Thank heavens work was no trouble. We were mildly steady, absolutely nothing like Wednesday. Not only that, but by the time the heavier rain started around 2 PM, more help arrived. I spent the first hour and the last hour and a half doing returns, and gathered carts and trash and recycling in between. No problems whatsoever.
Didn't need much in the way of groceries, either. I've done a lot of food shopping in the past few weeks. Restocked honey, white flour (which I had an online coupon for), yogurt, and milk. Found the most adorable little stuffed Rudolph that plays "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" when you squeeze his sides for half-price.
My schedule for next week is the best I've had in at least two or three months. Monday and Thursday off, nothing earlier than 10 or very long or late, and I'm bagging again for all but one day. Not as many hours, but after all the hours I've had the past few weeks, that may be a good thing. I'll have the chance to clean and talk to Rose about buying a new cell phone and bike.
Took Uber home in the rain. Called Mom to wish her a Happy New Year as soon as I got in and changed. She visited my sister Anny and her family on Christmas Day, then passed the rest of the week watching the Password DVD set I bought her. I'm so glad Goodson-Todman kept the vast majority of the original 60's Password. She told me she used to watch it with her grandparents at their house when she was little.
Worked on writing after I got off with Mom. They can hear Brett in the cabin, flirting with Goodson as he offers her a fine dinner and all the hospitality he has...though neither she nor her ladies are allowed to leave their cabin unless Goodson demands it. There's venom under her teasing, though...
Broke for dinner at 6:30. Match Game '75 got really wild tonight! Gene literally attacked a cameraman after he wouldn't move his lens off Avery Schreiber eating his answer. Things got so crazy, the audience booed the arrival of the commercials! Match Game PM got a little racier, with at least one question about what Tonto's catchphrase "kemosabe" really means and a few racially interesting answers, including from Jonelle Allen.
Sale of the Century started out close. The one man bought the first Instant Bargain, the champ bought the third, and the other lady got at least one Fame Game. In the end, the champ burst ahead in the Speed Round. She ended up winning a trip to Holland (and a couple of fabric tulips) on the Match the Prizes board.
Returned to Match Game, this time on YouTube, to finish the first day of 2021. While their New Year's Day episodes weren't as festive, they were often just as funny. Match Game began 1974 with one of the nuttiest contestants to ever appear on the show. She squealed and gasped at every answer she made, and threw her arms out to cheer every win...accidentally hitting Gene and the amused guy next to her in the process. Gene stumbled into the first episode of 1979 draped with streamers from the previous episode and looking more than a little bleary-eyed.
Here's the marathon the owner of the Match Game Productions channel made of all the New Year's Day or first episode of the year episodes last year, including the New Year's Day episodes of Match Game-Hollywood Squares and Match Game '90!
And here's hoping you have a wonderful New Year, matching with all the people you love!
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