Man in Black

That’s me tonight!

One of the things that I liked about Dashing was that it gave me the opportunity to read. When the calls were coming slowly, I could crack open a book and read while waiting. Made the time pass much more pleasantly. And I got a lot of reading accomplished. Since I stopped Dashing, I haven’t made the time to read pleasure books as much.

I did not get started as early as I had sort of planned today. About an hour late (but not a dollar short). But I still got my few tasks taken care of. Even did some food shopping. Though I did it at Walmart (ick). They are the only store in the area where I can get Tang. While I was there I bought a few other things that were on my food shopping list. Woo hoo.

Next up, dinner with EC and JC. I have no idea why they want to take me to dinner, but I certainly won’t complain. This will be the third time that we have arranged a dinner. The first two times didn’t happen – once for snow and once for night time driving problems. This time, I hope that it will all work out. I played chauffeur.

It did work out! We went to Geneva on the Lake. I was not impressed. I did see a friend from when I worked at The Smith. That was nice. And our server was ok. I had a delicious bowl of cream of spinach soup. I ordered the pork chop only to be told that they didn’t have it. That irked me. I was trying to stay away from beef for one reason or another. Instead I ordered chicken wings and fries from the bar menu. The fries were undercooked, which was bad. The wings were crispy, which was good. But they were all flats, which was weird. I expect an equal number of flats and drumettes. I told the manager, who agreed with me and apparently had words with the kitchen. Sigh. At least EC and JC enjoyed their meals.

I am home now. I have done my Duolingo and am about to move into phase three of the evening. I hope to get some scanning of photos accomplished and maybe some other stuff.

Augustus for President: I set up an appointment to chat with a travel company about them possibly helping me with travel for my upcoming 50+1 Capital Trip. I didn’t think to check my campaign website for messages. Why? Because I just didn’t think of it. I need to be better about that. When I get my dedicated phone for the campaign, I will set up the email account on there so I will get the messages as they arrive. But, this meant that I didn’t see that I was supposed to call them, not them call me. Which is messed up, imho. When I didn’t hear from them at 2, I checked my email to find that there were a lot of messages from the company. One of them asking me questions that would help them figure out if their services were a good fit for my needs. I called the number as soon as I saw the message and had a pleasant chat with the sales person. They will set up an appointment for Monday or Tuesday next week.

Since I have the new Chrome created QR code, I think I will print out a sheet of the QR code stickers. How exciting is that?

Every Shekel Helps!

Booted and Spurred but…

I thought I was going to dash today. And I still might. But not right now. I woke up in a timely fashion, did my morning ablutions and some online gaming to get my mind and body to the here and now. The phone had said that Door Dash could use my help – even offered $2 extra a ride. So, I got my clothes on and was about to head out the door when I realized I really didn’t want to go. I thought: It is very cold. It is snowing. The roads are not in good condition. So, no. I am just not going to do it. So what if it is a light month. I don’t care! I would rather stay home and do nothing than go out and suffer to earn a little money. Maybe with these extra three hours at home I can accomplish some things. Such were my thoughts.

Like what things, Augustus? Good question. One thing that I already did was clean out one of the kitchen drawers. (I did a few more drawers) Go me. I might tackle replacing the bidet. (I didn’t) I might look into other ways to earn money. (Nope) Including thinking more about taking my Social Security sooner rather than later. (Still thinking) Or just nap. (Maybe a little one) I guess time will tell! Ooh, I have already paid some bills. That’s a step!

I might go and do an evening dash if the snow stops. Maybe just three hours – from 3 until 6 so I don’t have that much time in the dark. But if I do go, I reserve the right to stop at any time due to the conditions being worse than I thought or getting too many not so good dashes offered to me.

I feel good about the teeny bit I have accomplished today. I cleaned two drawers in the kitchen. One was in dire need. The other was just overcrowded. No idea why it got so over filled, besides that just being the way life can get when one isn’t a true minimalist. I put a lot of things into a bag that will go into the attic or the basement to be dealt with in the future by Future Augustus! (I imagine he wears a cape…)

A Drawer’s Contents – what the poo?

I did do an afternoon/evening dash. I am very proud of myself. I declined two rides. Both were long distances for not enough money. One wanted to take me to Seneca Falls. The other out into the boonies – where the roads were bound to be bad. I did one sort of bad ride that took me out that way and it wasn’t fun. Most of my other rides were ok to good. I had one pair of bad rides – thanks Door Dash – little money for a lot of work – two stops and two deliveries. That is irksome. But I survived. I even stopped after getting the second very bad offer.

Then, I went to Walmart (ick). I don’t really like to give any money to Walmart (ick) if I can avoid it. I had a long list and got most everything on it. Even they didn’t have the sesame candies that I like. I guess I will have to get them from Amazon. Though they only come in a huge container. Sigh. Anyway, at Walmart (ick) I got some food items, including a substitute for Utz’s caramel corn – Crunch and Munch. I also got some more long underwear. I mean if the weather is going to continue to be this cold, long underwear is crucial, imho. I looked at TVs – I wanted a stupid TV that was a little more modern and a little bigger than the one I have in my bedroom. Yes, I have a TV in my bedroom. Only for the cold months. After that it will go back and live on the porch for the nicer part of the year. But they only had smart TVs. Which is all the rage, I guess. And Tang! I forgot that I got more Tang! Woo hoo!

Dinner tonight will be chicken from KFC. I was going to get some Krispy Krunchy Chicken, but their two piece meal was about the same price as 4 legs and 4 thighs from KFC (their Tuesday night deal). I have done Duolingo – math and French today. And am ready to think about dinner. After my boarder has finished in the kitchen.