Day Off

Someday. I slept in till 830 this morning. That’s cool. Tomorrow too I hope. Then up and vacuum and mop the floors. Having plans helps me get out of bed.

Today was the bomb. Had breakfast and coffee. Read the paper. It actually got here. Then, wait for it, I washed cars. But only two. One is at yoga camp, one is in the speed shop, Marika took hers to work and the last one was washed by someone else. And the two were both mine. I win.

Had a long line of errands to run today. No particular order. I took Em’s Civic in for servicing. I waited 2 1/2 hours while they did it. Ugh. They were busy. So I sat there and did the wait for my car thing. Drank free water. Drank free coffee. Read magazines. Played with my phone. Wandered through the lot and checked out all the new cars. Just a bit boring. Ok, way boring. Awful.

When the car was ready I left without picking up my receipt. They can mail it. No money cuz it’s all prepaid. I ran out of there.

First stop was a fireplace store which it turns out had the wrong hours on their website. God I hate that!! So no help there for my fireplace. Next stop was not car wash as originally planned. Because the car shop washed it when I had it serviced. That’s a win. Baby. I went onward to the auto parts store. I need some car detail supplies. I was a lot of cars. I need a lot of supplies. A lot. Two cool brushes and an awesome sponge. I’m excited. I would swear the guy that helped me there had beginning Alzheimer’s or advanced ADD. He was off track, forgot what he was doing, left me before he rang in everything to help someone else. It was a little cray cray. Wait. It was a lot. Next up went to grocers. Only needed steak. For dinner. A really cheap cut which I will marinate and then smoke on the Q. I know it may sound strange but if I’m gonna attach the meat this way I start cheap. You don’t do that to a filet. Only one thing left. Go to the liquor store for sweet and sour. The bartenders friend. Bar mayonnaise. Drink extender. I thought I was almost out but I forgot Em had bought another bottle. So I wasted some time price matching those losers at BevMo over a $5 bottle of sweet and sour. Saved $1.50. Boom.

Back to the homestead. I made a couple salads. Marika says she could be home by 730. Marinated my cheap steaks in a bourbon/soy sauce marinade. Got my asparagus ready for cooking. Cleaned the bbq and got the coals ready. Put everything away and Marika drove up. 728. Well timed. I lit the Q. Ready for steaks in 10. She cooked the veg. We ate salads. A fine evening. Drank some of the wine leftover from I don’t know when. It’s another fine Saturday night.

My plan now? Wash the dishes. Go to bed. Read my book. Life in the fast lane sure is slow.