I had a me day today. I hate saying that shit as it's pretentious as fuck, but I have not had one proper in months. I checked if I needed my recently acquired check for anything pressing, I do, but no certain deadlines before the next one. so i went out with a mission.
First to transfer one of my storage units to a larger one in the same building. I had a closet of a unit (5x10) and it was jam packed and impossible to get to anything. A bike, Bed parts, boxes up the yahoo, and miscellaneous blankets and coats strewn about without proper homes. It was a pain and a mess. It still is! BUT, Phase 1 was transferring to a bigger one, which I spent the first 3 hours out doing today. The two units are quite literally 30 or so feet from each other thank god. So I spent about 100 trips going back and forth. Unfortunately, now it's simply a lateral mess instead of a vertical one. Phase 2 is getting it organized and moving my BIGGER 10x10 unit (or 10x20?) in Nashua to this one. Once I properly organize what is currently in it, it should hold it all. The one in Nashua contains the big items. Dressers, tables, chairs etc. Big fucking pain. My life though. Although when it's all said and done, which is preferably this week as the new bill cycle starts and I ain't paying another fucking month of it, I will be saving myself over $100 a month. Woopie...
After I got tired of that and tossed everything in there with no rhyme or reason, I needed more shelving, so I figured I'd get myself an oil change and a tire balancing (WAY overdue it's embarrassing) at the same time. NTB near Home Depot was booked all day, however Jack Black (our nickname for him) from good 'ol Daddy's Junky Music works there! I nearly called him out on it and mentioned how the other guy works at Merchants. Small world I suppose. That guy was kind of a prick as I recall. I texted Mr. Ryan H. and we had a good laugh over it. Hopefully we're hanging this week.
Home Depot was a wash for shelves. Nothing black, and they wanted $40 for one. Fuck that. I drove up Main street and Realized I was in need of food so I recalled this Bagel place in town that was recommended to me. I missed it 3 times but eventually mosey'd on it and ordered "Bruno's Best" it has Roast Beef, onions, Tomato and some fantastical sauce I can't recall. I had it on a Artizan bread? I forget what bread exactly. When she asked I asked what she recommended. She suggested a few and another regular patron suggested the one I picked. I wolfed it down quicker than they made it and I was pretty content. I dug it.
Somewhere in this mix I went to the Salvation Army on Main st, I can't recall timelines nor does it matter to anyone on the planet but here I am trying to remember, perhaps out of sheer defiance to logic of things truly important. Perhaps only to see if I can actually recall, testing myself as it were if you will if anything etc etc. Anyway, picked up a pair of sweet gig pants and a pair of tan work ones for...work and all that. Then I went to the Nashua Library, and got my very first ever (since kindergarten) library card. Yes. My first. I wandered around confused and overwhelmed at what the heck or where the heck. I did however, by myself, find what I originally came there for. The new Alex Chilton bio. I snagged it and then wandered around for my own personal bonus material. Everything after that wasfrosting on top for me. I stumbled my way into the media room (Nashua has a media ROOM for their audio books, CD's and DVDs. Ooo) and I found a Ralph Steadman audio book, the Modern Lovers' album, Ray Lamontagne's "Trouble" from 2004 and a Pete Townshend 2 disc gold set of his own selects from his solo career. I am a big fan of Lamontagne's work at least the little I've heard first on the radio listening to 88.9 (WERS) from his newer release in '08? I beleive. I can't recall the track but it's killer. Then I took myself in the midst of all this to Haywood's. For the last 1.5 years now being in and around Nashua, there's been this local hangout ice cream joint. It looks, feels and IS a classic date spot. No one's ever taken me up or given me the opportunity to ask them to go. SO I said fuck it and took myself. It was great. The "Polar Caps" flavor I picked was shit. But that's what I get from straying from fan favorites. Cookie dough is my thang.
I then went on a great journey searching the likes of the Christmas Tree shop, Marshalls, The Paper store, and Walgreens to find these plastic cups that copy the style of a coffee cup or fountain cup you get at a fast food joint. They're reusable. And they come in black. Perfect for my incognito shifties. But they eluded me everywhere I searched. I was originally told the XMAS tree shop. Being in there surrounded by hordes of middle-aged women looking to spend yet MORE money on junk. I affectionately call it the junk store. I circled it twice; dodging ladies and their children left an right. The occasional couple in the mix where the boyfriend or husband clearly not happy. 4 stores, nothing. Walgreens did but in blue and pink. Also in a jumbo size. Silly Americans. I nearly got pink because well, if you go there, you go all out. I decided against it and bought the blue with some Arnie and was on my way. The bouncing around wasn't all in vein though. Aside from settling on a shitty substitute, at Marshalls I got a $10 beard trimmer, and my favorite cologne on clearance. Bam.
Ah, I started the day off prior to the storage with a coffee and the last double chocolate muffin at Cumbies, and also ended it in the 11th hour of closing time by picking up my 4th or 5th bottle of Cruzan. Then I went back to my room to do one of my favorite things. It's quite the pastime for me nowadays I've realized. No, it's not drinking. It's taking home all the media, video or music I have acquired, and syncing it to my beloved zune, getting ready for the week ahead of listening to all the new shit I put on it at work. And in my case, sifting through shit that's already on it I don't listen to in order to make room for the new shit. Coming to terms etc. And I haven't had a drop today. So there.