Last night I did a bunch of neatening up around here, put some stuff out for the scavengers including a stupid transformer so heavy I couldn't lift it, and had to sort of *roll* it out front. Good riddance.
I eventually got around to some practicing although I felt very tired. Also cleaned up so when I got up in the "morning" I'd be able to pretty much get up and go.
I woke up just before 2, which I'd set my alarm clock for. So, maybe 5 hours of sleep. I took off at a quarter to 3. I stopped at Nijiya for a couple of boiled eggs and a can of black coffee, then dropped off three packages at the post office, then went to the bank where I deposited my pay check and everything added up right to the penny. I like that feeling.
I had my recently bought Yamaha flute with me, stopped at Whole Foods for a pit stop, then got on the bus and rode down to West Valley Music. The travel time adds up to one hour on the bike, stopping for errands, etc. And one hour on the bus.
Sure enough one of the managers was there and would be until 6, and as I'd left my place here at 3, I'd arrived there at 5. It all went pretty simply; he checked the flute over and went in back and wrote me a check for 1/2 what I'd paid for the flute. But not for the tax, it turns out so the check was a bit smaller than what I thought it would be, but I probably came out ahead of what I'd get from some weirdo on Craig's List, and I didn't have to deal with some weirdo on Craig's List.
I asked them what was the best deal they could to on their one remaining Hall flute, and that was the price they had marked (they had theirs marked down pretty far, honestly about $30 less than Hall is charging online) and I said I'd get it. So I got it, and left there without going to 99 Ranch or anything.
Since I was about an hour earlier, the #22 bus didn't have the level of crazies on it that it did last night. I stopped off at a large strip mall that has a Michael's art supplies and looked at their stickers to find some nice holly or Christmas-y ones and I think I'm a bit early. The people in there were very nice and friendly though.
It took a long time for the next bus to come, and I was happy to see only "mild" bums get on, and I got off at Whole Foods, bought a couple of things and got on the bike and rode back here. I stopped at Nijiya on the way, got back here and put things away, ate some food and forced myself to put the remaining 10 things I'd photographed last night onto Ebay, and can barely keep my eyes open because I'd done all this on maybe 5 hours of sleep.
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