A Return to Washington

Kind of amazing how eight hours of travel, through many different means, can take a person from Santa Cruz, California to Seabeck, Washington. My alarm went off at 5:30. I got up and showered at 6ish. Packed my things up. Prepared an avocado creme cheese sandwich to eat on the road, and at 7:00am, off I went to the San Jose airport! The roads were not crowded in the slightest, and it was really easy to get into parking. I arrived two hours before my flight, but I could have been way later, as I was not checking a thing. Got my boarding pass, got through security, and walked up and down the terminal hoping for a frozen yogurt place, but settled for a hot chocolate and muffin from Starbucks.

The 10:00am flight was uneventful. I'm a really unanxious flyer. I just get to my seat and all is well. Take off is fun, the bumps along the way don't worry me. An hour and a half later and we were touching down. Got off the plan quickly, and strolled to the light rail, and it pulled out of Sea Tac at around 12:30. I've never ridden the light rail train in Seattle before. It is new. Part of the way I sat next to a guy who was browsing Reddit on his phone. We struck up a conversation about the various subreddits we subscribe to, and he asked me if I liked banana slugs, which is a pretty effectual pick up line when it comes to me and my way of going about life. Not that I think he was picking me up, because the ride was too short and I live in Santa Cruz. Shame. But nice to remember that I can easily chat up someone when I notice a big common interest like a shared favorite website.

Walked from the University Street stop down to the ferry, and just in luck the Bremerton ferry was unloading! Hopped on the 1:30pm ferry to Bremerton. Read from the drudging tome that is Shadow of Night. I was so enthusiastic for the book, and it has been such a let down. Gah! Oh well. I am determined to finish it before I start any more books (exception being Neuromancer, which is for a book club I have joined). Ma and Pa were there with hugs, and we ate at the Bremerton Bar & Grill. My steak dip sandwich was good eating, and we caught up and chatted. At 4:00pm I was in Seabeck. The house is looking really tidy and squared away. Things are all organized. And there is an influx of cool Mats Mats things. Too bad the Bingo box is full of Bingo, because it is a really cool box, I just am not going to trash its contents, ya know?

We walked the dog. I met the new outdoor kitty, thusly named Salvador. Helped dad with the arbor. We hot tubbed. Then went to see ParaNorman.

As we pulled into the theater, I saw Jared and Jamie and waved frantically and hugged them. Ahhh! How great to see friends randomly like that. This visit is a very short one, so I haven't agreed to meet anyone save for the wedding and my parents. We chatted briefly and parted ways.

ParaNorman was great. I only wish it were longer, but the animation was so beautiful and obviously time consuming. It didn't treat kids like morons, the humor was great, and did I mention the amazing animation? It was amazing. So much creativity and thought and technological awesomeness.

Back at home, I sorted through my library and pulled a few choice books. Tomorrow, before I head to the wedding (which isn't till 5 in the evening) I want to check out the sizes of the frames in the house, and go through my left behind things a bit. I didn't check baggage coming up, but I will when I return.

A long day, but not wholly exhausting. I got through many different types of transportation effortlessly and with confidence. That seems like something worth noting. Airport navigation? No problem. Getting off at the right train stop and knowing where to walk to get to a ferry terminal? Also no problem. Were I a tourist, it would be much more difficult. Proud of me. Go me!

Weekend in Washington

I just cut up an avocado to turn into an avocado creme cheese sandwich for tomorrow. Breakfast! Likely to be consumed while driving to San Jose. The day rate of parking at the airport is expensive, but I'll only be there for a couple days. In the future, I'll look into the other parking lots. Or look into getting rides from other people, like Nathan! Like, I park my car at his place, and get a ride...all though I think Redwood City to San Jose might still be a distance? Anyway. Something to think about on a later date.

I had salad for dinner. And Toblerone dessert.

Work was work. I helped pop stickers out of their cuttings. I caught shirts. I even registered a couple jobs and was trusted that they were properly lined up (it was one color jobs, but still it is nice to be trusted like that). I cleaned the ink off screens, I cleaned the gunk off squeegees and floodbars. I listened to Colour of Magic. I sweated A LOT because it was really warm and I was working in areas of the studio that the fans were not quite pointed at.

Not that I don't like my work when I say "work was work" just that I can't quite come up with anything new to say about it? Come Tuesday, I'll have a lot of screens to clean and reclaim. And squeegees to clean. Lots of MP3 player time!

