Most of Thursday

I slept pretty well last night, forgot how to turn off my alarm and had some fun there. 

Got ready, got Ron ready.  Our ride was on time and we headed out.  It was a very long ride, nearly 2 hours.  Work is 20 minutes away. 

First we picked up a very feeble, bent-over old lady, clearly with a paid attendant who shoved her in the vehicle and left.  I told Ron about it later "I'm glad I'm not that bad".  He is, what does he think I do every day?  He sure can't leave by himself. 

She was a different race than the driver.  He drove around in circles even though she tried to give directions, but she was not 100% mentally.  We finally found her day care.  He unloaded her, she was very frail and had difficulty, he just stood by the vehicle and watched her struggle up the ramp, then turned and got back in the car.  She tried the door and it was locked.  She kept trying it, still locked.  He sat in the car and watched her clutching her walker, swaying slightly, jabbing at the doorbell and yanking on the door. 

Then he left with her just standing there.  I thought that was awful and said "Shouldn't we call someone?"  He just shrugged and went off to the next stop. 

The less-desirable (and we see a lot of them) apartments in Houston have many speedbumps in the parking lot to curtail bad behavior of racing the car, loud music, etc.  The thought is they will go slower and behave if they have to be deliberate.  Ron was miserable with all the bumping, and the driver wasn't careful.  I don't think he had an iota of compassion. 

We picked up a woman drenched in perfume.  She reeked.  She walked around the vehicle and examined the passengers before she got in, then said "I need to spray" and proceeded to spray MORE perfume in the vehicle.  It was a pump bottle she had put together herself, not a can of Lysol or something.  I put my window down, I didn't care what it did to my hair.  Apparently she thought it was some sort of anti viral, kind of like the people at work who treat a paper towel as a disinfecting wipe, if I just rub it around all the viruses and bacteria will go away.  She was going to a friends' house, much more important than taking us to work.  However the destination apartments did not have speed bumps which I found ironic because it was a far worse neighborhood. 

Finally got to work an unloaded Ron, took him to the bathroom. 

Then we got to work it was not terribly busy they were very unhappy with the price change (went up 10 cents in 2 years).  A lot of complaints and one woman threatening to bring in an ice chest and sell her own soda for cheaper.  That won't last long.  There are people selling candy periodically but they are so expensive to begin with no one wants to pay fair market. 

We did all the stocking, I did an inventory.  I took the money out (not much) and counted it.  We went to the bank and turned it into something more spendable.  I got the last of my pay. 

We went through a drive through on the way home.  I got a couple of double cheese burgers.  They messed up Cleo's burger.  I came home, ate, and took my pills.  I had done them up yesterday. 

Then I took a nap, not a great one but I feel recharged.  I made a phone call and handled a financial matter.  I had a hemp smoke in the driveway, in my trusty chair (they brought the other one back from storage).  The dumpster is gone I called for pickup, I will not have time to do Ron's room and work.  I will check the mail in about an hour. 

Baby Girl is next to me on the couch she has become more cuddly with me lately.  She is a good little cat and utterly devoted to Ron. 

Torbie was in my bed for a while earlier, and was outside when I had the hemp, I haven't seen her since. 

Tomorrow looks to be busy we go to Sam's Club and try to get inventory, take it to work and stock.  Later on I go to Walmart to get some medication.  Ron said he would take me but I want to keep him out of the public if at all possible. 

I also need to talk to my bank about my debit card which is about to expire, are they sending a new one or do I need to do that at the bank?  We will see.