Got absolutely soaked out walking last night

After shopping last night at the grocery store, I decided it was a nice night for a walk, especially as I didn’t get in early to walk the Concourse yesterday and hurried home to get to Walmart after work. But I should have checked the radar.

About as far away from home as possible on my 2 1/2 mile walk around superblock past the high school  the sky just absolutely opened up. A complete soaking downpour, I was dripping when I got home and stripped down and climbed into my bed with the heated blanket. That felt good as it’s kind of cold in my apartment with the heat off for the year. I refuse to turn it back on until November unless we get some temperatures into the low-to-mid 20s when I have to worry about pipes freezing.

Hell of it is that I took the bus both ways yesterday, so to avoid the rain. It was fine but I almost missed the transfer from the shuttle to the express bus home. The express left right on time and the shuttle was late. It’s always a very tight transfer, the only way I regularly make it is to run over to the Capitol and get the bus from there as there isn’t enough time at the bus turnaround. Today, though I’m riding in despite the cold and dampness and certain massive puddles on Erie Boulevard. Maybe I should check the radar before leaving.

Ninety five bucks in groceries , that seemed abusive but  at least it was only two digits. Fucking inflation, though a big part of that cost was feeding my caffeine addiction with another one of those large plastic containers of coffee that I think is now like $15. I really hate that throwaway plastic, though they do make good containers for compost and ice blocks for camp and sometimes containers for burnable trash at camp. I do sometimes also put them in my parents recycling bin, especially when I accumulate a lot of them. It’s shocking how expensive coffee has gotten later, maybe I do need to start popping more caffeine pills or otherwise quit  my caffeine addiction. This morning was asparagus, onions, garlic, corn, mushrooms and some eggs for breakfast. Asparagus is good this time of year now that it’s starting to become avaliable for cheap. Also some ground oatmeal and frozen sweet cherries   with sugar free maple syrup for dessert. I should some of the real stuff soon. Just not in glass, lol.

Looks like another shitty wet weekend ahead. Truth is that I am very desperate in my mind to get just one night in the wilderness, it’s been much too long and I’m struggling to keep my sanity stuck here in the city, in my cold and dark apartment as I’m sick and tired of winter and the electric bills.  At some point I know winter will break, along with the rains and wind, but it’s been a tough March. Hopefully in the next few weeks though I can get up to Adirondacks for a nights in woods and have a nice fire.