Home and glad to be here
Jun. 16th, 2012 01:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
susandennisClass was great and full. Kelsey officially announced that next week will be her last one but implied she might be back in the Fall which would be fun. After class I headed out to have brunch at a place I tried and loved a couple of weeks ago. But, just before I got there, I passed this diner place I'd never seen before so plans changed instantly. It was a fun little experience.
Then off to Trader Joes which was fun. I love Trader Joes and today they were playing music from the 60's so I shopped and rocked to the tunes.
On the way out, a guy selling Real Change (the homeless newspaper) asked if I wanted a copy. I have not bought one in a while - I always buy one when I pass a vendor but I haven't passed a vendor in a while. I never give money to people on the streets with their hands out. I just don't. But, when I see a Real Change vendor, I give them a $20 for the paper. Most of the time they just say thank you. I get the feeling they just assume it is the $1 they charge. I envision - when they get to the end of the day and discover they have a lot more money than they expected - they get a little jolt of joy. Once in a while I get someone who notices and just melts with gratitude. Today's guy tried to hand it back to me saying he had no change. I said I wanted no change and he looked astonished but quickly recovered and said "wow. Thank you! may I give you a gift?' And he proceeded to dig into his pack and hand me the cutest card - that he had drawn by hand. I was delighted and touched. And I love it.
Then on to Fred Meyer for mostly drug store stuff. I finally found mini Rolo's. I love mini Reeces peanut butter cups but mini Rolo's are the bomb. I love Rolo's and I hate fucking with that foil. Foiless Rolo's?? genus. I saw them in an ad about a month ago so I've been on the lookout. Today was the first I've seen. I scored two bags.
Getting home was tricky. There are several events going on in town and traffic is wild. Plus, the main road that usually connects me from Ballard to my house is closed this weekend. The alternative is to go down by the waterfront where, it happens, a giant big assed cruise ship was loading. I was very grateful to get home.
I unloaded everything and then went down to get the big ladder and left a note on Ann's door (their car was gone when I got home) asking her for spotting help when she got back and then I sat down to have some water and rest... so I'm writing this entry.
And this just happened....
Years and years ago - I have no idea how long - I added![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
angelamermaid to my friends list and started reading her journal. I don't even know how I found her. We've never met. She lives in Canada.
When Google+ first started up, I was there and one of the first people I started following was Steve Boyko. Again, no clue how I found him. (I gotta start taking notes.) He takes great pictures. Today, I shared a very cool picture of his of a train. As per usual, the entry got copied into my journal and soon I got a comment from Angela that Steve is her brother!!!
Holy connect the dots, batman. My brain just snapped. Hilarious.
Oh I just got another comment that he is actually on LJ!sboyko.
What's that funny word that the Brits use? Gobsmacked. That's me.
Then off to Trader Joes which was fun. I love Trader Joes and today they were playing music from the 60's so I shopped and rocked to the tunes.
On the way out, a guy selling Real Change (the homeless newspaper) asked if I wanted a copy. I have not bought one in a while - I always buy one when I pass a vendor but I haven't passed a vendor in a while. I never give money to people on the streets with their hands out. I just don't. But, when I see a Real Change vendor, I give them a $20 for the paper. Most of the time they just say thank you. I get the feeling they just assume it is the $1 they charge. I envision - when they get to the end of the day and discover they have a lot more money than they expected - they get a little jolt of joy. Once in a while I get someone who notices and just melts with gratitude. Today's guy tried to hand it back to me saying he had no change. I said I wanted no change and he looked astonished but quickly recovered and said "wow. Thank you! may I give you a gift?' And he proceeded to dig into his pack and hand me the cutest card - that he had drawn by hand. I was delighted and touched. And I love it.
Then on to Fred Meyer for mostly drug store stuff. I finally found mini Rolo's. I love mini Reeces peanut butter cups but mini Rolo's are the bomb. I love Rolo's and I hate fucking with that foil. Foiless Rolo's?? genus. I saw them in an ad about a month ago so I've been on the lookout. Today was the first I've seen. I scored two bags.
Getting home was tricky. There are several events going on in town and traffic is wild. Plus, the main road that usually connects me from Ballard to my house is closed this weekend. The alternative is to go down by the waterfront where, it happens, a giant big assed cruise ship was loading. I was very grateful to get home.
I unloaded everything and then went down to get the big ladder and left a note on Ann's door (their car was gone when I got home) asking her for spotting help when she got back and then I sat down to have some water and rest... so I'm writing this entry.
And this just happened....
Years and years ago - I have no idea how long - I added
angelamermaid to my friends list and started reading her journal. I don't even know how I found her. We've never met. She lives in Canada.When Google+ first started up, I was there and one of the first people I started following was Steve Boyko. Again, no clue how I found him. (I gotta start taking notes.) He takes great pictures. Today, I shared a very cool picture of his of a train. As per usual, the entry got copied into my journal and soon I got a comment from Angela that Steve is her brother!!!
Holy connect the dots, batman. My brain just snapped. Hilarious.
Oh I just got another comment that he is actually on LJ!
sboyko.What's that funny word that the Brits use? Gobsmacked. That's me.
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Date: 2012-06-16 08:58 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-06-16 09:04 pm (UTC)It is a card so it folds and stands by itself for now right in front of me net to the TV.
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Date: 2012-06-16 10:35 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2012-06-16 10:47 pm (UTC)I thought that was a nice idea, but then it struck me that we couldn't do that over here with our equivalent publication (The Big Issue) -- since the US is so unusual in a) having uniformly-sized banknotes, and b) still using paper for a denomination as small as $1.
What's that funny word that the Brits use?
Blimey, we could be here all day! =;)
What a truly sweet card that is, too.
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Date: 2012-06-16 10:53 pm (UTC)Good point about the funny British words. There are too many... way too many!
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Date: 2012-06-17 07:39 pm (UTC)I think we met through
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Date: 2012-06-17 07:55 pm (UTC)I actually do remember how I found
I so miss
My memory is not as good as yours but I will never ever ever forget the night you rescued my Mom from SAP hell on her TV. Heroic in my book.
Thanks for the trip down memory lane and thanks for being such a stalwart LJ friend.
And I still think it's funny that I've been connected to your brother all this time without even knowing.