Chocolate is out

Last night about 7 PM, I realized I was totally exhausted. I went to bed at 8 and lay awake for the usual long while, then I finally dropped off and slept at least 11 hours straight. I woke up with a mild headache and came to a sad conclusion: Chocolate is OUT. The last 3 times I ate sugarfree chocolate, I got a bad headache. If it progresses the way the peanuts did, eventually headache will undergo a horrifying metamorphasis into migraine. I don't want that, so chocolate's out.

I was really suprised today when I got home from work, tired, went to bed. I slept about 3 hours, and I'm kind of tired again. But the fatigue is a small, minor, price to pay when it comes to my sanity. Ron was having a rough day today and was a little snarly, but I was able to put it into the perspective of "Ron's a little snarly, he must not have slept enough last night" and go on, not taking it personally. I like that.

I'm hearing a lot of thunder right now. The sky's dark, I can see thunder and lightning, but it's not raining over here (seems to be west of us). I really enjoy thunderstorms. My only real gripe is that I can't hear them as well, Ron has a couple of fans running all the time to keep the electric bill down. I don't begrudge him that but I love to hear as much as I can. Oooh, the wind's picking up. The bushes are writhing. God, I missed thunderstorms when we lived in CA.

Our sandwich guy, Ray, gave me some good advice yesterday. He advised me to check Frosty's paw to see if a burr or something was making him limp. Sure enough, he had a small scratch on one of his pads. Frosty's walking a lot better now and we didn't have to terrorize him with a vet visit. He HATES the vet's office. I think it's the smells, the barking dogs, and those horrible instruments. The first time Frosty went to the vet he got neutered. So, I called Ray and thanked him. I love how Ray told me, "All my other Monday deliveries are putting it off 'till Tuesday, so let me know what you're doing." I asked Ron to call Ray and let him know we'll wait 'till Tuesday, too. Tuesday, what an exciting day it will be. 4 deliveries!

We'll be at work on Monday but just to check on the machines. The new microwaves are working out well, the food machines are behaving, and snack sales seemed slow. I didn't get the snack machines today but I will tomorrow.

We had to raise milk prices yesterday; 80 cents per 8 ounces. My sister can remember milk prices of 5 cents. Ron can remember 4 cents. I think it was 20 cents to a quarter for me. This is the first time I can recall seeing such inflation. Green beans, for instance, 40 cents at the beginning of the year, now they're 46 cents. 2 liter generic soda, 50 cents to 67 cents. I remember in economics class they always told us "Recession, drop interest rates and taxes; inflation, raise interest rates and taxes." So, have "they" done that? I haven't paid attention, honestly, but it's disturbing to see prices go up every time I turn around. Take our milk, if we were getting our food cost percentage "right" the milk would cost 90 cents.

I don't think our customers would "go" for that!