Smoky Thursday

Thursday was an absolutely gorgeous day! Not too hot, not too cool with a nice warm breeze. A perfect hammock day! Unfortunately, I had to work. :o(

At lunchtime, I stopped into CVS to pick up my prescriptions. There was a sign saying "Flu Shots Today." I asked the one pharmacist if it wasn't a bit early for flu shots (seems like I always get them in, say, October) and she said the flu season is supposed to come early this year. So, I filled out the form. She said it would be about 20 minutes, so I asked if I could come back in an hour. She said sure.

So, I went home, ate lunch, watched the news and so on. Then I went back and paid $26 US to get inoculated. The nice thing about this year's shot is it is both the regular and H1N1 flu vaccines (last year you needed two and I only got the regular one).

BTW, something weird is going on at the Coney Island across the vacant lot next door. There is a big (rather stark and ugly) trailer belching smoke (I'm guessing a smoker) and a guy setting up tables with condiments, etc. Now, I am familiar with food trucks and trailers, but what I can't figure out is why a restaurant would have one in their parking lot. There are no signs or anything to indicate what's going on...

After work, I took a tour of the yard. I decided that the raised bed garden needed water, so I set that up. I wish it would rain so I could weed the rear garden. While I was out there, the smell of smoked meat wafted across the yard and teased and tormented me.

Back inside, I opened all the windows. I hate the stale smell you get when the house is closed up for weeks (either in the summer or the winter).

I returned a call from Lu. She called yesterday at 2:30 PM, saying she had a question about key lime zest and that she couldn't find the recipe for my shrimp salad in the "Recipe" section of the Blog.

She was on her way to deliver goat milk, so we talked fast. She said Jake had answered the key lime zest question. I explained the "Recipe" section of the Blog only includes recipes I either invented or changed enough to call my own. I told her I emailed her the Blog section on the day I made that recipe. She said thanks and we hung up.

I made two (yeah, TWO) BLT sandwiches for my dinner and, after turning off the sprinkler, went in to watch some TV. The Turner movie Classic (TMC) channel had a Lauren Bacall marathon yesterday and I had taped two of my favorites: "To Have and Have Not" (was you ever stung by a dead bee?) and "The Big Sleep."

I watched both of them and then went to bed.