Still conking out though

 It seems in the evening, around midnight, I just start conking out. This is fine, assuming I get right to bed and get up early enough. I was awake around 2 today, though. 

I got some practice in last night and I can tell I'm improving. It's just going to take time, discipline, and ardency. It can't be forced, just practiced. The last brush pen I bought is really neat though, so I need to start learning to transcribe common songs into the kinko notation. 

I had vitamins and almonds, forgot I'd gotten more natto yesterday - I've finally zeroed in on one type I like that has big beans. Since I can't read Japanese for shit I call it "Sweatin' in the garden" brand because the package has a picture of a guy and his wife out, well, sweatin' in the garden. 

I got out of here at 6:30 with 13 packages. Ebay has given us a bit of a spanking because I had a couple of packages go "overdue" by half an hour at most. So now we're "below average" so I want to stay really on top of shipping. I think they're tracking not just whether we're within limits but how far ahead and also delivery times. Geez I remember "6 to 10 weeks shipping" and watching movies a year after people on the mainland did. 

On the way back I decided I might go to the falafel place for a gyro because I thought I had $8 on me which would be enough. But they were closed. I know they're pretty serious Muslims, and if they're following the Sabbath the way Jews do, it's pau hana from sundown Friday night so that would make sense. 

So I decided to try a place called Sizzling Lunch, and ordered the chicken wings. Those were about $7.50, took a while, came with a sugary sauce I wasn't crazy about, were small, one undercooked, and literally left a bad taste in my mouth. Meh. 

I visited the storage unit and pulled some stuff out to list, and just generally to see how things are going.  I still can't figure out the lighting system there. But flashlights were invented for a reason. 

I checked the electrical lighting place and nope, no small boxes. They've really tapered down from when I used to gather tons of "Topaz" boxes that were really nice. But I've got my new box place ... 

At Sanmina I found a ton of firm foam pieces and stacked those on, then took off for home. I stopped by Grill'Em because I kind of wanted more to eat and to get that funny taste out of my mouth. The guys outside said they were open and I should go in and I said that's surprising for after 8 in the evening in San Jose. I went in and was told they're closed - after all, it's after 8PM in San Jose, the functional equivalent of after midnight anywhere else.