12th day sober. Ken came by last night and wrote out a pay check for $350 which is fair, he says he didn't want to go all the way back to $300 but we've not been doing as well. That's fair. Ebay seems to have a real bugaboo about slow shipping so I need to really stay on top of it - our stats show an 11% late shipping rate which is rather awful.
Ken brought by a lot of neat microscope stuff to list and some other stuff besides. And we talked about restaurants and things. It's funny, Ken had the same 2 shots I did but said he felt no effects from the 2nd one.
What's funny is, my left shoulder where I got the shot is still sore, warm, and reddish.
I'm glad I got both shots though and "took one for the team". I'm not quite ready to yet, but if I want to take the train up to the City and visit Fisherman's Wharf I can wear my vaccination pin they were handing out at the vaccination site to put people's minds at ease.
The main thing I'm happy about today is, I got actual sleep last night. Instead of never really feeling like I slept and looking at the clock after yet another pee and seeing it's only an hour later than the last time I'd looked, instead, I looked at the clock and it would be 3 or 4 hours later. In fact, I remember waking up around 7, then 10, then telling myself I can sleep for 4 more hours and then waking up and it was just a bit after 2. Perfect. I'd read up on sleeplessness after recovering from alcohol dependency and it was kind of scary - was it going to be this way for me for months?
I had vitamins, nuts, and an avocado, and took off for the bank at about 3:25 for my 4:00 appointment. I got there just in time, just exactly at 4. The bank is just "open" now, I don't have to wait for the guy/gal to let me in, which actually feels odd. I put $700 in because it was last week's check and this week's check.
Next was the Amazon place where I picked up a surprising number of bubble mailers. 15 at least.
Next I went to Nijiya and locked the bike there and walked up to the Arsenal where I took a quick look at this artist's cutting mat that's a nice neutral green color. I was looking at the large one to use as an Ebay photography background so I was quickly in and out and the gal there said, "Hi - Bye" and I just chuckled as I went out.
At Nijiya I got a little bottle of yuzu juice because they're out of the lime juice I usually get, it was $8 but yuzu's really strong so it should only take a few drops to get the same flavoring as a squirt of the lime juice. Maybe I should start looking for citrus out on the streets because it's certainly around and make my own juice. I also got a "school lunch" bento and some shrimp and other odds and ends. I walked back to the art store and bought the large cutting mat.
I packed that all up and rode over to TAK Market for a 6-pack of O'Doul's. Now I know where the tenner I had in my wallet last week went, because a 6-pack of O'Doul's is almost $9 there. That's pretty expensive for a light beery drink. The thing is I like it, it's not cola or lemon-lime soda or tea or anything else and it's refreshing and wholesome. I wish the US adopted the Russian drink "kvass" which is made from (ideally) toasted rye bread and fermented but very low alcohol, like .5% the way O'Doul's is. It's their traditional refreshing summertime drink, and cheap.
Our Ebay sales are way down which has me a bit worried. One thing has sold, a photo flash lamp, and I'll need to get that right to the post office tomorrow even if it's the only thing.
I took the microscope apart and sorted out the goodies that were with it also,
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