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Was able to pay the rent this morning because one of the staff was actually in the office where they were supposed to be today. Also got groceries and had to play freezer tetris when I got home. First world problems, at least I have enough $$ to put plenty of food in my freezer.

I don't know what I'm more fed up with, dumb people or people who assume I'm dumb.

The party last night was fantastic, I had so much fun! Some people had really creative costumes, somebody was House, somebody was Albrecht Durer, somebody was the hot dog finger lady from Everything Everywhere, * etc. There were live musicians which I always love to see at a party and the food was really yummy. People loved my lemon cake.
Also I got the cell phone issue taken care of, the guy in the cell phone store was very helpful, unfortunately the AT&T woman I had to talk to on the phone was less helpful, she either wasn't paying enough attention, had some sort of hearing problem or her English was not great. I had to repeat myself and spell everything constantly.













* the theme was supposed to be everybody dress up as your favorite old person. I had several ideas but I couldn't put together a costume so I since just made a cake anyway I said I was Mary Berry. That got a laugh.

Going to make lemon cake later today. :)

Having some Assam tea. I had so much fun with my sister and her husband last night! We hung out in Gino & Carlo's (cool old Italian guy bar in North Beach) and then went to Caffe Sport (awesome pasta and seafood place down the block. It was great to talk to them and listen to the music and drink and catch up on stuff. I had spaghetti with shellfish and a spicy tomato sauce and she had lobster ravioli. He had a steak which I thought was kind of odd in a place that specializes in seafood and pasta but he enjoyed it and I didn't say anything other than "how's your steak?" and we had a ton of appetizers and wine. (She and I had the wine, he's a teetotaler.) I didn't even have to screw around with Bart or buses on the way home, they were nice enough to get me an Uber. From here on in I'm going to have to allow for more time to get around, that's twice in a row it took me much longer than usual to get into SF and I only live in Oakland, the same thing happened when I went to the Castro Friday.

Last night I was bored so I decided to go over to the Castro to party and hang out with the gay dudes. Glad I did, I had a great time but it was unnerving to come home and hear people fighting outside my apt late at night and of course the minute the fight stopped my neighbors' baby starts screaming.

Nothing going on here, sometimes I wonder why I even bother writing here.

Having some coconut Pu-erh tea. Had a nice long phone conversation w/L. yesterday.

Had some caramel vanilla tea. Not much going on here now.

All I wanted to do today was go to the local mom and pop grocery store and pick up a few things. I managed to get everything I wanted except for one thing. I went to four different stores and couldn't find it. I passed by my favorite cafe. They were out of the kind of cake I like. I got hungry and went into a restaurant I hadn't been in before. I ran into a friend but he was too busy to talk to me. The lunch I had was good, what was not good was being charged EIGHT DOLLARS FOR A BOTTLE OF WATER! Which was not marked on the damn menu so I only found that out when I got the check. Then the fifth grocery store was too far away for me to get what I needed by walking so I had to use up what little $ I had on my clipper card (electronic card you use for local public transit) and I was not near anyplace to recharge it. Also I had to wait for the bus with this guy who was a total fool. and on my way out of the last grocery store some guy tries to hit me up for $$ for some charity and I'm all "I don't have any money and I'm real stressed out" and some woman laughs at me. Then she and the guy who was hitting people up for money deny it was me she was laughing at. Gimme a break.