robotech_master

Well, I had a pretty good Friday. Everything was even quieter than usual at work.

Got a craving for Chinese food, and stopped myself from spending $25 to order some via Grubhub. Really, I gotta cut down on that. Save my money. But I did notice there's a Chinese restaurant within 2 miles of me, and it was 50 degrees, so I called in a carry-out order and bicycled up there after work to grab it more affordably. It was a little tiring—I should probably get out and bicycle more often, as the weather warms up, as long as I can do it without approaching within six feet of someone else. Assuming that they don't tighten up the lockdown to where that sort of thing isn't allowed.

When I got home, Benji made a break for it out the front door, and I wasn't quite able to catch him. So I took my dinner outside and ate it on the front porch until he wandered close enough for me to grab. Finished about half of it, put the rest in the fridge; will warm it up later for lunch. So, good there.

I put in a grocery order at Meijer yesterday, but there were no delivery slots available. Happened to mention this to sister-in-law Karen, and she offered to pick the stuff up for me. So I changed it from a delivery order to a pickup order. (And I was able to ask Karen to pick up some port and beer for me, too, since I can't order those through the Meijer web site.) However, the order didn't properly process. Not sure if that's because I put Karen's name for the pickup but paid with my own credit card—did that cause some kind of issue? Dunno. The $5 authorization went through just fine last night, not sure why they'd have had trouble with it today.

Happily, the Shipt shopper who had collected the groceries was able to hand them off to Karen in the store, and she bought them for me and I paid her back through Facebook Messenger. Then she left them on my doorstep, and I wiped them down with bleach wipes and put them away. So, I've got food and kitty litter and booze…win! And a job that gives me a steady source of income and doesn't require me to go outside…double win.

Really glad that worked out, because I had been completely out of cat litter and was getting pretty worried about my ability to change out the cat litter this weekend. Was pondering bicycling out to Aldi to bring back a tub of litter to tide me over to whenever I could reschedule the grocery delivery, or possibly risking infection on the bus to go pick up some booze personally. But now I can continue to stay safe and sequestered while still living in the lifestyle to which I am accustomed.