Called Uber after the cartoon ended. It was getting late, and I needed to make a very grocery run. Uber picked me up within 6 minutes at home and 10 at the Acme, not bad for between 1 and 2 PM. There wasn't any bulk dried fruit on sale this week, but I hadn't had golden raisins in a while, and they weren't that expensive. Probiotic soda and sparkling water were on sale, though. Restocked coconut milk and found peanut butter cookies and one of those bags of almond butter and jelly sandwiches with chips, water, applesauce, and a cookie on clearance.
I walked the five or so minutes from Sprouts, past the Haddon Township Library, McDonald's, and the high school to the Westmont Acme. It was sunny, but cold and blustery, with a blistering blue sky that was so intense, it almost hurt to look at it. I hurried along as fast as I can, pushing at the still fairly strong wind.
The Acme wasn't much busier than Sprouts had been. I was mainly restocking apples, oranges, granola, and yogurt here. Made Good granola bars and Cove probiotic soda were on too good of a sale to resist. Found a clearance container of gingerbread cake, too. I still have 10 percent off coupons from when I got my vaccinations back in November, and had online coupons for the yogurt. Grabbed Fresca and Diet Coke With Lime from the coolers.
Had a quick lunch when I got home while watching the Disney Muppet Babies. Gonzo is so addicted to racing and winning, he insists on "The Great Gonzo's Desert Grand Prix" to prove he's the best. He keeps cheating, until Statler and Waldorf remind him that it's no fun to win a race of one. "Animal Kong" throws a fit when he can't play the drums during quiet time. The others think of every possible way to calm him down, but it's Summer who figures out what he really needs.
Hurried off to the school even before the episode ended. Once again, we were pretty busy, with 26 pre-schoolers and kindergartners running around. Despite the sunny day, it was still too cold for them to go outside. I did read them a Thomas the Tank Engine book and a book about a boy who deals with a dragon that moved into his sandcastle while they finished their snacks, and two of them played with my Timex watch (while it was on my wrist) and gave me hugs. Two more hugged my legs as we got organized to spend the rest of the day in the library.
Which got really wild. The kids doing the drawing were fascinated by my Hilary and the Beasts artwork of Eagle (Victor), Maple, Puppy (Enid), and Mrs. Fox (Gertie), but the ones playing with rubber food and bristle blocks kept throwing everything around. Three girls argued over one of the sheets of paper on the back tables intended for stenciling. Several kids built an enormous tower of magnetic tiles...right where the head teacher wanted to set up a dance party. We basically had to scold them to clean up that mess, then the toys and books that had been thrown all over the small room. It was rather a relief when we finally moved those that remained to the cafeteria around quarter of 5 to join the older kids.
Made a quick stop at Speedy Mart on the way home for bagels, then went straight upstairs to finish putting my groceries away, have dinner, and watch Match Game Syndicated. The first week showcased McLean Stevenson between two lovely comediennes, Dolly Martin and Elaine Joyce. (And I'd love to know how they talked Elaine into the sixth "comedienne" seat. I did hear she wasn't fond of sitting on the end.) The last hour brought in character actress Sharon Farrell, impressionist Richard Paul, and Betty White for the second half of that wild week with the guy whose laugh supposedly woke up his children in the morning and Sharon's array of somewhat revealing fashions.
Finally got my schedule at this point as well. It's...identical to this week, with slightly later and fewer hours next Saturday, and earlier hours on Sunday. The Sunday morning bagger must have taken the day off. I have Monday off, and since school is also closed that day and I have an after-school program meeting on Tuesday evening, I texted Jessa to see if she wanted to do lunch on Monday.
Finished the night with more Remember WENN. Hilary is convinced by Dusty Foxx (Rue McClanahan), the wife of the owner of Midas Hand Lotions, to sponsor a gossip show. The show is quickly canceled when all the gossip is about Hilary. She's even more devastated when she learns that Dusty wants her off the soap The Hands of Time. With Maple's encouragement, she becomes "The Diva Who Wouldn't Die," doing anything she can to stave off fictional death and keep her character on the air!
"Behind Every Great Woman" brings in another Broadway diva and rival to Hilary. Ruth Geddy (Donna Murphy) isn't nearly as pleasant as Grace Cavendish mostly was, either. Betty hears Hilary and Jeff talk about Hilary having been in a musical and decides to do a musical show around her talents. Hilary, however, freezes on the air, and Betty has to sing for her. Hilary is fine with letting this state of affairs continue, until the others discover the deception and bring down the curtain on Hilary's lies.
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