Work was even less of a problem. We were even quieter this morning than we were yesterday. As I mentioned, there simply isn't much going on right now. We're not even really supposed to get snow this time. By the time it started getting busier, I was on my way out.
I changed, then called Uber. They arrived within 7 minutes this time...but I wasn't going home. I really didn't want to put off running errands at the Westmont Plaza again now that I'm feeling better. He dropped me off at Target in five minutes, despite some after-lunch traffic on Cuthbert. The young woman who took me home came in four minutes and got me home in less than five.
Target was even less busy than the Acme had been. For once, I had no trouble getting into line. Didn't find the mouthwash I wanted, but I did buy granola bars and larger bags of cough drops. Had a sweet-earthy matcha latte and a messy turkey-pesto-pepper sandwich at Starbucks for lunch. (And I got there just in time. I was eating my sandwich when the line started picking up.)
Sprouts was a little busier. Restocked granola bars, coconut milk, and Olipop and Nixie soda (the former with an online coupon). Found white chocolate-macadamia nut cookies on the bakery clearance racks. Bananas are cheaper at Sprouts than they are at the Acme by 20 cents. Got brown sugar, mango slices, and more of that tasty European hot oatmeal with dates out of the bulk bins.
Took the recycling out when I got home, then finally called T-Mobile to find out what was going on with my account. To make a long story short, we ended up redoing my account. I can now get into it online...and switch it over to Boost Mobile tomorrow. The lady who helped me was really nice, but that doesn't mean any of this should have happened in the first place or I don't still need a new phone.
Put everything away while watching The Harder They Come. I go further into this Jamaican cult favorite from the 70's at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog.
Switched to Match Game Syndicated during dinner. Abigail "Dear Abby" Van Buren and comedian Jack Carter joined in for the shenanigans in the first episodes. Jack and Gene sang "It's a Hot Time In the Old Town" for Bill Daily and a sweet older lady contestant when she won with him on the Audience Match. They even ended up dancing together. The next week featured Robert Walden, Elaine Joyce, Joyce Bulifant in increasingly strange wigs, and a nice contestant named Ginger who gave a rather notoriously weird answer to what a jock centipede would buy...and would give an even weirder answer in the next episode...
Finished the night with the original cast album for Hallelujah, Baby! Leslie Uggams became a stage star in this look at 60 years of black history, from cakewalks in "The Slice" to the jubilant title song and "Now Is the Time" in the finale. Though Uggams and Robert Hooks as her perpetually protesting boyfriend sound great and some of the songs aren't bad, just reading the back of the album lets me see the problems here. The story is too disjointed and tries to cram too much in. Hooks' character in particular and the over-reliance on white character actors made this seem dated even when it came out. It won a Best Musical Tony in 1967 more due to a lack of competition than its own merits. Worth hearing at least once for some good songs if you love Uggams or want to hear some Jules Styne and Comden and Green that haven't been done to death.
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