challenges
1. unpacking.
2. healing hands from weeks of packing boxes and handling things, also lots of serial hand-washing.
3. making up not one ("1"), not two ("2"), but three ("3") shifts at the food co-op.
4. getting life back in the forward direction.
5. getting out of my obligations at half.com.
6. learning how to hang pictures and shelves correctly.
7. letting go of my many resentments.
8. continuing to remove obstacles to love.

there are several pharmacies in riverdale, contrary to what i believed
1. in the 'spuyten duyvil' section, there is one ("1") in 'knoll's crescent.'
2. on johnson ave, there are two ("2"): a genovese and a privately-owned one.
3. on riverdale ave somewhere between 236 and 239 sts there is a
privately owned one.
4. in the 'skyview shopping center' in the 260 there is another one.
5. there may be one or two more somewhere.

this information was provided by c.


what i had for breakfast
1. four ("4") ounces of fresh swordfish
2. one ("1") cup of part-skim ricotta
3. one ("1") grapefruit, from florida
4. one ("1") cup irish oats, with flaxseed oil

what i've done so far today
1. prepared metabolically sound breakfast of:
1a. one ("1") cup irish oats
1b. one ("1") boiled egg
1c. one ("1") 3.1-ounce tuna burger, which violates certain specifics of the food plan i'm trying out, but there's no fucking way i'm throwing out a box of fucking rock-ass tuna burgers.
1d. one ("1") medium-sized, minimally-treated winesap apple
1e. followed by one ("1") metabolically-unsound cup of espresso
2. hung images on bathroom wall, using authentic hickory-handled hammer.
3. engaged in panic-inducing email echange with soulmate.
4. felt searing waves of anxiety.
5. spoke with dear friend, relieving panic and anxiety waves.
6. complained bitterly to prowebsite.com about their inept technical support team who, after five technical conversations about having my email address updated, failed to update my email address, causing my site to be taken down due to lack of renewal, since any notice of such status was most likely forwarded to the not-updated email address.
7. inquired of friend in austin, tx about other hosts that provide acceptable customer service and was turned onto your-site.com but learned that its owner just died.
8. drank water.
9. freshened floral arrangements.
10. wrote letter to god.
11. received reply from god.
12. weighed self.
13. dressed self.

the bag inspectors list
i have recently learned that each paper bag has the seal of an inspector on its bottom. often there is a code, but most of the time there is a name. following is a collection of bag inspectors submitted by a friend, on behalf of a co worker. no editing has been done.

Nadia Frasilus
Lamond Bonds
Caulette Ceide
Oviel Moncada
Blanca Rothman
Marie Clervoyant
Beverly Palin
R. Hahn
Maria Figueroa
Lucinda Santos
Erzulia Fleurtime
Edna Howard
Victor Lebre
Gerardo Lopez
Rosa Lopez
Sharon Washington
Debbie
Lakeysha
Duilian Morales
Joseph Laurobe
Melvin Valentin
Luz Saldana
Tiger
Marie Mellon
Maria Vera
Marie Saintil
Amparo Jimenez
Beatriz
Jerome Fenelus
Rosa Vilchez
Martina Sinfuentes
Martha Florez
Vajinder Mohan
Willie T. Williams
Milton Roberts
Tamayo
Felicia Rodriguez
Octavio Torres
Evangelina Gomez
Adela Prida
Maria Toro
Posnell
Angie
Lucia Torreblanca
Tomika
Heather
Franklin Kennedy
Marie Ocena
Ligia Roman
Yrma Matos
Dorothy Cole
Edna Howard
Melissa
Panther

my new food groups
1. steamers.
2. boiled eggs.
3. roasted almonds.
4. berries. all kinds of berries.
5. vietnamese food.
6. water.
7. organic grapefruits.
8. mochi.
9. corn cakes.

on my mind
1. should i get my hair cut?
2. should i get my legs waxed?
3. should i keep the fancy, leather couch?
4. should i go to karate tomorrow evening, or the andrew gold thing?
5. why am i having so much trouble keeping my hands moisturized?
6. should i call my aunt gladys to see how she's doing?
7. how often should i call my mother?
8. should i get a newt for my small, red-eared slider?
9. should i get a tent anyway, even though chaya says i can't have one?
10. should i apply my new love-it-or-dump it rule to all shoes? even when the results would conflict with rational data?

things that are true
1. i wrote a prayer about removing the mask of the mean-spirited roadhouse and read it to my prayer partner, who enjoyed it.
2. mochi is my new, favorite snack food.
3. when the mochi cube is all puffed up into a little popover type form, i enjoy slicing it open and inserting things into it.
4. today, i inserted baby salad greens coated in a lovely lemony vinaigrette; goat cheese; half a boiled egg.
5. kosher salt rocks.
6. i feel better when not eating wheat or sugar.
7. i am kind of lazy about schlepping down from riverdale.
8. i am kind of lazy about doing various administrative tasks, such as:
(a) returning the fucking verizon modem to fucking verizon with a hate letter enclosed.
(b) sending a polite letter to the mta asking for a refund for a metro card that never appeared, but for which i was charged.
(c) shipping off the half.com purchase made weeks ago. surely, some annoyed customer will be complaining.