Saturday Quiet and Mostly At Home and ST V Day

With limited plans for Saturday, I rose with the sunrise to a gray day wtih only a hint of blue in the broken clouds. The Oregon Mist and some light rains had returned to the Greater Beaverton Area. My legs hurt a bit, and all the dust had me sneezing and taking my inhaler more. There is no game at Richard’s, and I will miss Tuesday because Deborah arrives on Monday. It was likely a quiet day with me picking up things and cleaning this and that all day.

I found the coffee made, liberal fair trade from Whole Foods. I haven’t seen any fair-trade coffee at Costco, but I keep looking (they carry it in pods, and I am thinking of switching to that when I decide to slide to one cup of coffee a day). I ordered more Equal Exchange brand coffee on Sunday.

With coffee and a banana, I headed into the office, the window now cleaned of streaks, and wrote the blog, did a few tasks, and managed to publish the blog by 10:30. I folded the laundry and got it put away. I did the dishes and then headed to BJ Brewhouse to meet Joan S. We met there for appetizers, and Joan gave me a pass to the Columbia store for Deborah and me to use. We talked about computers and our experiences in AI. We talked about house items (we both have paid for work on our homes). We spent a few hours talking and eating.

We went out in separate directions, and I headed to the bagel store, but they closed mid-afternoon, and I had crossed that line. Hmmm. Next, I headed to Costco on a Saturday. Not a pretty or calm sight. Soon, I was being hustled here and there as folks rushed and pushed to get what they needed. I find few smiles at Costco from the customers (the staff is always friendly), just intense get-it-over looks. I found sandwiches for tomorrow (for those headed to RRR with me at 2PM and three hours long). I pick up a few other items (too much cream cheese and lots of bacon). Two bags of bagels. I escaped Costco for less than $100!

I take my single box in Air VW the Gray back to the house. I unloaded and headed back out. It is after five, and I’m driving to Great Clips for an update to my look. I am looking shaggy. They remove that, leaving me looking more organized. It is even shorter than I usually get, but still, it looks better.

I am tired, and it has been a wacky day. I decide to break a rule and watch a SciFi show on the stationary bike. I am finishing the episode from last time. I also chat with Deborah before she goes to sleep. It is always good to start and end our days together.

I collect the end of the ham, just four slices, and three of sharp cheddar, and slice a bagel, toast it, and then broil the bagels (and this time not setting them on fire or carbonizing some of the bagel). I enjoy my broiled bagel, ham, and melted, slightly browned cheese. I read more of Hail Mary and really enjoy the split of the storytelling.

I head to bed early, and now I have trouble sleeping, so I read for a while. I decide not to assemble the coffee as I might sleep in with this crazy staying awake. I have to admit, I am too excited to sleep. Deborah is visiting soon. Yay! It has been six weeks since we saw each other.

At 11:45, a car alarm goes off. I hop out of bed. Grab my flashlight (the extra heavy one), turn on the lights, and walk out of the house with the light and flash it at all the cars and the street. Nobody, but if there were any shenanigans, they saw me pop out and look for them. I have two cameras still in the boxes. Hmmm. Air VW the Gray is in the garage.

I finally sleep and dream about AI and programming with Joan S giving me input, but Deborah in my dream pulls me for a walk in dream forests, I think. The dream is all blurred now. But I like this version.

Thanks for reading.