Still pissed off at Amazon

 I woke up and yep, still pissed off at Amazon. Unfortunately I woke up at a quarter to 5, too late to make the planned dash to the bank. 

I practiced before bed and it went well. I'd skipped practicing a couple of days which is not good. It went well, though, and the pieces are easier to play. I'm back to where I was with trumpet, years ago, but in this case at least I know how important daily practice is and can develop a decent amount of skill and good tone more quickly. 

I packed a couple more things, bringing the number up to 15 packages, and headed out a bit after 6. Everything went fine, and since I had a $20 on me I got some things in H Mart - a bag of those shrimp flavored crisp things to use up what's left of the tub of sour cream, a package of Shirakiku "seafood flavor" ramen, and a bag of frozen shrimp. 

I stopped by Tom's to talk a bit but only one of his bum friends, Roy, was there and I remembered after knocking on the door a couple of times that Tom's off on vacation for a few weeks. Roy was there in his van but never came out or said Hi or anything. Probably drunk or stoned out of his mind. 

I got back here and hitched the bike trailer up and took a (rather nice) chair and a big Styrofoam cooler out to the side of Old Bayshore so someone will spot them and take them. Big Styrofoam coolers are always useful and the chair is actually pretty neat - a coat of varnish and some new cushions and it'll serve someone well. 

On the radio they're talking about the big flu season they think is coming, so I'm glad I got my shot. And covid, being endemic now, is also a concern so I'm glad I got my shot for that. There's talk of covid shots no longer being subsidized and will start costing $120 or $140 which I can afford, but if that's the case I might want to start looking for someone else to pay for the shots for, also. 

In fact I hope that becomes a thing, where if covid shots start costing money, people who have at least some money treat someone else to an immunization along with themselves.