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At the supermarket yesterday, I bought a lot of stuff. Not all of it was winners. Like the chocolate Honey Bunches of Oats. Don’t get me wrong. I like them well enough. And will certainly eat the whole box. But the nut clusters are just a tad too chocolatey in my humble opinion. I also bought a bag of Arby’s Curly fries. Those really excited me! I had some today and oh boy howdy were they good! So excited to have more of them.

Guess who almost forgot to do his Duolingo today? Yes, that’s right – this guy. I really need to get back into the habit of doing it either at midnight or first thing(ish) upon waking. And I forgot that it was a new month. Each month there is a set of challenges that are designed, of course, to make you spend more time on the app. But you also get a decent reward of gems (I think) for finishing enough of them over the course of a month.

Ok, Duolingo is a thing of the daily past.

It has not been a very active day for me. I have spent it reading and playing. And a little bit of time on the phone. I am trying to do a bit less of that. The book is percolating along. And I am kicking some Assassin’s Creed butt! So much to do and so little time to do it!

I’ve been lying on my bed smelling something very vinegary. I was thinking that my boarder had been cooking. But no, it was just the remnants of the BBQ sauce that I had used this afternoon to dip my curly fries into.

It is taco day! Yes, those things were holders for deep frying taco shells.

That being said, tacos are a big pain in the butt, imho. But tasty. Does that make up for all the work? I mean, you have to cook and season the protein (beef in tonight’s case). Then you need to fill the shells with meat and all the other things one tops a taco with: (in my case) taco sauce, cheddar cheese, lettuce, salsa and a little bit of sour cream. And then of course, since the tacos are crispy, they tend to disintegrate when being consumed. Hmm. But are they worth the effort? I guess. It has been a long, long time since I last made tacos. At least a year. And I also will be making some nachos at some point. Maybe for a snack tonight – without the beef – just chips, cheese and the other toppings (no lettuce). Anyway, that is my plan. I will, hopefully, post pictures of my fried corn tortillas for your perusal tomorrow. How exciting is that? Something to look forward to.

And I wasn’t even trying!

I made out like a bandit this evening. If only every shift could be like this. And it wasn’t because I was dressed as the Grinch, though that might have helped a little here and there.

Today was Halloween. I am not much of one for celebrating Halloween much. Maybe from too many disappointments in Halloween as a youngster. Or something. Who knows. I haven’t done much psychotherapy…

Two dashing shifts. The first was incredibly lumpy. Well paid ride. Wait. And Wait. Well Paid ride. And wait…etc. I barely made the minimum target. So weird. Then the second shift, oh my goodness. I did well fiscally. I didn’t drive a horrendous amount. And I got a lot of candy for my troubles! Woo hoo!

Treat!

I spent a lot of time over in Seneca Falls during the second shift. The algorithm tried to send me to Waterloo during my first shift. And I didn’t go. Because I was dressed up and wanted to see as many of my regulars as I could during my shifts. I saw just about everyone. (And got a free Frosty from Wendy’s) Well, no, that’s not true. Maybe two thirds of my regulars. Businesses, not customers. I don’t see customers that regularly anymore.

All in all it was a pleasant day. And I had fun as the Grinch. I even went grocery shopping all dressed up. I wanted to get some stuff for my trip. I know that food will be scarce on the planes nowadays. I remember being fed on a 30 minute puddle jumper – at least a drink and some peanuts. Now, nada.

On a completely different subject. It looks like Tesla is not going to do much for us lowly HW3 people for the foreseeable future. The AI/FSD team just released their forward looking goals, and a version for HW3 wasn’t even on the list. Which is fair and understandable. If they don’t announce a HW4/AI4 upgrade plan soon, I will have to rethink keeping this automobile. Damn my HELOC. I have been using the current HW3 version of FSD for a few days and overall it is still great. It has a few issues – especially with speed limits. And speed. I have no idea why I ask it to go 59 and it just drops back to 55 for no apparent reason. Not quickly, but over time. Maybe the car just likes to go more slowly, despite me having set it to assertive. It has done some cool things here and there as well. All in all, yay FSD imho.

Elon is an ass. Amazing. And an ass. Just saying.

One more shift of work and then I will start aiming for vacation and travel mode. I do like the traveling part of traveling, don’t I?

All done. Dinner has been snarfed – second-to-last helpings of the Mexican leftovers. Duolingo has been lingoed. Spanish currently. And the blog post has been typed. Life is good. Sometimes. Often?