It's been a while since I've been out of the house on my own for more than a couple of hours. Usually it's just a short trip to the gym, to the store. Little trips, usually just one destination with maybe a stop on the way home, two to three hours tops.
Today, I had a list. Of lists. Doctor's office, groceries, supplies for school* (starting this week), supplies for Noodlefest (Saturday).
* Yep, I officially signed up for massage therapy school. (Technically muscular therapy school, although I find I keep saying it the other way. Habit, I guess.) Definitely a change in gears that I'm looking forward to, but not yet a complete life change, since school is only part-time (Wednesday evenings and all day Sundays for the next two years) and I expect that I'll probably end up back in engineering in the near term.
I left the house around 10am and headed to the Doctor's office to get a health certification signed that was needed for school. TB test negative -- whoo-hoo! Ahem. Right. You know... There just isn't a lot going on these days...
Anyway, I hit the 'Co to pick up a few things and to see about getting some sheets and hand towels to be used with the massage table. Good deal on the hand towels (12@$13.99+tax), but (surprise, surprise) they only had queen, king and CA-king sized sheet sets. It is the 'Co, after all. But I was looking for twin sheets since I was trying to reduce washer/dryer loads.
So, off to Bed, Bath and Beyond in Burlington where I scored two twin sheet sets for 10 bucks a piece. Interestingly, they were sold out of actual white sheets, so I ended up with ivory sheets. Whatever. While there, I noticed a Trader Joe's conveniently located right next door. The SOOTTAD has been talking about going to TJ's to find affordable organic groceries, so I gave her a call, put together yet another list and picked up a few things there as well.
Heading back to 128, I'm trying to think of the best way to get to Allston, also realizing that it's around 1pm and I'm getting hungry. 128/95 is kind of funny, being a loop around the city of Boston, so the stretch around Burlington goes either East (North) or West-Southwest (South), so in order to get to Allston (Southeast), I figured I'd head East (North) to I-93, head south into town and then pop out to Allston, figuring it'd be easier that backtracking West (South) on 128 and then navigating all manner of roads to wiggle my way into town. (Seriously, look at the map) And best of all, I could stop in Chinatown to grab some cheap eats for lunch and maybe hit a bakery to get extra treats. A good plan on the eats (four bucks for a bowl of wonton noodle soup), not so good on the baked goods -- all the bakeries are closed because of the Lunar New Year. (Xin nian kuai le, BTW.)
So over to the Soopah 88. Much meat and starch were acquired. (Annoyingly, but not surprisingly, there was limited availability of quality noodles of the preferred brand. I resorted to secondary supplies, but even then, we may need to supplement on Saturday.) Garlic and leafy greens were also unacceptable, so I resolved to hit to the Wagon Wheel before heading home.
But first back to CostCo, because I noticed that the beef was cheaper there. It's almost 4pm, and there are lines now. Ugh. I should have bought it earlier when I had the chance. And hey, I've been driving around with milk and chicken from TJ's in my trunk for the last 3 hours. Good thing it's only in the mid-30s today.
Last stop is the Wheel, and even though I know it's only a 10 minute side trip, I just want to be home now. I'm done -- I surrender. Shopping day is over.
And then I realize that I've only been out-and-about for 6 hours or so, and I can't understand what I'm complaining about. It's not like I'm stuck at the office for 8, 10, 12 hours. It's pathetic, really. What a lazy. sack. of. shit.
So I suck it up, hit the Wheel, and head home.
4:30pm. Mission accomplished, but hardly an accomplishment.
And of course, once everything is put away (more or less), I'm on the couch and pretty much out for the count.
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