I should get to bed now. Wait. No, I have laundry. I should pack, and take care of everything, so that when laundry comes out I can hurry up and fold it, and THEN go to bed. Yes.

ALSO, Heather sent me this great drawing of Benedict Cumberbatch. It is now on my wall, and it looks so very good. Love it.

from Roland to Rincewind

At work I made the suggestion to make a test print of gradients, so that we have a reference in the future (we were working with gradient underbases and it was tricky) and the bossman liked the idea. Hurray! Good suggestions from me! It's always good to put forward ideas. Yay me.

It was a long shift, as the set up for the job was complex. I caught shirts and burned and taped screens. Always with the burning of screens. I was also shown how to mix ink. It was a weight measurement type system. 1000 grams of ink, and the division of the inks within that.

I finished The Gunslinger. Pretty good, though very much an establishing story. Not interesting enough on its own, but a good set up for the rest of the Dark Tower series. Moved on to Colour of Magic. I think I'll alternate between Discworld and Dark Tower books. Both are a lot shorter than Reamde, which was nearly 40 hours, and I only listen to my MP3 player for about a third of my shift duties. When I'm catching, reclaiming, washing out, or assisting directly in any capacity, I turn the player off. Cleaning the ink, burning, and taping are the main audiobook friendly duties at work.

Got home 8ish. Ate some carbs. Watched some 10th Kingdom. Tomorrow I think I'll be cleaning screens and catching, and then the day after that I visit home! The last time I saw my parents, I just was offered the job, and the time before that I was leaving to California to find a job. It looks up more every time I see them!

the burninator

The 10th Kingdom is on Netflix Instant! Yay! I loved that miniseries! There goes the rest of my night, haha.

Today I burned and washed out and taped up 17 screens. Lots of jobs. I was offered a weekend shift, but had to decline on account of going up to Washington for the wedding. He already forgot I asked for the time off, haha! But at least I still have it?

Anyway. Also did some more dusting. Cleaned the top off the dryer. Everything is looking really nice in the shop. I didn't touch any ink, and so I didn't get any ink on me! But I was constantly drying off because of washing out screens.

I listened to a good chunk of The Gunslinger. I'm not sure if I just want to go through all of The Dark Tower series or switch between that and Terry Pratchett's Discworld. I have Colour of Magic on my mp3 player as well as The Drawing of the Three, so we shall see what I feel like when I finish Gunslinger.

I was taking out the recycling and compost bins, and my neighbor was nice enough to inform me about the proper placement of the bins (and how the trash isn't actually left out or something??). Nice neighbor, yay!

Dinner was breakfast. As in scrambled eggs and bacon and diced onion. With ice creme for dessert. Yum!

dust in the wind, and in my lungs

Spent the night, after my dinner of Udon and egg, cutting the hems off my work shirts. And collars, and bits of the sleeves. Basically the end bits. The collars were sitting a bit tight and uncomfortable. And the shirts I but in 6/7 packs for like, eleven bucks, so if I cut them up and they get wonky, it's not the biggest loss. Not that I'll toss them, just that they are work shirts. Now they are much more comfortable, and not so long! I wish Hanes made ladies shirts in the six packs. Maybe I should get XL boys shirts instead of S mens? I'll think about that next time I buy another six pack. Hahah. So I did that, and watched Captain America on Netflix. That was my night. Exciting!

My housemate Amanda was Skypeing with her boyfriend in the kitchen, and he startled me. Mostly because she was talking to someone who didn't seem to be there, and when I turned around, BAM there he was (on her iPad). I went "AHH!" and then scuttled out of the kitchen muttering about kids and their technology.

At work I burned some screens. Nine screens for three different jobs. Wait. No. I taped nine screens. I burned seven. And the rest of the time was spent doing some end of summer cleaning. Andrew vaccumed, and I cleaned the press. I dusted the press, and cleaned the ink off the press, and dusted some more. The studio looks really nice now. I also did some surface cleaning, and put away some ink. It's nice to take the time to clean, especially since due to the break, there is a lull in jobs. Not a big lull, just the pace slowed and we got the time to clean it all up, and now it should get back in action.

My skin is settling into a nice shade of tan. My face doesn't hurt from the peeling. It is still a bit pink on some areas of my body, but I don't think it will peel. My back has a really weird pattern to it. Ah, oh well.

bluebell and bugs (this is a reference to the shirts I bought)

Thought I had a bruise on my arm. Turns out it was just a smudge of ink. Back at work and it feels so good!

