Yesterday I packed 16 things, the heaviest of them being a big old HP manual in a big binder. So I had all the things slated to ship on the 13th, except one thing sold late at night so I did that one today.
Things have been going ... OK. Recovery seems to be slow, but I feel it is happening. Getting up in the morning is a bitch because that's when the pain's really bad because the drugs have worn off while I slept. I set out my array of drugs (a Tylenol 500, half a muscle relaxant, a high blood pressure pill, a gabapentin, and a milk thistle for the sake of my poor liver) swallow those down with plenty of plain water, then back to bed to wait for them to kick in. Pretty soon they do and I can move around.
I had a can of sardines for breakfast, not having much else around. Then packed the last thing and slowly got the bike and trailer and load all ready. I had just enough hand strength to shift the bike into a lower gear so I could just putt along slowly. I was starting out early enough I had all the time in the world.
I actually rode first to ... 99 Ranch. I realized they have my sesame seeds (although they're cheaper and much less likely to be buggy from an Indian market) and they might just have heavy whipping cream since the young folks are catching onto it for coffee and boba drinks. So I went in and they had quarts of Organic Valley half and half, the fresher ones good to 20 December, so I got one of those and my seeds. I had a $20 on me so that was no problem.
Then I took the post office stuff to the post office, forgetting to ask if they have passport services, then rode down to FexEd where I dropped off those packages. Around back of H Mart I got a carrot and a package of "King Trumpet" mushrooms.
I rode for home and realized, as it was now 1PM, that Hu's lunch truck should be on the little road that connects Junction and Rogers so I rode over there and there she was. I picked out a chicken and veggies on noodles plate and she said, "For you, $6, normally $8" and I absent-mindedly handed her the $8 I had left but that's fine. She's a very nice lady, a good cook, and will let me get things even if I don't have any money on me and pay later.
I told her I'd hurt my back and been in for a week, and how I'd found free stuff behind H Mart - the carrot and mushrooms to put in fish soup. For free!
I rode back here and put things away and with a few breaks lying down, ate all of the plate lunch. Then back to lying down for a while.
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