Open All Night

Listening to the Milwaukee news here, and they said last night that it has not rained in 16 days. It also was 85 for a high and 71 when I went to bed. I think the apocalypse is nigh. Onward and upwards –

- I am still recovering from an illness last week. I got sick during Labour Day weekend. It started with a sore throat. So, I ventured to Rite Aid and shelled over $5 for generic sore throat spray. Now I am all better except for a cough that won’t stop. I get one fit per evening (seemingly not helped by this hotel) that lasts roughly 30 minutes. I finally caved and stopped tonight to buy some cough syrup (which assuredly means I will not have one tonight). But, I just hated to drop another 5 bills on this sickness. And I realise it is Walgreens, but calling it Wal-Tussin? Inititally I wondered why Walgreens was selling the Wal-Mart brand generic. I guess $10 isn’t bad every four years (I was last sick like this four years and three months ago).
- Speaking of Walgreens I had a great time there tonight. First was the “DON’T LOOK AT ME” lady. She appeared to be an early forties gal, and was not hideous or anything. She entered an aisle that I needed to go in. I happened to enter from the other side. She looked up, saw me, and bolted to where she came from. I continued perusing when suddenly she appeared on my end of the aisle. She again saw me, started to retreat, then just buzzed right by me at top speed.
- This smile carried me over until I got to the register where some six months pregnant chick was checking out with a pregnancy test in hand. Either she is really stupid, or really gullible to let one of her friend’s talk her in to buying it for them.
- I asked my senior citizen cashier if she knew how much the ATM fee was for the one in the store. She recoiled, gasped, and said “I don’t use one of THOSE” as if I had asked her how to take the aforementioned pregnancy test. She actually made me feel embarrassed.
- I sat in the bar area of Friday’s for dinner tonight. There was a large party in the main dining room, which I eventually deduced was a national convention for a company. Three of the younger members of the company, two guys and one girl, came to the bar area to buy some brews. The boys were flinging lines left and right to attempt to depants her. It was at that juncture that I got to thinking “how much would I pay to have one question in my mind answered about this situation?” You know, like “I wonder if she left her engagement ring at home for this trip” or “did these guys decide ahead of time who was going for it, are they playing it by ear, or are they going to try and tag-team it?” I am thinking $5 for this situation, but definitely more in ones where I can validate a certain supposition I have made in my mind from all my years of people watching. I would also like to thank The Sports Guy for a similar concept that led me to this one.
- Speaking of pants, or depantsing, I have noticed that one pair of pants (always been long on me) seems realllly long now. I thought it meant I was getting shorter but now I believe it is because my shoes are getting worn down and I am thus closer to the ground. That’s it, right?

Always humbly yours,
-Michael