Up at 12:30. Getting up earlier means that at night around 2AM I just kind of crash. At least I'm somewhat caught up on packing and shipping, and am up in plenty of time to go to the SAP Center where the Sharks play downtown, and get tested for covid.
I really feel like crap. It was very hard to get myself motivated. I dragged myself through the process of washing head/hair and shaving (3rd shave with the Merkur razor and not a nick, snipped-off zit, or other annoyance yet) and scrubbed myself down, because covid testers don't need my oniony stench.
I used the last of my instant coffee, and didn't feel like eating much but at the same time, as I rode for downtown, I was really hungry and decided I'd stop at Nijiya and hopefully they've stocked back up on UCC instant coffee and I'd get a bento.
But nope, UCC instant coffee is no longer a thing. I got a bento and some fried tofu, a beer and a Doutor cold coffee in a can. I ended up leaving two pieces of tofu, a fresh pair of chopsticks, and the rice from the bento, on top of the trash can by the benches named after internment camps, because I see desperate types walk by there all the time. It was fun, eating there, while a guy with two small kids had them running all over around the Issei memorial building there.
The covid test was the highest priority, so I rode over to Whole Foods and locked the bike up, and walked over to the SAP Center. The line was really long but moving along pretty well. The wait was about 45 minutes. When it came to the actual swabbing, it was nothing. Initially they were going way up in, but the nurse put the swab no further than my finger's been. And I've got this sniffle, so if I've got it, they'll get a good sample. After the sample-taking, they had a table where they were giving out bobbleheads, and I got one of some hockey player with their dog.
I should know in a few days if I've got it, and also I've added one point to the data set. It's my duty to the nation-state of California after all.
I walked back to Whole Foods and was going to pick up a snack and a beer, but the line was pretty long so I ducked out, and rode back here, stopped at TAK Market for a PBR and a large Slim Jim. That was fairly disastrous, as I knocked down the holder full of regular Slim Jims and had to pick them up off of the floor and set it back up, then I was 25c short. "Just bring it next time" the gal said. I tried to joke about things, talking about this old video that's a spoof of COPS in the Star Wars world, "Some people call this the butt end of space...." but that fell flat.
The gal and the guy ahead of me bitched about how you can't leave the country now. I mentioned there are always charters, or one of those things where you own shares in a jet. Gonna cost though.
I got back and vegged out, ate snack foods and drank the beer, usual lazy college student stuff.
But the coffee situation ... I can buy my UCC instant coffee online but at about 2X the usual price. I think it's a needless expense. I need to re-think my coffee consumption. I'll have to start brewing it ahead of time to drink iced, and I also want to learn to enjoy drinking it black. Doutor's the only kind I like to drink black now.
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