I slept very well last night, thank you very much. Woke up to let the stupid dog in. Woke up to let the stupid dog out. Waited for the little PITA, and let him back in. But, went back to sleep each time. Probably driven by sleep deprivation the previous nights. Don’t care. One good night makes all better again.
It’s Tuesday. Everyone knows what that means. Right? I make no secret of it. I pick up Mexican food from our favorite local carniceria. I was thinking. Why not go retro and pick up “Mexican” from my first favorite Mexican restaurant ever. That’s right folks, Glen Bell’s baby, formed fifty years ago, wait for it, Taco Bell. It’s true, Bell comes from his name. An old boss of mine in the early 90’s had worked for him and he gave me the inside scoop. The soap opera. Me, all I could remember was going there for the first time, I wasn’t even 10 years old, and Dad and I loved it so much we went back and bought seconds. No gut ache either. Of course, back then, they thought they were serving Mexican and were close. Nowadays is what most people know and it’s complete garbage. They pretend to Mexican. Glen is probably rolling in his grave. So, no, I am not striking the Bell for Tuesday. It seems sad that nother childhood icon has been caught in the back row of the theater with his pants down. C’est la vie.
The morning has progressed through all the standard checkpoints. You know them by heart as do I. With all done I can sit here and ruminate like a bovine. A thin one. No one wants a thin cow. Which does remind me of a story which I will save for another time. I have mundane chores in front of me – wash dishes, put away laundry and all the usual ones as well. I’m going to schedule some house tours for the week, I have three to look at. I will call Linda. That’s outside the norm so I may do that first. I’m old enough to eat my dessert first. Then do the real chores. Or, I could go visit her at her office and make it a special treat. Maybe check up on her since she recently kicked her boyfriend out of the house. Maybe she needs some support. Though she is a very strong woman. I don’t know. I have one other stop, I need to find one if those gift card machines that pay you for gift cards. I received a thank you, a very nice one, $200 gift card to my almost least favorite restaurant. I said thank you, genuinely. But I knew I would never go in the place. I think Safeway has a machine. Or I could eBay them. I will let you know what I do.
So I did finally go to work. No stopsnon the way mostly because my brain is mush. Or gruel. I got to work and had a cup of coffee. We, us in the office, have noted a dramatic drop in office temp as winter happens upon us. I know what you are thinking – turn up the thermostat. Except, we don’t have one. Old building, space all cut up over the years. Number of package units is based on 1975 spaces. You know, that old saw. In a nutshell, we have no thermostat.
I worked all day. Shocking. Managed to get four returns done. Did a bunch of other papercrap. No visitors. Just a nice slow work day and somewhat productive. May get lucky tomorrow. I don’t know.
Drive home. Never did call Linda. I did call an Auburn realtor on my wife’s suggestion about the three houses we want to see up there. Emily thinks she may have a locals insight. The realtors name is Kary and we met her at an open house. Emily really likes her quite a bit. Kary was not available. Will probably reserve the house viewing trip through Linda. Either way I would like to find a house soon.
On my way home I am supposed to pick up Mexican in honor of the weekly Mexican holiday, Tuesday. I was daydreaming and passed by the carniceria exit. Oops. I was going to turn around at the next exit but realized I was 5 miles past the exit I wanted. Not so good. So, what to do? Plan B From Outer Space. I went to Baldos which was, thankfully, still in front of me. I got my TT food there. Of course, instead of $15 for two combos, I paid $26 for two plates. Ouch. I guess it’s my penalty for daydreaming while I drive.
We had our carnitas and chile rellenos and sides almost immediately once I got home. This is what happens when we are really hungry due to diets. Btw, I only eat the meat so my diet is safe. Stop worrying about me.
After dinner we switched to the usual things. Words, blogs, TV in the background. Everyone needs a hobby. Then more TV. Soon bedtime. Sounds better all the time.