too many instant messages

 at work i had more requests to pull checks out of a file and send them directly to the payee. this is from a file where all of them are usually 'returned to business line'. and i was finding it to be annoying how a manager was sending instant messages asking me if i saw the email and if i was sending the check. then i said there were some for the same county, but for the recorder and not the treasurer, and he got confused even though i said the recorder checks were still going back to the business line. obviously, he was only reading half of what i was typing. i prefer being asked to just 'reply to all' once it has been completed. this is what is understood on other overnight requests i get. and nobody else asks me if i saw an email anyway. i found out that UPS skipped the bank's drop-box on friday, after checking some tracking numbers. so i did a 'schedule a pick-up' to increase the odds that what is in there gets picked up in a timely fashion. and all of the overnight envelopes for the day were sent to a UPS store as i didn't want any more complaints about packages not arriving. i hear different reasons why we are skipped. driver was not available, box was jammed, door was locked. all of those are beyond my control. all i can do about a locked door is tell someone in corporate security about it and it is up to them to handle it. when i made it home tonight i checked those three tracking numbers and it looks like all are on the way, as all said 'we have your package'. during my walks i found 85 cents. the 'big bang theory' rerun was when the dudes went to mexico in an old van. when the ladies got together it was revealed that penny hadn't told her family about getting married, while amy hadn't told her family about breaking up with sheldon. 

wahlburgers, mall of america

 i had a day off due to the bank holiday, and i know an idea i've done before is to go to mall of america. i hadn't eaten at wahlburgers, although i am used to seeing them inside hy-vee stores. i got a burger with government cheese, along with fries and some tea. i've had bat food before, it compares well with that. and sitting at a bar stool, seeing sports news on tv and the beer taps and liquor bottles, it did remind me of bars i had been in before. i got a picture of a poster on the wall in the back, of the tv show 'blue bloods', as donnie is in it, a show i watch. i am thankful i finally made it to this place, but i am the type that goes to the a and w at this mall. on my next visit, i am likely to go to the a and w, as there is a shorter wait for food. i took a walk around two floors of this mall and there is a good chance i spend at least part of a day off at this mall before the calendar year ends. i also stopped to have a scoop of cookies and cream ice cream as i wanted some airline miles, a place i had been to before near the dairy queen. but it was just food that i bought during this visit. i had the annual physical in the morning, there was a blood draw. in the afternoon after being at the mall i watched some of the baseball playoffs on fox, game two, mets-dodgers. mets got an early lead and were ahead 6-3 when i switched over to 'jeopardy'. then i wanted to see a rerun of 'young sheldon', and i later found out the mets went on to win 7-3. during my walks i found 25 cents. i went to perform in the evening, i did some bank stories and spoke of my time at the mall along with going to a play. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when sheldon's sister, missy, visits and his friends try to woo her. it was followed by the one where sheldon does 'fun with flags' about broken-up nations. 

joker 2 movie

 this afternoon i went to see the 'joker 2' movie. it was going to be in edina but the traffic due to construction was too much, and i didn't need to see it as an IMAX anyway. so i checked my phone when it was safe to do so and called an audible, seeing it in eagan instead, at a screening that began less than an hour later. as a lady gaga fan, it shouldn't surprise anyone that i went to see it. since she is a musician i am pleased that she sang fairly often. the pairing with joaquin phoenix was pretty good. there were some scenes that were dark and disturbing, but this should be expected when much of the movie takes place in a mental hospital. twice it got a single but loud laugh out of me. i liked how there wasn't that much to do for the day, really the movie was the only thing on the docket. in the evening i did watch most of the baseball game on fox, mets-dodgers, game one of the league championship series. dodgers were up 6-0 when i laid down and fell asleep. i found out the score held up, as the dodgers won 9-0. i got another small bag of chili cheese chips before the evening meal. during my walks i found 8 cents. 

