More stuff!

 I felt like crap most of yesterday but eventually took a package of the Kosher instant noodles I'd bought at Walmart and cooked those up with vegetables and a couple of fried eggs. And I did drink one of the two remaining tetra paks of wine, but by mixing it 100ml of the wine to 200ml of Coke Zero. This resulted in a bit above 4% alcohol and I didn't feel any buzz at all. I read somewhere this is a popular drink in South America. 

I was starting to get going on things when Ken came by. He had a bunch of stuff for me to deal with, and I got my check for this week. He wanted to make sure I didn't deposit it until Thursday and I said of course I'd not, just to recall that bit in Fiddler On The Roof  where they sing about "Tradition!!". I have to deposit my check on Thursday or Friday or who knows what damage I'm doing to the Universe. 

Because I busked on Sunday, I'm able to save over $250 of my last check. When busking is going well, I can save almost all of it. 

So, I had to swap out one of my file cabinets for one Ken brought, but not before cleaning up the top and putting white sign vinyl on the top because the top is rusty. It's not perfect but it was a quick way to have a clean surface on top to put things on, using materials I already had. I put the one I'd swapped out, out front with a FREE sign on it, and also the 2nd file cabinet Ken had brought which was a screamin' piece of junk. 

I found places to put other things, and soaked 93 small tubes in 99% alcohol to get the adhesive off of them, from black tape I'd peeled off of them. It was easy, after a good soak. The thing with tubes is, often any kind of solvent will take the numbers off of them too. But these, Hamamatsu's, didn't have that problem.

Plus I packed a couple of things for antsy customers. 

Once I finally had everything squared away I did some practice, only about half an hour but it seems that being regular matters a lot, as it went quite well.  

I read r/homeless on Reddit daily, and I see people who are just lost. No skills, or skills that no one's hiring for like computer programming and they're over 40. If I were suddenly cut loose I'd get a storage unit right away and a gym membership and probably look at a sleeping situation at Tom's first off, but I'd be able to get right into making the same kind of money I do now, working for Ken, and it'd be more enjoyable too.  Plus I can sure hustle Ebay. 

I was up in time to pack about a dozen things and get out of here, took 'em up to the post office and FedEx, stopped by 99 Ranch for a couple of tea eggs and a sweet potato pastry and ate those, then gathered packing materials on the way back. 

I got back here and parked the trailer and packing stuff, and headed right back out again - it's Tuesday, senior discount day at Ross. I tried on a pair of pants and 2 shirts and bought the pants and one of the shirts. I also got a couple more tetra paks of wine, and odd veggies, there and at H Mart and rode for home - it was not late, something like 20 after 9, which is the same as 20 after midnight anywhere else.