Enjoying the day...
Feb. 17th, 2002 04:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alexpgpI drove directly to Lee's after the end of my shift. Up 45 to 610 and over to the west side of town, exiting onto Westheimer. The lights must be set up in a sequence on Westheimer, as I ran into zero red lights after the first turned green.
After a quick breakfast at the Golden Arches, we came back along the beltway. As Lee was less than enthusiastic about stopping at the flea market, we switched seats and I got out as we went by the place, agreeing that I'd call her on my cell to come get me, or that I'd walk home, or that I'd walk partway and call, or whatever.
I was hoping to find someone selling ink cartridge refills.
No joy.
I did buy some jamaica (hibiscus) flowers, which you can use to make a surprisingly good tea. I remember the first time I ran across these dried blossoms, it was in Florida, and when I asked the lady who sold them to me what, exactly, they were called, I was told it was "ha-MAEE-kah," and no amount of prompting could get me a spelling of the word.
Also, I ran across a fellow who was selling boxes of fluorescent light bulbs at $10 a dozen. These will come in handy at the store, especially since the retail on these bulbs is something closer to $2.50 each.
I left the market soon after, marching south on 35 with my box of bulbs held at "left shoulder fluorescents." Along the way, I found a wallet, devoid of cash but containing a bunch of ID and various paper, which belongs to a young man from Mexico who lives in Houston. (I shall mail it tomorrow, I think, to its owner.)
About halfway home, I decided I had done my walk for the day and called Lee to come pick me up. Once home, we both retired for a short nap.
I am now ready to face the evening. I would like to go see a movie, and the field seems suitably "target-rich." Lee is all in favor of going to see LotR... again, in her case. Who knows? Maybe we will.
Cheers...
After a quick breakfast at the Golden Arches, we came back along the beltway. As Lee was less than enthusiastic about stopping at the flea market, we switched seats and I got out as we went by the place, agreeing that I'd call her on my cell to come get me, or that I'd walk home, or that I'd walk partway and call, or whatever.
I was hoping to find someone selling ink cartridge refills.
No joy.
I did buy some jamaica (hibiscus) flowers, which you can use to make a surprisingly good tea. I remember the first time I ran across these dried blossoms, it was in Florida, and when I asked the lady who sold them to me what, exactly, they were called, I was told it was "ha-MAEE-kah," and no amount of prompting could get me a spelling of the word.
Also, I ran across a fellow who was selling boxes of fluorescent light bulbs at $10 a dozen. These will come in handy at the store, especially since the retail on these bulbs is something closer to $2.50 each.
I left the market soon after, marching south on 35 with my box of bulbs held at "left shoulder fluorescents." Along the way, I found a wallet, devoid of cash but containing a bunch of ID and various paper, which belongs to a young man from Mexico who lives in Houston. (I shall mail it tomorrow, I think, to its owner.)
About halfway home, I decided I had done my walk for the day and called Lee to come pick me up. Once home, we both retired for a short nap.
I am now ready to face the evening. I would like to go see a movie, and the field seems suitably "target-rich." Lee is all in favor of going to see LotR... again, in her case. Who knows? Maybe we will.
Cheers...
