if it's Saturday

it's laundry day! and bed linen changing day and today it will also be whole foods day. i'm out of orange juice. and the traffic shouldn't be too bad.

i made a batch of breakfast burritos yesterday and had one this morning and damn! this batch is a winner. i have 7 more. i'm burrito rich!

it's not raining and the thermometer says it's only 51 on the terrace but it's actually warm enough to have the door open. Biggie's been investigating the situation. I want him to hear the outside noises and get used to not going out there so this morning is perfect for that. He's been over to the door a few times to check it out. When I go out there, he cries to do but does not try to breach. So far, so good.

it's a quiet weekend in the hood. there's a car show at the exhibition center but i cannot believe it's going to draw huge crowds. no home football games til next weekend.

Our COVID numbers are still going down but we are still at a level that is twice what it was last July. On the up side, I rarely see anyone without both nose and mouth covered these days which is comforting. There's an outdoor flea/street market down the road that I'd kind of wouldn't mind checking out but it's just more of a risk than I feel like I want to take plus think of the money I will save!

So I'll stick to Whole Foods and home. Not a burden by any means.

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Today's been full of it. I left home, hoping to glide smoothly along the waterfront road to the other side of downtown. That smooth gliding did not last 1 block. Construction and ferry traffic. Oh well. It's not like Whole Foods is holding a shopping time open just for me.

I finally got there to discover they had NO fucking fresh squeezed orange juice. This is the one place that always has it. But, apparently not. They did have the pulpy 365 which is my second favorite. And they had enough other stuff so that it wasn't a total waste. Then next door to Petco to get some more Biggie squirt treats. Clearly dogs count and cats don't. Their cat food/treat shelves where not only semi bare, they were strewn with brands all mixed up and empty boxes. I've never liked that store and anyway.

Then I thought, I am very near meowmensteen's Petite Pierre. I should go check it out and treat myself. Except then Google made me miss the turn to the bridge and I decided that was a sign that it was the wrong day to Pierre it.

I planned my trip home to avoid the construction and totally failed.

I got home and unloaded the groceries and poured a cup of the 365 juice and you know what? I think I like it every bit as much as the other stuff! The fresh squeezed is $13. The 365 is $4. The fresh is really hard to find. The 356 is even available at my little Amazon Fresh store not far from here. Ok. I'm sold.

Biggie has been a mess today. He wants to be in my lap, then bites me. He disappears and then I see he has not only pulled down some fabric from the shelves, he's sitting on top of his loot with a 'so now what are you going to do, old lady???' look on his face.

Then I'm in the kitchen cleaning up and he needs to be informed of my every movement and then he disappears again. I look up and he's in the cat bed!!

That bed has not been used by a cat in many cats. I finally slung it up there because while I love it, there was really no other good storage option at the time. I hate to think of the level of dust in there.

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Guess I'll drag it down and clean it up when he's finished. Today.

The laundry is nearly done. The kitchen is clean. The bulk sausage I bought is cooked into crumbles.

I think I'll fold and put away the clean clothes and then take the rest of the day off. I want some more ginger cookies but tomorrow might be the best time for that.