A day out on the bus

I slept pretty well last night, a very long sleep, and am less manic today.  Ron gave me some money this morning and I decided to go to Walmart.  On the bus. 

That would get my "outing" but I couldn't get into much trouble.  I needed to get new shoes to replace the ones Biscuit wrecked, for instance, and I wanted to get some "color treated" shampoo in case I do go with the purple rinse. 

I like to be deliberate in my choices, these days.  I probably broke a fashion rule, I wore faded black capris, a black t-shirt, black sneakers and white ankle socks.  Pretty sure the last broke a rule but I was riding the bus.  To Walmart.  So not real worried about impressing anyone. 

I left and waited a while at the bus stop, texted the bus company, they said another half an hour!  AUGH.  But the bus came 2 minutes later so glad to see Next Bus Texting is still messed up.  They are in my phone book. 

Got on the bus, rode to the transit center.  Whenever I ride the bus there is always a cripple somewhere along the route, who boards, to remind me of Ron.  Every single time. 

I think it's because they get free rides if they jump through a few hoops. 

I got to the transit center and took out my waterproof Bible, read a couple of Psalms and the bus came.  Interestingly enough, no one else boarded the bus, I had my own private bus and pick of the seats.  I picked some forward facing ones. 

I could have stood to bring another drink with me, I got pretty dried out at the transit center.  You cannot (not supposed to, or could get a ticket) eat or drink on the bus.  You could probably get away with feeding a toddler/baby but not adults. 

We picked up the disabled guy, a woman with a cart, a couple of homeless guys who didn't want to pay, and some very loud and vulgar young men who had a loud conversation.  I got off in front of the Walmart. 

I got a cart that had clearly been sitting in the sun for a while, UV is a natural disinfectant so good deal for me.  I pushed it to the store.  I was pretty dry so I got a soda from the vending machine, they are always nice and chilly cold.  I drank half of that and then did my shopping. 

I got a bottle of color treated shampoo from Suave, some female products, soda (diet Mountain Dew, addicted to the stuff), looked around, got the shoes (same as what I was wearing), socks, etc.  I went over to the jerky section and found Ron's new favorite meat stick.  2 sticks have 7 grams of protein and that is excellent for Mr I Don't Want Anything.  He will munch on those all day. 

So I got 10 pouches.  [Ron was thrilled when I presented them]  I left plenty for the other customers. 

I was done, after I got some water filters for the cats' fountains.  I remembered how much I had liked these protein "cake bites", and bought 2 boxes of them.  They taste like a vanilla cake, but are low sugar and have 20 grams of protein.  I will have to try one on Ron. 

Then I checked out.  I called Arturo who came in 15 minutes (I was a little out of his home range).  We had a good ride home and I got everything in the house in one trip. 

I gave Ron his jerky (thrilled, and he started eating one) and put everything away.  I used to have a bad habit of bringing stuff in and just dumping it, too depressed to put it away.  Now I put things away before I sit down. 

I am getting ready to take a nap.  Ron is waiting on an alcohol delivery, I will not help - I never help - but after all the racket of that is done I will lie down for a little bit.  I will take a walk when I get up, I already laid out my clothes for that. 

I didn't do a huge amount of workouts this week but I got my goal of 150 minutes cardio, and two kettlebell workouts. 

Ron lost 2 of his urinals, I can't find them.  Not sure what happened there, but at least they were capped.  He still has 2 left so not a crisis.  I am drinking some diet juice so he can get that bottle when I finish. 

The cats have been good, it is sunny, humid, and hot outside so they are happy to be in the air conditioning. 

I'll post again after my walk.