246th day sober. I got back from all my shopping and had some cheese and olives, relaxed and watched stuff on YouTube, and pretty soon it was 11PM and I was tired so I got ready for bed and got some practice in. It was awful. I struggled to even make E in the top space of the staff. I know I felt tired and crappy for a few days or maybe closer to a week, but I must have been more run-down than I thought.
At least my new pillow was really nice to sleep on. I put the ratty old pillow and a few other things in the dumpster, and sure enough a bit past midnight a scumsucker was in there rooting around and then got on his comical little BMX bike and rode aimless circles in the parking lot and finally rode off. Proof these guys are brain-addled or high as kites because it was really cold out there.
Breakfast today (I was actually up a bit past 9) was some Israeli coffee with cardamom in it, which is pretty much Meh but at least I'm trying it. Coffee with chicory in it is still #1 with me. And some Sadaf brand halva that's $5/lb at the International Food Bazaar and $18 at Wal-Mart but then Wal-Mart is ritzier than most people can afford these days.
In the same way, the Cost Plus import place near Target has gone nuts with prices. $10 a can for the same chicory coffee I pay $5 a can for. Extremely over-marked prices on just about everything. Take an "exotic" large cup noodles thing that might be $1 in an Asian store, it's $3-$5 there.
I was up at 9AM and since I'm still not used to this, spent a lot of time dawdling around on YouTube etc., but I got 9 things packed and took them up to the post office and FedEx and didn't even get rained on.
I really felt like getting fish and chips so I checked with the chicken place, which also has fish. And chips (fries). But the concept of serving them together was inconceivable to the people working there and I just got a flat "We can't do that" as if I'd asked for a Coke with 2 tablespoons of mayo stirred in, or maybe a raw chicken leg doused in chocolate sauce.
But the "fish grill" place understood the concept, and for $11 I got a nice large fish and chips, which was really good.
I didn't find any packing stuff on the way back and just got back in here, glad I didn't get rained on.
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