Called Uber after the episode ended. No trouble here today. The driver going to the Westmont Acme arrived in 7 minutes. The one going home came in 5 minutes. No traffic, either, not even on Cuthbert Road at quarter of 1.
Surprisingly, considering what the weather is supposed to be like this weekend, the Acme wasn't any busier than normal, either. I was just making an ordinary trip myself. Restocked granola, coconut milk, sliced chicken, granola bars, probiotic soda, apples, and yogurt. Opted to get cheaper and easier to store whole wheat tortillas for wraps instead of sandwich bread. Blood oranges are finally in season (my favorite citrus fruit), and those yummy sweet "Jam Grapes" and "Candy Snaps" red grapes I love were on good sales with an online coupon. Found strawberry thumbprint cookies on the bakery clearance rack, and treated myself to a slice of red velvet cake on sale. No Fresca, but they did have a display of the new Coke Cherry Float Zero, so I got two of those.
Looked up my schedule when I got home and put everything away. It's pretty much the same as this week with slightly more hours on Sunday and next Saturday. We'll see if I can actually go in on Sunday. I don't want to call out again (I've already called out three times in the past month, either because of my knee or the weather), but we are supposed to get snow this weekend.
Watched Good Times while I put everything away and ate lunch. "Junior Has a Patron," wealthy Leroy Jackson (Ed Cambridge) who is willing to fund J.J's art. James is furious when he finds out. Leroy once bet on a horse with all his money and lost. He won't let J.J work with him, which leads to Junior moving out. J.J discovers, however, that he can't work without his family's constant noise...and his parents find that they miss him.
The Evans parents are up in arms when they discover an essay entitled "Sexual Behavior In the Ghetto." Florida thinks it's J.J's, but his only thought is of the ever-changing stream of luscious ladies he's been dating. James thinks it's Thelma, who has been gushing over a handsome college student beau (Phillip Michael Thomas). Turns out "Sex and the Evans Family" isn't as explicit as they think, nor does it come from the source they assume.
Headed for the school after Good Times ended. No trouble here, either. The Uber driver going to school arrived in 7 minutes. The one going home was originally supposed to come in 5, but he canceled, and the next took 10 minutes. At least there was no traffic either way.
Things started out pretty crazy. The cafeteria was still set up for a magic-themed assembly held there earlier, so the kids had to sit against the walls while we waited for the magicians to clean up their props and the custodians to pull out the tables. My kids barely had the chance to play before they went to the bathrooms. The girls were really wild in there, making a mess again and sliding all over the slippery floor when I told them not to.
We couldn't get into the library right away, either. They were holding a party for one of the school clubs there. The head teacher read stories to them after snack time before they cleared out and we could head in. Most of the kids danced to music from Bluey, KPop Demon Hunters, PJ Masks, and kid-ized versions of (relatively) recent hit songs. Two of the older boys ran around and played with Legos before they got a little too crazy and had to be separated. The kids loved seeing me draw Hilary, Betty, and Maple fighting a snake man and Snake-Man Jeff leading the trio out of the castle through an underground tunnel.
It had been raining off and on all day, though it hadn't rained heavily since that morning. It was finally gone by 5:30, and most of the snow went with it. It remained cloudy, cold, and damp for the entire day, though.
Had dinner and watched Match Game Syndicated when I got home. Most of the episodes finished out the week with George Kennedy, Elaine Joyce, Dick Martin, and Betty White. In one episode, Gene talked for so long about the universe and the cosmos, the entire panel but a genuinely fascinated Dick Martin walked off the set, and then the lights went out! David Doyle and Susan Sullivan were in the last episode of the night.
Finished out the night with more She-Ra and the Princesses of Power. Mermista goes into film noir turf again as she seeks out "The Perils of Peekablue." She brings Perfuma, Scorpia, and Sea Hawk to help her find Prince Peekablue, who supposedly can see into the future, at a local club. Trouble is, not only do half the people at the club know Sea Hawk and don't like him, but the other half already have been fitted with the mind-control chips. Not to mention, Peekablue is far from what Mermista thinks he is...but they do manage to discover that there's a blockade around the planet that won't let Adora's ship through.
Adora is willing to make a "Shot In the Dark" when Wrong Hordak, the clone they saved from Horde Prime's ship, claims Horde Prime's weakness can be found at Krytis. Turns out that what they find there are First Ones ruins, a ton of magic, and a cat-like creature named Melog with magic of its own that bonds with Catra. They come to the conclusion that it's magic that can take down Horde Prime and make use of Melog's stealth magic to get them past the blockade.
Even when they land on Etheria, "An Ill Wind" has separated the Rebellion and terrified the planet. Adora leads her party to the nearest town, which has also been corrupted by the mind-control chips. The residents are utterly terrified, claiming princesses have been attacking them. Not all of them. Netossa saves them from her mind-controlled wife Spinnerella, and almost rescues her. When She-Ra joins them to help liberate the town, she says they'll do anything to save both Etheria and Netossa's beloved lady.
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