riding gustav

 i am thankful i did more than just mundane errand running on my day off. i also made it to the american swedish institute in minneapolis, co-opting an idea from meetup. i had toured it before, but it was years ago. when i got to the highest floor of the mansion, one room had a coin-operated kiddie horse called gustav. it looked like the 'dala horse'. at first i passed on riding it, but it said there were free rides so i got on it. another patron asked if there was a weight limit, but there was no mention of one. and they found the button for me. i spoke of how i didn't get to the circus until i was 28, my parents wouldn't take me and didn't say why. the music played reminded me of what is played on an ice cream truck. before i did the tour i went to the cafe and had some apple cider and a scone. the server added some whipped cream to the cider. i looked at the gift shop after the tour but there was nothing of interest to me. for one thing, i already have plenty of christmas tree ornaments. this was in the afternoon, when free admission was available. i saw a car crash on lake street as i was waiting to turn left, one of the cars likely ran the light. when i got home i watched part of 'jeopardy', and was pleased to know the final jeopardy clue when the contestants didn't. same name, it was manhattan. a cocktail drink, an island, a world war 2 project. in the morning i started with some online orders. one of them was the music city bowl game button, the bowl game the iowa hawkeyes will be playing in. i got it from e-bay again, wouldn't have saved much by getting it through another store. and i ordered 'boogie nights' from amazon, co-opting an idea from a micro-cinema. i know it has the same director as 'licorice pizza'. this was the last of the gift card from the car purchase in june, then it was on the road, first stop the post office. two orders were ready to be picked up, including the delayed one. i printed a ticket at the copy store, and got a loretta lynn CD at cheapo records. line was too long at cub foods for the customer service counter, but still got some milk and cereal there. DVD was too high at target, still got some cheese and cereal there. so now i have 2 boxes of 'elf on a shelf' cereal. i went home and had lunch, then went to spire credit union in eagan and got the winter carnival button. this was why i tried cub foods first. it was considered to be a donation through my savings account. i tried going to the holiday market  at the former schmidt brewery, but there was not a lot of activity there. i walked through it twice and then i left. was it because it was a thursday? i don't know. a sign said santa will appear on sunday. later on i went on a walk and found 41 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when raj met the estranged husband of a lady he met at his planetarium gig. it was followed by the one where leonard tells the story of why the elevator is broken. 'young sheldon' was a good one as usual. mee-maw spars with the preacher over movies. drank the bottle of famosa with the evening meal so now 5 beers are waiting.