Had a busy day yesterday which seems to have exhausted me as I just slept for 9 hours. Woo doggie that was long sleeping. But it's okay as I have nothing on the agenda today and it's my last day off for a while. This was a good block of days off. Got things accomplished while still giving me some good down time. I feel like I used the four days well.
Went to the grocery store at 6am, followed by Home Depot, then one more grocery store to get the items I couldn't get at the first one. There were less than five people in the first store which made me happy and I was the only customer at both HD and the second grocery store. Ah, the joy of avoiding people. With cases hitting 200,000 a day, you damn straight I will be avoiding people as much as possible. Especially when 2,000 of them are dying a day. I keep reading articles of stubborn people keeping restaurants open for in-room dining and then getting pissed when they get fined. Or people who blatantly ignored the warnings and had Thanksgiving together. Stupid fucking people. But on the other hand, you know what the real problem is? Capitalism. Plain and simple. Look, last night I watched a video of police in LA forcing a family out of an empty state owned housing project. I mean come on. This building has sat empty for two fucking years. It's owned by the state and these people weren't hurting anyone. They wanted a roof over their heads, that's all. It's such a sham. We create this false scarcity to drive up the value of what really shouldn't be priced the way it is. This is one of the more disgusting things I have come to realize as I've gotten older. There is not shortage of food, housing, or clothing. There is a shortage of money to pay for those goods though. Money, which in itself is a fake concept. It's all bullshit. There is physically enough land, food, and materials to house people, clothe people, and feed people. But god forbid we give some of it away for free and some millionaire doesn't get his third Ferrari. Is there anything wrong with having enough money to own a Ferrari? No. But there is something wrong with having enough money to own one for each day of the week while the police have 17 year old children hog tied in a parking lot for the "crime" of sleeping indoors. Is there anything wrong with having enough money to have good food or good wine? Nope. There is something wrong with having so much food you throw it away or worse, you throw away perfectly good food because a corporate office won't let you give it away. There is wealth and then there is Greed with a capital G. We have become Greed personified in this country. I think that some of the COVID people are ones stuck in this cycle. They have to keep their businesses open if they want to keep the roof over their heads. This is a failing of the government which is anything BUT by the people, for the people. We have gone astray and there may never be any going back.
I finished my closet project yesterday. I am very happy in how it turned out. We all know I am anything but a DIY person, but I got this one done. It looks good, it's functional, and I am happy with the results. I managed to spend about $125 which if I had gone to a Container Store or Closet Store would have had a zero on the end. So pat on the back here for that.
I also did some baking yesterday. Made heath covered mini twist pretzels. We're making bags to give to certain folks for Xmas. Speaking of Xmas, four presents showed, wrapped those. Also the kids presents all arrived yesterday. I got her mostly practical gifts; a kitchen knife set, a drawer organizer, some stuff for her cat. But then I also got her some art supplies as I will always support her talents. I am always amazed at watching her create. Much Proud.
We started a new (to us) show last night. We were looking for some more British comedy and ended up on something called Wasted. Not bad. We liked the first episode and will stick with it. Had pizza and watched TV.
Did some fish tank work. Fixed the splines on one of the lids.
I think that's it? It was a long good day and a nice way to feel like the four days off went to good use.
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