I am a few blocks from a Trader Joe's and our great mall. And I work from home these days, so my car is collecting a lot of dust. Happiness.
Natter 69: Practically names itself.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
I haven't done so yet, but I'm now walking distance to Costco and a really nice farmer's market/organic food store and some good Mexican restaurants.
Unrelatedly, how is it still only Wednesday?
My downstairs neighbor just called me in. She s hearing a cat meowing in her wall. I locate my cat-- who is not in a wall, or near her wall. I hear the cat n the wall. I go outside and look for a cat. Her grandson goes to the basement to look for a cat. I go upstairs and make my cat meow to see if it was the same sound. It is not.
If she hears it again she is gong to call 311, but gosh I hope kitty gets out on its own, because I am not up for this.
how is it still only Wednesday
I know! Feels like Thursday. Possibly because so many Thursdays are actually Friday to me. But not this Thursday, boo.
My bathroom sink is backed up: I may have to take the trap apart to clear it. Argh.
I can report that walking to Costco is the most ridiculous thing ever. You can only buy like three items, and everyone thinks you're a crackpot.
Maybe I need to buy a Granny cart! They sell them at Costco!
Oh yeah, that would be perfect! For whatever reason, I never had one in NYC.
Walking to CostCo would take away 37% of my frustration going there. Sadly, only some of that is their parking lot. Most of it is that it requires me to go through the Four Way Stop of UR DOING IT WRONG*ness. Worse, I have to turn left there.
* I want to stand there some day and handy out pamphlets. With diagrams. And frowny faces. The actual law too. Possibly with an essay on why trying to be nice instead of being legal is really dangerous. Why won't they do it right?
Maybe I need to buy a Granny cart! They sell them at Costco!
Lee, that's genius!
Forget about only Wednesday, how can it be that I've only been home 5 minutes, and my kids are already getting on my nerves?
I don't really need a granny cart, because as soon as S. is home from work, we can do a big shopping, and most of the time my dad is around anyway. But I do see a lot of people using them.
The classic American small town with a main street filled with houses within walking or biking distance of stores is also outlawed.
What do you mean, outlawed? There are a million small towns like this on the East Coast, at least up here in the Northeast.