I ended up not starting till noon, and it was just a clean up day. Lots of screens to have their tape and ink and emulsion removed. Lots of squeegees and floodbars to be cleaned. Bossman had a good time in Nicaragua. I listened to some A.J. Raffles stories. I think these are creative commons and should be free to download for the Kindle. I might have put them on there already Mom. They are by E.W. Hornung, who is Doyle's brother in law or something, and Raffles is pretty much the opposite Sherlock Holmes. The stories are endearing. I recommend them.

Payday! I went grocery shopping at my beloved Trader Joe's. Yay! Food! I was out of granola bars, and now I have a variety. Also treated myself to a couple teeshirts. Really cool ones, and bought them through Etsy, so direct from the artist, which is always good. I feel better about treating myself if I am supporting an artist in the process. Plus they are awesome shirts, and I've had my eye on them for about half a year now.

Had pasta for dinner. I think I'll make myself an avocado creme cheese sandwich for lunch tomorrow. That is some good stuff right there.

Pretty good Monday.

an incident

That was. I don't know what that was.

At around 8pm I heard shouting from the San Lorenzo side of the street. This one woman yelling about narcs and disrespect. She was moving towards the Barson end, in some sort of retreat/walk away, but a couple people followed, and more people followed them. I don't know if they just wanted to make sure she left, because if there was a confrontation it happened out of my line of sight. She didn't seem to come to any violence. But she came back, screaming more about family and disrespect, east side, and throwing out threats. A man in the group she was yelling at lifted his shirt to expose his stomach. I don't know if he was showing her something, if it was some threat signal I'm unaware of, a taunt...or what. She eventually left for good, and what appeared to be a policeman on a motorcycle rolled down the street.

I don't know what I'm feeling. It seems like some form of shock. Again, as I am not in a gang I don't think I have much to directly fear. I'm on the far end of the street, opposite where the drive by occurred.

I'm just going to play it safe; play it cautious. Janet has lived in this house for 15 years. It can't be all bad? Would you stay in the same bad neighborhood for fifteen years? Especially if you were a renter, and were not tied to a mortgage.

I took the compost out. Took the trash out. Took care of my skin. Ate food. Tidied up. The rest of the day was pretty good.

*****

I made the above post about 45 minutes after it happened. I've had some time to calm down. If I wasn't home, I wouldn't have know what happened. If I wasn't home when the cops inquired if I knew anything about the shooting, I probably wouldn't have known about it either. It's amazing how ignorant a person can be of things if they are not around to witness them. I shall continue on. Cautious, yes, but optimistic.

Things get bad, but things get better if given enough time.

clang clang, clang clang

My skin is peeeeeeling, and I want to claw it off. But instead I am moisturizing and that is doing nicely.

Sat on the couch and read Shadow of Night. It is picking up again! Hurray! Again, it is best when she is away from Matthew and doing magic witchy stuff. Matthew just sort of drags the plot down.

Ate pasta. Stayed inside. Kept moisturized. Only one day left. I didn't accomplish nearly as much as I'd like to during this break. Oops. Oh well. I'll keep working.

Amanda, my roommate, and her friend hung out at the house a bit.

Now I'm reading some comics and thinking about projects I want to accomplish.

This song (just the song, there isn't a video) is my song of the night:


1:30am edit:

I ended up going to get wings with my housemate Amanda and her friend Heather. We brought the wings back to the kitchen nook, and consumed them with some beer and gabbed and chatted. I did a little drawing of Heather's dog, and drew in my sketchbook, and we chatted and it was nice. They were both in a sorority together, so it is interesting to get a perspective into that social scene a bit. Not so different.

Wellington Camel

My face is starting to peel. Yay!

I spent most of the day working on a couple paintings. Watched cartoons and other shows and listened to Snow Crash and all was good. Ate noodles and scramble and drank tea. Kept inside. Found an aloe plant and smeared its insides on my burnt outsides. Pretty good day. I do enjoy working on art.

Oh! I bought a piece of Samantha Mash's artwork off of Etsy, it was shockingly cheap, and it arrived in the mail and I promptly put it in a frame.

It's the piece in the top left, the two Martin Freeman pieces are by my friend Daniel, aka W.C. Williams. I like my little desk set up. Yes that is a jar full of peanut M&Ms, DON'T JUDGE ME!

