I woke up in time to gather up the things I needed to take to the downtown post office and the FedEx on the Alameda, and got out of here at a quarter to 4.
The park across from the post office was a zombie fest as usual, but I got in and got out with no problems as none of them were right around the post office. The yellers and screamers are out in force though...
I went to the bank and put the checks in and for some reason I'm about $80 lower than I thought I was. I'm thinking I must have spent some money and not written it down, and it might have been anything.
In fact, now that I think about it, I'd been in 99 Ranch and checked out and not seen the little sign saying "NO CASH BACK" and requested cash back. The machine allowed it, so they had to honor it. I apologized profusely, and they had to get the money from another counter, and I wonder if I didn't write that one down?
So it might be totally my fault but I still don't trust banks.
I went over to the FedEx and dropped my package off, then went to Whole Foods and got some sausage from the hot bar and chowed down. I thought about taking the bus to Mountain View and checking out the 99 Ranch down there and stopping at Hankook Market on the way back. Then I realized I was wearing my yellow jacket and I could not possibly ride the bus wearing that jacket, not because of the needs of fashion but because my clipper card is in my other jacket.
I then realized I had time to go by the Amazon place for bubble mailers, stop at Nijiya for a few things, get back to the shop and pack one FedEx thing that needed to go out, which would take me to H Mart where I could get a few things, and I'd be able to check the computer place's dumpster. And that's exactly what I did.
I pulled out a bunch of Apple stuff like laptops - one huge on that, if it works, I might keep to use - cooling fans, and lots of anti-static bags and things like that. I also neatened up a bit, and was getting on my bike to ride away as a guy was walking up in a determined way. "There's still metal if you're looking for metal" I muttered as I left, and indeed there was, as there were many aluminum laptop lids and a big heavy Apple desktop frame.
On my way out I'd picked up a couple bags of "Hearts of romaine" lettuce and some red bell peppers and left them at Tom's, and I stopped by again on the way back. He'd taken the things but he didn't answer the door.
I got back here and double-checked my math, yep, still about $80 down from where I thought I was. So much for having an extra $100 to play with this week.
I'd even looked in at Nikkei Traditions in Japantown to see if I wanted to buy another Reyn Spooner shirt and all the ones they have now are the American standard, labeled small and actually medium. If I buy another before I get back to Hawaii, I'll have to look at another place that stocks them like a Macy's or a Neiman-Marcus or something. I want "one to wash and one to wear" but I also want to travel as light as possible back to Hawaii so I could get by with the one I have and buy another after I get there.
I'd just go over to good old Ala Moana Center and get one from the original store, the name of which used to really bug me. Reyn's. Was it pronounced "rines" or "rains"? Turns out it's "rains" as the guy's name is Reynold and Reyn was short for that.
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