I hurried downstairs after that, but...I couldn't get a ride for 13 minutes. I ended up being late. Having learned my lesson, I called Uber early to get me to Thomas Sharp School. They picked me up in 4 minutes and was there in plenty of time. I debated walking home, but decided I was too hot and too tired. I didn't mind waiting 10 minutes, which wasn't bad during the height of rush hour.
After all that, there were absolutely no problems at the Acme whatsoever. It showered around 11:30-12 PM. Other than that, the Acme was pretty quiet. It was still way too hot for March, and now it was too humid, too. At least it kept the customers away. Plus, there's nothing really major going on right now. The next major holiday is St. Patrick's Day next week, and not everyone celebrates that. I had no trouble gathering carts and sweeping, other than getting a tiny bit wet running back to the store during that shower.
By the time I finished my shift and was strolling to the Audubon Crossings Shopping Center in the back of the Acme, the rain was just ending and the sun was coming out. Since I had a heavy meal out with Jessa last night, I went with a nice, light Japanese lunch at Futomaki's. Had salad with Japanese dressing, clear spicy soup, and salmon hibachi - barbecue salmon with sauteed vegetables and fried rice. Very yummy, and just enough for one sitting.
Since the weather continued to hold out, I stopped at Sonic on the way back to treat myself to a peanut butter milkshake. They were busy with the last of the lunch crowd and I had to wait a few minutes on the patio. They brought out a manual payment machine for the card, too. Apparently, they had a new system that was booting up and hadn't finished yet. At least the milkshake was nice and cold...and very peanutty!
Briefly picked up Native shampoo and conditioner when I got back to the Acme. My head is still itchy, but I don't have dandruff. I think it's dry scalp from perimenopause. I'm hoping these will help more than the Head and Shoulders did.
I went to the after-school program a little bit early, which proved to be a good thing. We had 24 kids today, all of them excited about being able to go outside again. At the 9 at my table were quick cleaner-uppers and not too bad in the bathrooms other than some giggly girls.
Considering how noisy they were in the cafeteria, it's probably just as well that we did get them outside and let them run around...for the first 20-30 minutes or so. By 4:30, the sun had come back out, and it was 82 degrees and thickly humid. Most of the kids ended up in the shade by the school or under trees, or looking out to the street over the chain link fence to wave to dog-walkers and parents picking up their children. I did have to argue with an older boy about the swings, but he recovered quickly when the head teacher pulled out that bubble wand! By the time I left, there were five younger kids still there...and four of them opted to go back outside and play ball games with the big kids on the blacktop.
After I got home, I watched The Price Is Right. Alas, I came in just as a lady got the wrong number on "Squeeze Play." The Showcases went better. For one thing, there was an utterly hilarious spoof of "Little Red Riding Hood" with Johnny Olson as one of the most unlikely Little Reds in history and someone describing prizes in a truly ugly Wolf costume. For another, one lady got really close and picked up a car and a bedroom furniture set when the other lady went over.
Match Game Syndicated was even more fun. McLean Stevenson spent his week caught between resident blonde beauties Elaine Joyce and Eva Gabor (and their considerable...assets), while Brett enjoyed goofy Dick Martin sitting next to her. One of the contestants even brought along his beautiful bird artwork, which Eva, Elaine, and Brett got to happily show off.
Finished the night with Hart to Hart. Jonathan and Jennifer become "Hunted Harts" when they're lured to a big game ranch in South America owned by a couple who just lost their funding when a reclusive millionaire pulled out. Turns out the millionaire was bested by Jonathan in a big business deal and intends to take vengeance by hunting down Jonathan on the game preserve. Jonathan and Jennifer have to keep one step ahead of him and avoid the wild animals and the heat.
(Oh, and the rain did return around 9:30 - 10 PM, with a vengeance. We had a nice little thunder storm going there for a while. The rain's long gone, but it remains gale-force windy.)
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