My vacation is winding down, but that is good because I'm getting antsy. I want to get back to working! Employment rocks.

Anyway, yeah. A home day. Just me and my art. It was good though.

13. That is just a kid!

Last night on my street, a 13 year old was killed in a drive by shooting. The police say it was gang related. I didn't hear anything, and the reports indicate only two gunshots, so it wasn't as if the whole block was shot up. It's so sad. 13! That is, that is way too young. I'm not scared of my neighborhood. It's quite the specific crime. Okay it does show I'm not in a great place, but I don't feel unsafe in my own home, or walking down the street during the day. I just need to be cautious during the night time.

And stay away from gangs.

A policeman and a lady who seemed to be a translator came to my doorstep to ask if I remembered anything. I remember some sirens, but sirens are not uncommon in any city, especially if you live nearish to downtown.

So. There was that.

I also woke up with super puffy swollen eyes. Some reaction to the sun exposure yesterday, I'm sure. So I spent a lot of the day with a cold compress on my face. And the swelling went down. My face hurts. It isn't extremely pink/red. It doesn't look burned. It just feels a bit tight. I can't find any aloe. I thought I packed it in my stuff, but I guess I didn't. So that constant agitation and tending to my puffyness kept me...doing that during the day and now it's night time.

Err. I'm really bad at productivity.

oh yeah, those are gunna be tan lines

Owww my faaace. I stayed in the sun for about 30 minutes more than I did yesterday, and at an earlier hour, and now I'm sunburnt! Not sure if it peeling level burnt, or just rather extremely pink burnt. Either way, I'll be taking it easy and staying indoors for the next couple days. I kept pushing my luck, didn't I? I hope my freckles don't get too engulfed. Either way, I think I've achieved a tan. Ha...ha..hmmmn. Yeah.

Listened to series 4 of Museum of Curiosity. It was pretty good. Finished watching the silly Teen Wolf. Finished off that enchilada casserole. Ate some salad.

Got up a bit earlier, hence the earlier start to the beach. Okay. Time to get down to vacation business!

Santa Cruz birds are up to no good

How are my freckles doing? I think they are coming along quite nicely. Just a few more days on the beach, and I should be good. I trimmed my bangs up nice and proper. Now they look artfully blunt, instead of inartfully wonky. Still, I keep them headbanded back when I'm on the beach. I listened to Museum of Curiosity and rotated my position every episode. That was relaxing.

Some seagulls tried to steal my sour patch kids. I was like "HEY!" and they scuttered off. Gotta keep an eye on my snacks, it would appear.

I had a salad and some rice and seaweed after the beach, and enchilada casserole before. One serving left and then it is all consumed! Hurrah! I didn't quite accomplish anything today. I think I got a case of the Tuesdays. That is to say that the week is just starting and there is also Wednesday and Thursday and Friday and Saturday and Sunday and then BACK TO WORK! Yaaay work.

tarr jay

Spent another couple hours on the beach. My freckles are coming in nicely. I can't tell if I am tanning, but there are freckles. I just listened to The Unbelieveable Truth. Didn't feel like reading that damned tome Shadow of Night. But maybe I'll tuck into it.

Oh! I slept pretty well last night. My mattress pad is a bit lumpy and ill formed from its misuse on the floor (the padding isn't even dispersed anymore) but it should form itself a new. All in all, sleeping in a bed is quite nice. I am sleeping at a different angle, so that is something to get used to. It's a firm bed, but I don't mind firm.

I had oatmeal for breakfast, then a scramble for second breakfast, then walked around a bit, then went to the beach. I think I'll get an earlier start on the beach tomorrow. I leave it till 3/4ish, and after an hour and a half, it gets a bit chilly for sun lounging. If I went down around noon, after my main meal, things should be good. I want to be plenty freckly, and then I'll give it a rest. Or rather, I'll go back to work where I'll be mostly indoors and in turn that will make me give the sun exposure a rest. I saw a pretty wrinkly, though otherwise young looking lady, and that was a good warning. Still, the sun is quite comforting.

I also ran to Target and got some bath things, and some hair scissors, because my bangs are quite mangled and they need a better trim than my larger sheers can provide.

Now I'm loading up my MP3 player with all sorts of good audio things. Tomorrow, I shall put pencil to paper and make some art! Because I've been way slacking on the art stuff.

Nathan is awesome. Having a proper room set up is awesome.

