My Inner Sanctum: 2024: COMPLAINTS

January 6

Trying to play the lottery on the self serve machine

January 24

Wednesday was lovely NOT for walking.Left here for Hyannis errands at 10am- got back here a bit before 2pm.First stop Harwich hardware store for a burglar bar for door here. I have one that I like- could I duplicate that? no. Masters company decided to improve on that company's simple design and make something awkward and cumbersome with lynch pins that fall out. I will have to check youtube for some videos. The print is so small on the packaging. Then to South Dennis Stop & Shop for mini Poland Spring water bottles. The closest place to me. Got 2 12 packs. While in the store I almost turned around and left. The smell of fish was overpowering. Wondered why more people were NOT grimacing. I did more than my share. Headed to Hyannis on rt 28. Major road construction everywhere and people directing traffic holding up a tiny sign you cannot see. Joanns was dismal but got a cake of yarn. Trader Joes super busy had to ask where the chocolate was. Good thing as it was out of my reach even on tip toe. Completed the aggravation with Whole Foods and still no parking. Kohl's for jeans and the floor was so shiny and slippery I almost fell even with my cane. no jeans. Then to top it all off Old Navy looking like they are going out of business and who wears these clothes? no v neck tank tops ( used to be stacks of the all year) no flannel shirts in men's , no pajama bottoms. Pouring rain at each stop LOL rt 6A back here to avoid the "city" crap. Ordered jeans on amazon and a warming sauce pan for heating up my coffee.

January 27

Seaside Cannabis

After a morning of the epitome of SNAFU I decided to check out Seaside Cannabis in Orleans.Let me preface this with saying I drive anywhere and park anywhere that does not have flashing red lights and a huge DO NOT ENTER sign. I am more focused on not mowing someone down or shredding tires.

So I parked in the back (front was full)of Seaside Cannabis. Locked the truck and walked to the front taking photos as I stumbled along. I get to the front and see the sign saying "customer entrance in rear"If I see that phrase one more time I will think the world is full of gay porn shops.

So go back to the truck to get my cane- did enough unassisted walking. Walk to the ramp. Anyone who has mobility issues knows by now that the ramps are the worst. This one was even slippery. and was a long walk with a couple of turns. At least the door opens upon sensing a body is approaching. First thing- I am asked for an ID and am now scanned into the system. I hope they have a record of me leaving. I ask if they have cut flowers. no we have buds. I sort of suspected as much. But I have been searching for cut flowers unsucessfully. Just want one or 2. I do not need them wrapped or anything just hand me the cut flower.

Then I ask where the incense is located. They do not have incense.

What sort of head shop does not have incense I wonder. So I thank him as he acts amazed I do not smoke or eat edibles. But geez maybe for gift giving some day. So I wobble down the ramp and get in the truck and head for Agway next door. I thought they sold plants. I walk in and my senses are hit with the smell of dry pet food. I recover from that and ask the cashier if they have cut flowers. She thought and hestitated an said she did not think so.

I could hardly wait for my coffee back here and my Greek yogurt etc.

oh and the person taking the ID had hands that did not match his body or shirt.

January 28

Pouring rain and laundry day at last. 2 weeks worth so it was lugging bags of dirty laundry (at least 8 of them) from truck to washer. Having 2 bags after sorting that would not fit. Then lugging clean wet laundry to the truck and bringing that up the apartment. back to laundry for the dried stuff. Back and forth in the rain to transport it all. So needless to note my outer hat was soaking wet. ragged Winter jacket was soaking wet and my hiking boots which are supposed to be water resistant were soggy.

February 3

RANT & KNOT HACK.

I bought a duplicate pair of Merrell hiking boots a couple of years ago. I had a gift certificate and money towards them and it was back when I thought nothing of driving over 10 miles for something. I wore them maybe once in the Summer and then set
them aside for when the old pair wore out. Well last week in a deluge of rain while doing laundry the old pair got soggy wet. They were not drying out even taken apart. So last Monday it was time to put the "new" ones in service. Imagine my ire when I found the laces were short. Thick boot socks on etc. And the laces were stiff from the beginning. I tried short lacing them that is a short cut to a backache. So too late to return them. I checked my vast collection of new & used laces. Had a pair of really long laces like the short ones but soft and pliable. ONLY drawback. there were multiple tight knots close to the aglet. Then I remembered trying to loosen those knots over the years and giving up. Google to the rescue. found a shallow lid and filled it with water. soaked the knots for 10 minutes. Still tight. Another 10 minutes and voila- knots undone. In the process realized the lace wicks the water out of the lid.

Feb 24

Crazy busy day 8am-noon local errands then ate a snack and headed to Hyannis around 1pm back at 4pm. I am tired and no coffee!

Elephant in the room

Did a thing. Was going to burn my father's correspondence he died in 1985. A ritual burn would have been too good. So to UPS Store and handed the 2 lbs of toxic over to UPS shredder service. at 76 I figured it was about time.