survivors of the fire play

 in the afternoon i went to see the play 'survivors of the fire'. it was in st. paul in a former church building, and the theater troupe is called 'bucket brigade'. i had seen a card about it at a speedway gas station, and i let them know when i arrived this is how i heard about it. this was about the great fire of 1894 in hinckley, a town i have seen only once, to see a concert at the casino many years ago. the stories being told about who perished were sobering to say the least. also notable was the story of those who survived by getting onto a train out of town, and how the bridge collapsed just minutes after it crossed. there was cups of water given to the attendees near the end of the show. the actors danced around the room during a wedding scene ealry on and i think i was invited to join the line but i did not join it. i recognized some of the songs performed in it, such as 'skip to my lou', 'bringing in the sheaves', and 'amazing grace'. there was a pre-show where we did see music being performed and we were told the band kept playing as the actors needed more time to get ready. there is an ad in the program for the next show by this troupe, around Valentine's Day, a marriage musical called 'til death'. i am pleased with what i got done throughout the day. in the morning i did two things that were 'postponed from an earlier date'. this was taking recycle to the capitol and dumping change into my savings account at the credit union. then i made it to a walgreen for a vaccination, although i wasn't thrilled with the wait time just to get checked in. then it was on to more stops. nothing to pick up at the post office, then i got a sandwich at jersey mike's. after the sandwich i went to the nearby target and got another seasonal cereal, haunted lucky charms. it was one of two cereals bought, as i saw in the same aisle how there are some boxes of chex with charlie brown characters on them for the Christmas season. i got the wheat chex, linus is on it. there are five kinds, each with a different character on the front of the box. my last stop was aldi, for groceries. at first it was hard to find anything to watch on tv for the evening. but then i found 'family feud', for the first hour. then it was three hours of norman lear reruns- 'maude', archie bunker's place', and 'jeffersons'. i went through food wrappers while watching the reruns and it looked like, based on the expire dates on the chip bags, i hadn't done it in at least a year. i did notice how there weren't as many for reese's peanut butter, but i knew i had cut back on how many i was getting from walgreen after each of the four 'candy holidays' once they are discounted. now i can see better what is in that drawer of the fridge, where i keep the cans of beer. i write down how many chip or candy bags i had for each kind. later on i went on a walk and found 1 dollar 9 cents. 

copier picked up

 there was two visitors i helped at work for the day. first one was scheduled a week prior, it was when the copier on third floor was picked up. i liked how i was called just minutes before arrival to know when to expect them, and i liked how it was just before midday. it was picked up by two men in a green and white mayflower truck from mankato. i was allowed to copy the form i was asked to sign, as i wanted something to send to my superiors showing it was done. i am a big believer in 'due diligence'. i let them know when it was emailed how there is one copier that remains on that floor, but a different department was using it. then less than an hour later i helped with the arrival of the envelope order. it was smaller than most months since i only order what i need and we got more than expected last month. this is why it was a smaller truck that delivered it. thankfully it didn't get dumped at the btanch, but it might have if i was dealing with the copier at the same time. the branch manager let me know when the courier arrived so i could meet them with carts at the service entry near the ATM line. in the evening i went to the hy-vee in eagan for the weekly order for groceries, twelve items bought. this included two charlie brown items, a greeting card and a word find book. later on i went on a walk and found 25 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when leonard bought a prop from the movie 'time machine'. it was followed by the one where we see the las vegas wedding of leonard and penny, while sheldon is too pushy with amy so she said they were broken up. 

golf club ad

 i made some more nice finds during cleanup at work. this included an article about a twins baseball game from 1999, on the back of an ad about golf clubs. i liked playing detective, going online to find out what day the game was played. it was a 4-2 win over the cardinals in st. louis, this narrowed the search a lot since interleague play is less common. found out it was on a tuesday in july. other finds included a small catalog for ordering books from 2001 from doubleday. it was a reminder of the call center work i did when starting with g.e. as it was for a shopping catalog and i think one cross promotion was taking doubleday calls. i included a pink ticket for refund checks and a baby picture in the same sheet protector as the baseball game article. i was called by the courier about the upcoming appointment to pick up the copier, i am told it is not their first stop of the day so they are likely arriving around midday. works for me, i said i didn't want them arriving first thing in the morning. there was a check copy request near the end of the day, but i said i needed a check number, payee and amount to search for it. all i was given was account numbers. on a check i overnighted i let the business line know i split the trust and trustee names across two lines and entered the second name first as it appeared to be the actual name of the trust. i drank the bottle of summit with the evening meal and got a can of bud ice, as well as a hamm's, from the liquor store near me so now five beers are waiting. i also went to a laundromat on a walk and got some chili cheese corn chips. during my walks i found 1 dollar 52 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when leonard's team added lesley in a quiz bowl to go up against sheldon's team. it was followed by what likely was a season finale, where leonard and penny elope in las vegas while amy said, 'goodbye sheldon'. 

on the house napkin

i am still finding some things at work during a cleanup. this included some napkins that said 'on the house', literally. it depicted liquor bottles on top of a house. some other things found included a computer printout with an old bank name on it, from 1984. along with another item with an old bank name, a datebook from 1995. more food items were found, but those were tossed in the trash. it included some ritz crackers as well as some pieces of candy. the bag of candy said it expired nine years ago. in other issues, the branch manager sent me a toner cartridge for the check printer, still has the wrong contact name on it. i did not see the courier, because i was in the branch at the time talking to the branch manager about plans for the bank holiday on monday. i was asked by a team lead to look out for an IRS envelope but i haven't seen it yet. last time i saw one i was told to send it to atlanta, so i don't know why we ever get those. reminds of the old joke i have, asking if we are an airport. late in the evening i went on a walk and found 2 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when sheldon got a young rival, from north korea. it was followed by the one where the moms of sheldon and leonard met, along with howard raj and stuart sing 'hard knock life' from 'annie' when doing chores.