52/401-402: Gross Aeries
Apr. 10th, 2026 09:30 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rejectomorphGroceries were fetched today, and a pleasant surprise was the availability of my favorite donuts for the first time in six weeks. Only one item was substituted, and only one other was unavailable. After my niece dropped the groceries off and I got most of them put way I went out to check the mail, and found my issue of Wired, only slightly dampened with water from early morning's rain wicked up from the mailbox floor. It was good timing, as half an hour after I brought it in there was sudden overcast and thunder and the sky opened again for a good half hour.
There is apt to be more rain tonight, and on both Saturday and Sunday. I think I can forget about my climate credit covering my entire utility bill for April. Even when milder days return next week, the highs will be only in the seventies, and and nocturnal lows will mostly be in the forties. The next high of eighty won't be until Friday the 24th. That will be my next shopping day, and the utility bill should arrive by then so I can write my check for six bucks, or whatever ridiculous little sum it is, and get it mailed off in a timely manner. If I were still getting out and about, I might combine a visit to Piggy's (PG&E's) office with a trip downtown. I don't think they can refuse to accept cash payment in person at their office, or charge any kind of extra fee for it. They do charge a fee for paying by phone or online with a credit or debit card. Utility companies are not admirable.
I can't say much about Thursday, because I don't remember it. There is a vague impression that I slept through nine or ten daylight hours, but that was so long ago I can't be sure. It was a troubling time, I suppose. I'm glad those days are gone. I'll probably be glad when today is gone, too, which it will be in about an hour. I think I will make some tea and eat a couple of cookies, then hit the proverbial hay. Maybe the rain will come back to sing me to sleep.
There is apt to be more rain tonight, and on both Saturday and Sunday. I think I can forget about my climate credit covering my entire utility bill for April. Even when milder days return next week, the highs will be only in the seventies, and and nocturnal lows will mostly be in the forties. The next high of eighty won't be until Friday the 24th. That will be my next shopping day, and the utility bill should arrive by then so I can write my check for six bucks, or whatever ridiculous little sum it is, and get it mailed off in a timely manner. If I were still getting out and about, I might combine a visit to Piggy's (PG&E's) office with a trip downtown. I don't think they can refuse to accept cash payment in person at their office, or charge any kind of extra fee for it. They do charge a fee for paying by phone or online with a credit or debit card. Utility companies are not admirable.
I can't say much about Thursday, because I don't remember it. There is a vague impression that I slept through nine or ten daylight hours, but that was so long ago I can't be sure. It was a troubling time, I suppose. I'm glad those days are gone. I'll probably be glad when today is gone, too, which it will be in about an hour. I think I will make some tea and eat a couple of cookies, then hit the proverbial hay. Maybe the rain will come back to sing me to sleep.
