Saved me some trouble

 I was up all night taking things apart. A big stack of things got turned into parts to sell and a lot of metal scrap that I put out for the bums. 

I went right to sleep after that, woke up around 2, decided to sleep some more, and woke up at about 5. I had 12 or 13 packages packed and packed two more. I had a big CRT monitor to pack but the guy messaged me and wanted to come get it. I said I'll refund him the shipping if he does so, so he'll save some money too. 

I took off at the usual time and dropped the packages off at the post office. I stopped at H Mart on the way back and got a few things and a bottle of coffee and some "Boy Bawang" mixed nuts, actually fried peas and beans and garlic slices with some peanuts mixed in. I drank the coffee and ate those out front, then stopped at the computer place not finding much, just some bubble wrap, but I still neatened the enclosure up a bit. 

After that I looked at the time and since I wanted to get back to the shop right at 8, I needed to lollygag a bit. So I stopped in at the African store and looked through the whole place, but only wanted to buy a bag of plantain chips. No one was around. So I went out to the bike and got my change bag out, put $2.25 on the counter to cover the chips and any possible tax, and absent-mindedly put the rest of the change, 30c or so, in my right pocket. Of course, due to the hole in my pocket, this resulted in change falling out and jingling on the floor. 

I was back out at my bike when one of the guys running the store appeared in the doorway. He kind of wanted to know what was going on. I said I'd left $2.25 on the counter for a bag of plantain chips, "plus dropped some change on the floor because my pocket has a hole in it!" and we both laughed. 

I got back here and read stuff online (but not Reddit) and the guy showed up to pick up the monitor at about 8:30. I handed it off and had his shipping refunded and a positive feedback left before he was out on the main road, probably. 

There's evidence of a hilarious thing having happened in the parking lot. Namely, one of the zombies' Mad Max bike trailers that apparently got a flat, and was abandoned. The wheel with the flat is off it and under the bushes, the trailer and its contents just sort of scattered around. Hopefully when I wake up tomorrow (Saturday) it will all be gone. 

Dinner was a dish I thought up. I had three tomatoes here I wanted to use up so I diced them and simmered them with onion and garlic, then added shrimp and a package of kung pao chicken seasoning paste and some French canned butter that's really salty and kind of gamey tasting, good for cooking. It came out great - a sort of thick, savory, shrimp-tomato soup.