I have gone down to the seas again

 I have gone down to the seas again

As has become fairly traditional, I have wandered off to the coast again, leaving Susan to handle tax returns for her clients without worrying what wreckage I have wrought upon the house (or myself - I'm under a strict "no ladder / chainsaw" rule, imposed by me, when she's not home.  She rescued me from an unscheduled sky dive last year).  My destination again is Surfside Beach - half a day's drive from home in a south easterly direction.  I usually get here in January and even got snowed upon last year.  The air is definitely warmer in Feb than in Jan though the sea isn't (or maybe my loss of 7kg of fat has messed up my insulation).
I stopped by at the grocery store on the way in last night for a quick shop with a bonus senior moment thrown in for good measure.  I'd chucked a gallon of proper milk (not Lewis Road Creamery, just silver top) in the bottom of my shopping cart yesterday and forgot to take it out when I checked out.  A friendly reminder from the trainee packer set me to rights and, like a twit, I failed to flash my Kroger card which added $2 to the price.  Came corn flakes time this morning - no milk.  As I was going out anyway, I stopped by Kroger where they had logged my itinerant milk in at 3:35 pm: they sent me off to grab another, assuring me it happens several times a day.
Time for a fossick round the huge Hudson's Flea Market.  I stopped by to check the trump supporter's shop (intentional apostrophe placement there) which is still going strong and has "Elect The Felon" t-shirts for $5.  I didn't know my size so didn't buy one.

What else was kicking around?  Oh yeah - used jigsaws for $4 each.  So I bought a few.  They helped me load them in the car.


Lunch (shrimp salad) and walk time.  A quick hup-two-three-four got me to Surfside Pier and back - for the first time ever I kept my shoes on.

So that's day one.  Tonight I will watch another video I brought with me (it was a Ray Charles Concert last night, probably The Martian tonight) and will crumble into bed with all the beach-side windows open (the aircon turns itself off automatically if I leave the doors open which is nice).  The sea can lull me to sleep.  The door from my room to the deck is only open a crack so I won't go out there for a midnight pee.





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