Nathan was super awesome today. Took me to Ikea. Helped me get stuff from Ikea to my house. Helped me assemble stuff. Though he did do one thing backwards, but that was easily fixed. Hurray Nathan!

In case you are unaware, because sometimes I like to pretend that people who are not my Mom and Dad read my blog, Nathan is my brother.

Also Jared, you read my blog. Hi Jared! I think you knew Nate was my brother, but if you didn't there it is.

I set my alarm for 8, and it took my a while to realize why my alarm was going off. I got up, and did the routine, but I still was a bit slow leaving the house. Arrived in Redwood City at around 1ish. Got the extra futon and my buffalo plush.

Then off we went to Ikea! No trip to the blue and yellow mecca of flat pack is complete without starting with meatballs, and start we did. I had already scoped out stuff online, so I had a good idea about what things were on sale and what wasn't worth a gander. I started with a white color scheme, but it ended up being a natural wood (see: really basic) frame bed, with a dark brown bed side table (that is technically a coffee table), a dark gray metal shelf unit, and black legs for a white table top. I've been organizing my room, and there is a sort of division between the bedroom side and the art side, and with the table and already installed shelf both being white, it makes one side white, the other black, in scheme. Though with bits of red and blue throughout. Anyway, it all ties together. I want a comfy chair to go in the now freed corner. Like, a papasan or something. I also got an underbed storage thing, that is actually big enough to fit my shirts and trousers, so no need for a chest of drawers, unless I procure a lot more clothes. I also got a trashbin and some frames, and Nate got some things as well.

Traffic was a nightmare at this one intersection, because douchers kept pulling too far forward and blocking the intersection.

We assembled the desk first, then the bed, then I did the end table while Nate did the shelves. Then we ate enchilada casserole and cupcakes and watched the second episode of the fifth season of Breaking Bad. Nathan left after that, and he took some leftover casserole with him. Almost finished that beast off!

My bed looks nice. Can't wait to test it out! I'm off the floor, though not by much.

I hung some art up, the art that would fit in frames anyway, and also did a little tack + cut out image thingy for me to hang by necklaces and other small hangable stuff from. Now that's all in a line and it looks okay. Trying to not use tacks except where proper, like with calenders. I put a bunch of glue on my chipped/cracked Glam Breakfast mug, so now it is a pen holding mug. Now I have a desk, and a bed, and my room seems like a room. I'm getting situated! I'm thankful that I have a bit of time to continue to situate, and it isn't just straight back to work.

past the full moon

I didn't clean the fridge.

Did anyone else see that coming? Haha.

Naah, I did laundry though. And ate casserole, and creme cheese avocado sandwich, and oatmeal, and hot cocoa, and measured my room and artwork so that I'll be prepared for Ikea.

I also drank a couple beers and watched Teen Wolf, the MTV show, not the Michael J. Fox movie. I gotta admit, it's a cheesy show with a lot of inconsistencies and "really, this kid drives a 90k PORSCHE!?" but I'm hooked. Thankfully the season is short.

I miss work!

Tomorrow is Ikea! Yay!

Another relaxing day. Haven't started to bike around the city yet. I can't think of anything to do! Or a way to meet people besides signing up for classes somewhere, but classes cost moolah and I'm trying to watch that. Hmmmn.

new chrome in our domecile

Tickets confirmed, I am coming home! For one full day (during which I will be at Cherish and Isaiah's wedding) and two half days, during which I will be flying. Still, it will be nice to see the family and see Holly and all that. And also grab some clothes and books and things. And I'll get a chance to experience the San Jose airport. Yay?

Today I set my alarm. Enough sleeping in! Time to return to some sort of schedule. My tummy hurt through most of the day, so I took it easy. Got out and did some grocery shopping, as you can't make creme cheese avocado sandwiches without creme cheese.

All the cashiers at Trader Joe's are so nice. I wonder if they'll be friends with me? Oh god, I sound like the whale in Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.

We got a new faucet installed in the kitchen, as the last one was leaky. I didn't notice till Janet pointed it out to me. I should have noticed, because instead of having a separate hot and cold knob, it is one of those singular ones where you turn it one way for one, the other for the opposite, and inbetween is, well, inbetween. And it is shiny. And doesn't leak. For a mostly observational drawing artist, sometimes I can be really not observational.

