plush bear greets you

 after work i went to pick up a fish fry dinner this evening in mendota heights. it was cool to see a plush bear in a chair with a sign greeting visitors. it said stop here and pay here. so i got a picture of it. then it meant moving to the next station where they brought out the food. i know there was more food in this one compared to the other ones i have done this season, as i felt full near the end of the meal. besides the fish, there was also green beans, rice, fried cabbage, flat bread, and some carrot cake. it was likely all of the rice that made me feel full. and of course the meal became art, as i got a picture of it next to the can of labatt beer that i drank with it. i picked up another can of beer at the liquor store near workplace, it was coors light. work was expected to be fairly leisurely due to the expected low volume, although one file sent nearly 500 and usually they send less than 50. they told me it was fraud settlements. what made it a more challenging day, though, was the envelope stuffer having an error message i couldn't clear. the technician arrived and diagnosed it as an envelope i couldn't see that was stuck in the machine. i figured that was the end of it, but about 30 minutes later it stopped with the same error. i called for service and the same technician arrived, who said she was in her car getting caught up on emails. i was told it was likely the glue from the envelopes that was fouling the sensors. so more testing was done, this time a thousand checks, and calibration as well. i am hopeful it is fine now. one check file has to wait until monday, but it won't take long to get caught up. late in the evening, well after my visit to hy-vee for groceries, i went on a walk and found 1 dollar 8 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when leonard and penny acted like a divorced couple, with the way they talked about custody of sheldon. and sheldon had nightmares about goofy from visiting disney-land. it was followed by the one where raj helps with planning a kid's birthday party. it involved raj and howard fighting in the bounce castle, a 'wonder woman' knock-off. later on sheldon and amy decide to have fun in the same place, as they got well after trying to have a 'little house' birthday for amy. it ends with amy and sheldon leaping, reminding me of when amy was leaping at the end of an episode when singing karaoke with howard.