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2021-07-08 11:46 am

Errands

Busy morning off from work. Ran to the car dealership to get the "service needed!" warning reset, since they serviced the damned thing back at the end of May. Then it was off to the old apartment to check on it (looking good, now if it would just fucking sell already). Then to the pet store, CVS, and Whole Paycheck for various and sundry needs. The husband is rightly convinced that he doesn't need an inner saboteur for attempts to lose weight because he has an outer saboteur in that I buy the groceries, and may have picked up a pint of Jeni's ice cream for him. In my defense it was because I picked up a pint of their sorbet for myself to try, and knew there would be hell to pay if I didn't get him some as well. So there.

Now I just need to see what if anything else I need/want to do around the house on this random day off from work (which I took because I didn't know how long the car would take; as it turned out I had time to pee and walk into the show room before they handed the keys back to me).
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2021-01-06 05:05 pm

Lit up

The husband and I were out running some errands when my phone started lighting up with texts from friends about the news at the Capitol (and making sure we were okay). Another time I am so, so grateful we moved outside the city. As much as I love DC, and loved the location of the old apartment for many things, the worry it brought at times was not fun. Mind you, while it's 13 or so blocks from the Capitol as the crow flies, you have to cross a highway to get between the two, so it's not like the rioters would've been at our (old) gates. Possible, but highly improbable.

It was hard not to get choked up as I checked on other friends to make sure they were okay. It felt almost like 9/11, though back then you couldn't get through the (very early) cell networks to get any news or get through to friends, in that the news in DC was horrible, scary, and way too close to home.