Garbage Day

I took the trash to the road in a sharp, cold North wind. Brrr…

At work, Vicky said the Christmas tree fell over because it was missing one leg on the stand. I told her I’d check my attic and car trunk as it was standing up before I picked it up and loaded it.

I had to run to Bed Bath & Beyond in Westland, so I ate lunch at the Newburgh Grille. I had a cup of the bean and ham soup (they make pretty good bean and ham soup, but don’t even try the chicken and dumpling soup – it totally sucks) and a patty melt (what can I say? I like patty melts!)

At Bed bath & Beyond I bought a humidifier (I had a 20% off coupon). My nose has been stuffed up in the morning and I would have normally just went up in the attic and got mine, but I realized I threw it away at the end of last winter.

The rain started at 1:00 PM instead of the 6:00 PM they forecast on the morning news. So, I was stuck with just my jacket, not my raincoat. Believe it or not, it was pitch-black, nighttime dark at like 4:00 PM. Driving home on the expressway in the dark and the rain was interesting.

In for the night, I went up into the attic before I changed clothes. I have lights in the attic, but I even took a flashlight with me to look under things. But, there was no sign of a missing tree stand foot.

I watched the evening news and then warmed up the rest of the meatloaf and a baked potato for dinner. This time I warmed up a jar of store-bought beef gravy. That totally fixed the “blandness” problem.

I watched a little TV after setting up the humidifier, but I went to bed early.