It was raining when I got up this morning, and looked like it had been raining all night. Even though it was down to a heavy mist by the time I went to work, this was no day for bike rides. I called Uber. The one going there had to dodge road work on Nicholson Road. For some reason, instead of following the detour signs, they went all the way around to the Black Horse Pike. I barely got there on time. Thankfully, the road work had ended by 1:30, allowing the driver to take me home the usual way down Nicholson with no trouble.
Truth be told, I probably could have been infinitely late. We were dead the entire morning. The rain and cold weather must have cleared out our customers. Not to mention, it's the middle of the week and the middle of the only month with no major holidays or anything going on. The mist stopped within a half-hour of my arrival, but it started up again when I left and has been off-and-on ever since. No trouble whatsoever. I barely had carts to gather.
Since I needed to pick up those prescriptions the gynecologist gave me yesterday, I grabbed a few other things while I waited. The Acme is having an online buy two, get one free sale on the "lunch packs," plastic containers with tuna or egg salad, grapes, crackers, and cubed cheeses. I got one with egg salad and one with tuna, along with a pack of sliced fruit. (The peaches and nectarines I bought last week went bad rather quickly.) Picked up huge s'mores cookies from the bakery clearance racks, too.
After I got home, I watched Paw Patrol while having lunch and taking my new medications. "Pups Save the Space Alien" whose ship crash-landed at Farmer Yumi's farm, when they can get around his bubbles that leave cows and pups in mid-air. Marshall's excited about entering his frog in the jumping frog contest, but when his slimy friend ends up in Skye's airplane, "Pups Save a Flying Frog" and gets him to the competition on time.
Spent the rest of the afternoon napping. I've had a long couple of months, and I've been up way beyond too late recently, writing ideas and working on stories. I went down around quarter after 2 and emerged at 4:30, slightly more refreshed.
Worked on Hilary and the Beasts after that. Hilary and her sisters depart that very night, with Betty and Maple swearing to Bear and Eagle that they will return before the end of the week. They arrive at home to find Mackie laying on the couch in the living room, sick with the flu. Hilary bustles around, insisting on making chicken soup and hot lemon tea. Mackie asks her how she escaped the monster...and in spite of herself, even though she's frustrated with Troll's behavior, she defends him as far from a monster.
Listened to records while I worked. One of the stars I recognized on Celebrity Squares was Barbara Windsor, who was hilarious as Hortense, the French maid, in the 1971 Ken Russell The Boy Friend. She can be heard attempting her (bad) French accent in "Perfect Young Ladies" and leading the ensemble in "Sur La Plage," and even gets a number to herself, "It's Nicer In Nice." Twiggy was the actual star, and she's just as enchanting, especially in the charming "I Could Be Happy With You" and wistful "All I Do Is Dream of You."
While the show doesn't seem to be online, I love the soundtrack from The Roaring 20's. Dorothy Provine leads a female chorus through songs associated with the Era of Wonderful Nonsense, including such lesser-known hits of the time as "Crazy Words - Crazy Tune," "Doin' the Raccoon," and "When the Pussywillow Whispers to the Catnip." (Provine's success with this album seems to have made her the go-to lady for songs from the early 20th century during the 60's. I have an album of her singing numbers from the 1910's as well.)
Watched Match Game Syndication during dinner. They started off with the week featuring one of the least-likely male ingenues. Hulking "Jaws" Richard Kiel broke several "big guy" stereotypes by being a genuinely nice guy with a family who played pretty well. The fact that he appeared on the same week as diminutive Paul Williams came in for quite a bit of ribbing as well. Tough-guy Scoey Mitchell, giggly Dolly Martin, and flirtatious Debralee Scott were on the next week.
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