Gobble Gobble

Sorry for the low picture quality. I was across the road. And since this wasn’t a chicken, I knew that it wasn’t about to cross it. I was delivering in the countryside and heard “gobble, gobble, gobble.” It is a very distinctive sound. I knew at once that there was a turkey in them thar hills. I turned around and there it was. Standing in the sunshine with all its feathers fluffed! So cool! And so tasty…

Not a statue!

It was a weird day. I had to get up early to help AD (I don’t know his last name, but the D is appropriate since his real name begins with that) escape from the nursing home so he could run some errands and do some other things. Yay rising early. (Ok, not a fan) He wasn’t quite ready when I got there, having called me at 8:34 to ask me what time I was coming over. (We had agreed on 9 am) Sigh. But we managed to get him in the car and off on his errands. Which he ran by himself. I only had to drop him at his car and pick him up (later in the day – time TBD)

First dash was not great. Under water again. I don’t like that. I am hoping I will have a day where that isn’t the case soon. The last one I had was many shifts ago. Not not being underwater. But being significantly above the waterline. (I like the first Dire Straits album a lot…) There was one sad dashing note – a dash that earned me mega bucks one time didn’t earn me even enough to cover the trip from Waterloo. But at least the ride took me back to Geneva, so not bad – but $8.50 compared to $35. Oh well. I guess I won’t be hoping for that offer as stridently.

At lunch time I ate the last of my pasta from last night. And some red bean dip of course. It is seeming less dip like and more salsa. Weird. I also picked AD up and took him back to lockdown. And a few minutes later, he called again. He was missing one of the items that he had left with. He thought it might be in my car. (It wasn’t) And then he thought it might be in his car, in the back seat where he always puts things. (It wasn’t – it was in the front seat well) So, I had to drive back to the prison, get his keys and get the bag out of his car. I didn’t deliver it until a little while later – when I had a dash that took me within a block of the nursing home. That worked out!

Then came the afternoon dash. Boy howdy was that weird. Two good dashes. And then two bad dashes – one of which was terrible. And one dash I had to turn down – $11 for 16 miles. No thank you. I picked up the next one – $7+ for 3 miles. Woo hoo! Well, not so woo hoo. When I had picked up the order, I saw that the address was close. But…it said to hand the order to him inside the Taco Bell. I know a lot of the people at our local Taco Bell. None with that name. And our Taco Bell was not at that location. So I called. Left a VM. Then I texted and left a message. And then I called again. He picked up. Turns out that he had meant to have the order delivered to him at the Newark Taco Bell!!! Not for $7+ baby – unless that plus was $13. I told him that. He told me he would give me an additional $16 if I delivered it to him. I agreed. Why not! Nice day for a drive. And I decided that would be my last drive of the shift.

Got there, handed him his food and he gave me $20 cash! So my dash is going to look anemic this week. But I have done OK $ wise. Two airport rides, two and a half errands with AD and the $20 tip. I’m raking it in and rolling in it. Like leaves! Ok, not really. That would be weird…

And there we have it. I am home now. I stopped at Los Amigos and got their Enchilada Supreme special. And an order of rice and beans. So excited!

First of Two Saturdays

Even though it was Friday, it felt like Saturday all day. Maybe it was because of my calling yesterday Friday. Maybe it was because the sun was actually shining for much of the day. Who knows. In any case, it was a mixed emotion sort of day.

I woke up early and then went back to sleep. I didn’t wake up again until 9 when the phone rang. I did not answer it. A bit later I checked the messages and it was State Farm. Since the agent hadn’t left a message saying that the crappy shitty stupid charge had been dropped, I was sure that she had called to say that despite her best efforts (hahahaha), she couldn’t get the company to drop the charge. Which was the case. So I just paid it to get them off my back. Makes me want to look into other insurance companies to insure my car. After 20+ years of being with State Farm, both here and in NC. Triple Grrr.

That was not really the way I wanted to start my day. But it is done with. Huzzuh.

Next up, beer club. As I may have mentioned, SM gave me a beer club subscription as a Christmas present. It was a thoughtful gift. And I thought I had set it up. But I hadn’t. So I set it up today. Turns out that the credit was just a credit and I was able to use it any way that I wanted. To purchase individual beers. To sign up for a monthly plan. Whatever. They had three tiers of beer deliveries and I chose the least expensive. To stretch the gift as long as possible – seeing as I am something of a miser where my happiness is concerned. I ought to get my first selection (I got to choose 5 types of beer for inclusion in the shipments) sometime this month. I will take pictures when it comes.

I think this is cute!

Next, I played with scammers a bit. Yes, I am doing more of that. I think I have four or five online right now. But after my playing with them, at least two showed their true colors, asked me to switch platforms. I refused as long as they refused to do a video chat. One just stopped responding. Another one told me that her native language was English – but she said something like The natural Language that I speak is the English Language. But worse. Sigh. I told her that she had lied to me (as she undoubtedly had the whole time we had been communicating) and told her I didn’t want to hear from her any more. Her response: MMLL. No idea what that means. Just looked it up on the Urban dictionary and it means “Suck It.” From India apparently. Sigh.

Next up lunch. Later than normal as I also did some reading in Weyward.

Out into the wild! My first stop was the can place. $2.40 cents worth this trip. I thought I had achieved three dollars. Sigh. Next stop, Salvation Army. Not that I really needed to go, but hope springs eternal. And I was not rewarded with a pleasant exchange. My guess, she knew I would be coming so she took the day off. Oh well. Moving on. Next! (Not that there really are any prospects out there just now.)

Last stop, grocery store. I wanted to get some soda water but I ended up with a container of fruit salad – I really don’t eat enough fruit – maybe this will help. And I also got a piece of chocolate cheesecake. I mean, why not?

At home, after that, all I did was read and check my email. I still have three or four scammers that I am writing with. One more showed her true colors and asked for money. Loser.

And I finished Weyward! Good book. Well written and enjoyable. I would definitely recommend it to anyone interested in fantasy and in witches and in well written books. Next book in my reading list – the third book in the fairy fantasy series.

Ok, time to do some Duolingo and then cook my steak dinner. Yum city!