Cool and damp, but no one could say for sure whether it will rain… I’m going with overcast but not raining… yesterday ended up gorgeous. Mid 70sF, sunny, light breeze… please sir, can I have some more??
After a slow start, I did get out and dropped off some bins at one of my auctioneers. He’s trying to downsize his building rental so he didn’t want all that I was hoping to bring. In a couple of weeks he’ll be ready for more. I hope. I’ll do some more sorting and see what I can take to my other auction house. Her next sale is ‘collectibles’ so I have to sort and only send her stuff that would fit with that.
I’ll do some of that today if the rain holds off. I need to do some more cleaning up around the house too. While I’m sorting, stuff tends to pile up. Not something my wife likes to see.
If the rain comes, well, I’ve got stuff to do in that case too.
Out in the world, violence, particularly political violence, seems to be ramping up. Be mindful of your surroundings, where you are, and who you are there with. And although FBI stats suggest that most shootouts are less than 8 rounds, carry a reload. Might be a second guy, might be you missed, but throwing your empty gun at an aggressor isn’t gonna do much.
And have a blow out kit, or stop the bleed kit handy. Could be in your desk at work, could be in your car, could be both… or in your “murse” ie. EDC carry bag, but have access to what you need to help keep the red stuff on the inside…
I hit the local HEB grocery store last night to add to the stacks. Bought stuff that wasn’t even on sale. Added stuff that was on sale too. Bought box meals, flavored pasta pouches, and some canned beans. Bought a lot of snack stuff for the kids’ school lunch bags too. Spent $350 but “saved” $42. That’s about what I aim for. I was surprised by how much canned veg has gone up, almost doubling in price. Milk and eggs are still reasonable here in Texas, with 18 large eggs for ~$4. And even my “lower cost” coffee has gone up dramatically in the small bags, from ~$5 per bag to ~$9. I’ve been buying it in big bags online since costco switched flavors, and haven’t looked at the small bags in a while, but the reason I switched to Community was that it was less than $6 a bag. Not any more. Didn’t buy any meat this trip. Nothing was on sale.
Real inflation is high, much higher than ‘official’ inflation, and that is high enough. We’re gonna need more money and we’re gonna need more stuff to make it through this.
Stack accordingly.
nick