Meet Sparrow, an average man passing an average life…
Thursday, July 2
Knocked out a really good workout this morning…I’m still not back to full strength, but it I’m getting there…Recall last time I’d upped the weight on the bench press and got it up seven times and today I was able to move it eight times on the last set, the improvement we’re looking for.
Ryan, the owner, made an appearance, too…Actually, he was down there when I walked in…Recall Ryan lives there (it’s the old Knights of Columbus building) and the only bathroom is in the basement, where the weights are and he was heading down for his morning constitutional…He had the key for the bathroom in his hand, too…I’d wondered about that because the couple of times I’d tried to open the door it didn’t…He said he’s been keeping it locked because chicks had been stuffing tampons down the toilet and twice he’s had to fork over good money to have it snaked and he was tired of paying that, so he keeps the can locked now.
Finally got the snow tires changed out…Recall, I’d bought them and had them put on when I bought the new ride in November and I went to the same place in the next county to have them swapped out…As I left I jokingly wanted to make an appointment for next week to have them put on again, but I wasn’t feeling very jokingly, frankly…I’d made a 1000 appointment and the new ride wasn’t serviced until 1033 and I wasn’t out of there until 1110…This was annoying…You make an appointment to reserve a time to have something done for you…You accept an appointment because that means you have a guaranteed customer – someone who thinks enuff of your work to have you do it for them – showing up at a certain time.
I spent some money at the retailer, too…First, I bought some weed spray to get rid of the grass and weeds that are growing in the part of the driveway The Ex used to use…Now, regular readers of this crap may – or they may not – recall The Ex had a No Pesticide policy here at The Shire, which I generally applaud, but you can’t pull weeds out of gravel…I suppose I could use that part of the driveway again, but that would take a while to kill them all plus they’ll just start growing on my part of the driveway besides.
So I blew $20 or so on a large deal of an herbicide guaranteed to kill every living green thing in your yard…I felt terrible, cause that’s got to be a lousy way to die, but it’s the little things that will keep The Shire looking sharp.
Everything was ready to go, too…There was no mixing and, in fact, the only time you will come in contact with the product is if you spray it on yourself…You hook the hose up to the bottle and extend the wand and BOOM you’re ready to go…Well, there are a few overrides required…You have to move the knob where the hose connects, and there’s a tab at the bottom of the wand that needs to be pulled out and a switch on the want itself…And for Pete’s sake, saturate the entire plant and just don’t wave it at the base…And be careful, because it will kill desirable plants just as well as it will kill weeds, too…The only downside is it takes a few hours to work and I was in bed early (see Sleep Log below) so I will have to wait till morning to see the results.
I bought a new coffee maker, too because just like that the old one needed to be replaced…This week it started not producing full pots of coffee…This was perplexing because where the hell’s the water going???….I mean, you put a full pot of water in there and it is only yielding half to three-quarters of a pot…Ol’ Sparrow was completely flummoxed, hardly the Upset of the Year…I bought one that was similar, tho a bit different, but it still had the red front that I like.
A fond farewell to the old one…It provided good service, at least three years, maybe even four…Really long time readers of this crap may recall the fussing we went thru buying it…I was in the habit of buying the least expensive one the retailer had, but the burners on these went out after a year or so…On the other hand, The Ex and I didn’t want to blow $90 on one, either, so we went with a $30 one and it lasted long enuff to prove to be a good value.
In other news from the retailer, they continue to have an irregular supply of that sandwich spread with a pic of Satan on the label…Today they were out of the chicken spread, my favorite, but they had tons of the corned beef and deviled ham, which, you know, are OK…This is something else I don’t understand…Toilet paper and Lysol are easy to find but Satan’s chicken spread is hit or miss…I mean, I know it’s tasty and keeps forever, but come on, people: stop hoarding this.
Sparrow’s Sleep Log: 1830 Wednesday until 0030 Thursday…6.0 hours for the week and 27 hours for the week, both totals that are a bit lower than we’re looking for.
The Diary of a Nobody is a novel. All elements are either products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Anything else is a coincidence.
It was inspired by the 19th-century British novel of the same name.
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