New Year's Eve Eve

 After last night, I went to bed around 6 or 7AM, I could not get motivated to do much, but held out too long against going to bed, but finally did. 

One thing I did differently was I had some crackers with butter on them just before bed, and was generous with the butter. When I got up, I didn't have the headache I've been having. That's interesting.

I slept in until about 4:30 in the afternoon. I decided to just pack what I could, going from the stuff that's been sitting here longest. I amazed myself by being able to get everything out. One of the orders was a complicated one of a bunch of optical stuff, and I had to make up a "worksheet" of how much they'd paid for shipping and how much it actually cost, and refunded the guy $50 for shipping overcharge. It was one of those weird orders where regular FedEx wasn't available, only their economy service which just hands it off to the post office, or their 2-day service and I chose that. 

I sent everything by FedEx because by doing that, I didn't have to leave here until 7, giving me time to pack everything. And their economy service, which just hands the packages off to the postal service, doesn't cost much more than the postal service. It's useful at times like this. 

Once I had things sent, I rode up to 99 Ranch and did some shopping, and then went to Paris Baguette where I got a couple of pastries and a coffee. It was nice to relax and eat yummy pastries and listen to the family at the next table talk in a mix of English and Chinese with an American accent. The Baguette is a bit spendy but it's a great place to relax, hang out, study, be a family, etc. This is what the American places have completely forgotten. 

I rode back down to H Mart and got a few things, and got a few things for shipping, namely a sign that's laminated onto foamcore and a couple of small boxes. 

Interestingly, the train signal was going off, but while there was dinging and the red lights flashing, the gates were up and there was some guy dancing around and motioning cars through. The guy didn't have any safety clothing on, or a flashlight or anything, so I don't know if it was a crazy homeless guy or what, I just got on through there. 

I rode back here, put things away, then took the last of the stuff I put out last night, two tubs stuffed with junk the scavengers didn't want, put them on the bike trailer, and took them over by the bridge and dropped them off. So now the area's nice and clean.