat. And I can just use a tall round plastic trash can and I won't need to mess around having to have a lid with a hole etc. This "breathing" plunger thing isn't cheap, almost $60, but I think it's going to work out really well.
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