There are seven avocados on the table in our breakfast nook. SEVEN! I need to look up a guacamole recipe, because uhm, SEVEN AVOCADOS!

The fridge was smelling a bit like old broccoli. The culprit was old broccoli. Composted that. I might spend tomorrow cleaning the fridge. It seems like the last roommate left food behind (as there were some eggs with a June expiration date). It isn't a big fridge. I think just getting to the back and making sure there are no more suspicious vegetables, ya know?

I miss my jooooob

Today I sat on the beach and did some quick studies. Going to send some drawings out to people, woo! Will go down tomorrow and draw some more, if the weather looks good. I also got some Dippin' Dots. Mom ordered me to do so. I finished listening to American Gods.

Oh, Reamde. Did I say how excellent it was? Maybe that is why it is so jarring to read Shadow of Night, because Reamde was so damn well executed.

Anyway. Trying to find the next audio book to listen to, and I think I'll give Stephen King's The Dark Tower series a listen. I like his books in audio form. And if I recall correctly, the last time I listened to part of the Gunslinger, it played properly on my funky player.

Starting to get bored with my enchilada casserole. Uh oh. I'll keep eating it though. Breakfast, lunch, or dinner. Put some hot sauce on it.

Other meals included a scramble for breakfast and udon and egg for dinner.

Here is a doodle of me as a print technician (aka my job):

defending probably bad habits

Texted with mom about how frustrating and slow Shadow of Night is. It is kinda amazing how I can read a couple pages and a lot happens, but then I get through 50 pages and it seems like NOTHING has happened. I love the magic descriptions, but some of her writing is just, erggg, needed someone to read it before it went to print. A bit rushed or something. I'm hoping that, after the 200 page mark, it picks up. I am comitted to not starting any new books still I finish one I'm currently reading. I ordered Cloud Atlas and a biography of Lucrezia Borgia, so those are my incentives to finish Shadow of Night. It seems to be picking up, now that Diana is all "I need to find a witch". YES. YOU NEEDED TO DO THAT 200 PAGES AGO! COME OOON!

Anyway. I went to the beach. I only go down for an hour, hour and a half. Enough to get warm, but not enough to get pink. Tomorrow I plan to bring some of my art supplies, so maybe doing some drawing will extend my exposure and thus, give me a tan. I know tanning is bad, but I've been pale for so long. Vitamin D is good too! And as long as I'm not, you know, spending 6 hours toasting every day, I should be good. Just a little bit to get my freckles started. The sun is still a novelty to this Pacific Northwest gal.

I miss work. I like doing stuff. I like working.

End of July, now for August!

Yay, got my paycheck! Was enjoying thinking about how much money was in my bank account, then I paid my rent. Ah, oh well. I really enjoy my house. I enjoy having a living room to lounge in, I enjoy having a dining room to eat in, I enjoy having a back porch to soak up some sun from, I enjoy having an avocado tree to get avocado's from, I have a good sized room, I live near tons of great stuff, and my neighborhood is suspiciously quiet. It's a good place to live, I don't mind paying for it.

I stayed close to the house today. Bargain Barn closes at 3, which is silly! I had some of my tasty casserole for dinner. It was tasty.

Relaxing day. Feeling pretty good.

beach, and the thrift quest

I'm getting antsy! I want to work! I like work, I like working, I like my job and want to do it!

I don't like being idle at work, I'm rubbish at taking breaks.

I'm pretty good at being idle at home though, but I still would like to work.

Anyway. Had a first breakfast of oatmeal, then a second breakfast scramble of tastyness. Then I walked down to the beach, and lounged in the sun for an hour. Being good about moderating my exposure. I think I'll go down every day that seems nice enough to venture down to the beach. Though I'm a Washington gal, it doesn't take much for something to "seem nice". I kinda want to bring some cash next time, so I can get some Dippin' Dots, but I need to watch my moolahs. Just bring a towel, water bottle, book, and sunblock. Then I am gangbusters!

I wandered to a couple local thrift stores and found that all the furniture was pretty pricey, and no beds. Though a fold out couch...? If I put my mattress pad on it? Nah, I need a bed. Plus I don't think a couch would fit through my door. And how would I even get it home? There is a Goodwill Bargain Barn somewhere, so I think I might drive and check that out tomorrow, and see what they have. Just scoping out what is around, not actually buying. I'm planning an Ikea trip.

I prepared another enchilada casserole, and popped it in the fridge. Yay for easy dinner tomorrow!