Hot Here; Be Careful There

A quick post today after the long one yesterday ...

Topped the air in my tires on the bicycle and biked over the Lakes Park farmer's market, where I had breakfast of a bagel sandwich, a pint of strawberries, and coffee. The strawberries were from a different vendor this time, and were the size of golf balls. Imagine ... strawberries a hand fruit! They were awesome. Met up with the "Peckerheads" (retirees' bicycle group) and we had a few laughs and shared stories. Dawn, a couple of the guys asked about you and whether you had a good time here.

Biked back to the apartment. I boxed up two watches from the website and sent them out. Looks like I sold four total from the sale coupon I offered on the website. Drove over to Fleamasters where I searched for a book on Fordlandia, the failed city in the Amazon jungle funded by Henry Ford in an attempt to secure a source for rubber for tires. I'll look on amazon dot com for that one. Chris, the book guy, did give me an even-up swap for the 2nd in a series by Tim Dorsey for my 1st in the series. I also bought a book on craps. Nice guy; Dawn I wish you could have met him. He said he had a nice time with his family in Tennessee last week, but that he "missed his books."

For lunch, I stopped at the "Holy Donut" place in the FM food court, and had them top my donut "Elvis style" with peanut butter, bacon, and a little maple syrup. Only thing missing was the bananas, of which they had none, and I believe there is a song about that! Not exactly a healthy lunch, but damn it was good.

Back to the apartment, showered and shaved, and took an afternoon nap. It got up to 87 degrees here today and kind of sapped my energy, not to mention that Abby got me up at about 5 a.m. this morning. She farted around with the vertical blinds and jumped up and down on the bed several times. I finally gave up, got up, and puttered around the apartment. After making a pot of coffee, I found Abby asleep on the bed. I guess she just wanted me up for some reason.

Drove over to the Walmart Neighborhood Market, and bought $37 worth of groceries. I'm having flounder with mango salsa and rice pilaf for dinner tonight, and will get started on that when I post this blog.

I've been keeping up with the weather status in the Madison area, and it doesn't look good for tomorrow ... some freezing rain, and then topped off with 3-6 inches of snow. To my family and friends up there, I just say, be careful. This is the most dangerous driving combination to be found. So stay put if you can, and use caution if you must drive.

Bruce