random thoughts – Day 2,289 (Sunday) – a day in the life

It was a quiet day at the house. Kiki did her thing, I did mine. There was food. There was reading (another book finished!). I went to a store and endured yet another too-common retail interaction. 

This time, instead of non-helpful attempts at help, the issue was over an item on sale that didn’t ring up at the sale price. When I pointed it out, the cashier made some lame claim that the sale price would show up when he hit “total.” It did not. I noted the continued error, he repeated the incorrect total, and for a long moment he seemed to expect me to just pay the non-sale price. Finally, he fixed the error. I hate that customers have to watch every price ring up at every store to avoid being overcharged, but that seems to be the situation.

Too close to the house.

In the evening, I walked around the house to check the plants. There is a remaining need for hedge trimming out front. In addition to general shaping and pruning, there is a need to cut the backsides of everything because it’s all grown too close to the house and the siding crew needs to be able to access the house. Maybe tomorrow (procrastination rules!). 

There is no set date for the new siding project to begin, or even when the correct color will deliver, so there is no time pressure there. I'll need to set an arbitrary date to get myself to finish because I do love a deadline. 

Basically, it was mostly just another day in the life.