dot matrix prints

 in the morning at work the fixed assets manager was in the shop looking at what their team had in there. i pointed out the dot matrix prints, and said only one other time had anyone showed up to look at them. i was told to leave them in a box when they arrive in the mail tubs. vacation replacement dropped in to help out with some of the files. in the evening i went on a walk and found 3 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when sheldon and leonard spoke of compromises when penny and amy were at the dress shop. it was followed by the bowling outing with wil wheaton. 

wild berry skittles

 recently i claimed a bag of wild berry skittles when i was getting a salted nut roll out of a vending machine. haven't had skittles in a while, but they tasted good. at work there was tax checks but just two, both canadian. i let the tax specialist know before the end of my workday. vacation replacement is still grumbling about the change in facility. i said there still was some unanswered questions. in the evening i went to perform and did bank stories, along with paperclips and peach cobbler. later on i went on a walk and found 16 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when levar burton was on 'fun with flags'. it was followed when sheldon got drunk before giving a speech at an award ceremony. 

split movie

 i used my final birthday offer for a free movie at redbox, for 'split'. it was a thriller and i knew the setting was philadelphia as i saw a phillies sticker on a cabinet. along with mention of nearby towns. it kept me guessing until the end. i liked how the unpopular weirdo proved to be valuable to the other two kidnapped teen girls. plans are for going to the st. paul saints baseball game this afternoon, although there is rain in the forecast and i know the saints played a doubleheader against rochester on saturday due to a rainout on friday. then there is a meetup event at a micro-brewery. 

paperclip zipper gripper

while out and about i noticed the gripper on the zipper for my leather jacket broke off. i recall many years ago how seeing somebody on the bus use a paperclip for this purpose, and it works well. a dry cleaner did this as well for my hawkeye coat. so i found a small one and we are back in business. first errand was to add to my certificate of deposit at the credit union as it just reached the maturity date. i have done this once a year since it started and now i have doubled the amount in it in three years. i had a sandwich at jersey mike's and when i was done i went home. i watched a baseball game on fox, cardinals beat the mets 7-4. then i had the evening meal and went to aldi, and then watched a spring football game on the same network. birmingham was way ahead early in the fourth quarter against houston, so the other game was shown. san antonio was leading against arlington and the score held up. i went to sing karaoke, but a different provider was there and i didn't like it. there was mic covers and the song, by the pumpkins, was pulled from youtube. i knew full well the lyrics were off. so i think i am looking for another venue to sing at. during my walks i found 50 cents.  

peach cobbler blizzard

 at the end of my workday i went to the nearby dairy queen and got a peach cobbler blizzard treat. tasted good, and of course a reminder of a good story when i was in college in iowa city. at work i was asked by my boss to send a copy of a blank page of check stock. guess there was a meeting with the marshall office about the watermark. i claimed some pages related to birthdays that were put out in a common area, along with a pen caddy with the bank's logo that almost looks like a coffee cup. one of these pages said 'let's eat cake' and the other said 'make a wish'. late in the evening i went on a walk and found 61 cents. this was after i had been to hy-vee in eagan for groceries. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when leonard got nose surgery for snoring. it was followed by the one where the friends do their version of 'lord of the rings' where sheldon has a nightmare about looking like gollum. 

mango juice bottle

 when i went to walgreen for a lunchtime snack i got a bottle of mango juice as i didn't see the pina colada flavor there. it was all right but not great. in the afternoon a swiftie picked up two checks from me as the listed recipient was working from home, one of them was a canadian check. late in the evening i went on a walk and found 87 cents. the 'big bang theory' rerun was when stan lee was a guest star. 'young sheldon' was about sheldon picking a graduate school. final episode is less than a month away now. 

facility announcement

 in the afternoon there was a 'convention' in the breakroom, where senior leaders spoke to us about the bank wanting to do 'hubs' in various cities. so this means at some point we will be leaving behind the current facility, except for the branch. no date was given for the move day though. my boss had a question about the check shop, no answer for it. it ran over, time allotment was 30 minutes. it meant i stayed later than typical to get the overnights caught up, and decided to get a sandwich at the nearby walgreen for the evening meal. during my walks i found 35 cents. 

cheerleader audition

 i went to perform at a contest tonight and there was a cheerleader audition near the venue. it was loud and hard to compete with the noise when in the bar area. but of course we didn't hear it once we entered the showroom. i was on early, random selection, and my set was much like the night before although a little shorter as i definitely wanted to stick to my time. i did not advance, not a big deal as i just wanted some stage time. i have yet to advance past the first round of a contest. nice seeing mason city there, who was mc. mention was made of how i like social distortion and lady gaga. at times i left the showroom so i could check the score of the basketball game in the bar area. the wolves won game two of their playoff series against phoenix. at work my vacation replacement dropped in and helped out even though i, as usual, had things covered. at the end of the day i was asked to put out three boxes going to energy park. i put them next to the cart that has the mail tubs on it. late in the evening i went on a walk and found 52 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when sheldon and raj were underground, for just eleven minutes. it was followed by the one where sheldon is stuck and goes to a ball pit, leonard is summoned to take care of him. 

direct to county

 late in the day at work there was a question about a check, wanting to know why it was sent directly to the county. this was saint croix, wis, so hudson. i looked at the check and sent a copy and said because there was no request to send it inter-office. i performed in the evening, went on fairly early as i prefer. i did bank stories as well as answering the comic i followed who did a lonely maytag repairman reference. as a native of newton, iowa, i had plenty of stories about that. later on i went on a walk and found 77 cents. the 'big bang theory' rerun was when we hear 'intruder alert', then sheldon decides to move to montana then moves back. 

art for everybody movie

 in the late afternoon i went to see the movie 'art for everybody' at st. Anthony main in minneapolis. this was at the MSP film-fest, my last visit to this festival was pre-covid. this was a documentary about artist thomas kinkade, i was unfamiliar with who he was before seeing this movie. i guess this is an artist that sold well for a while, had galleries in various cities, and was interviewed on shows like '60 minutes'. but then there was lawsuits, bankruptcy, depression, and alcoholism that lead to death at age 54. so this doesn't sound much different than the life story of many other artists. the movie also shows his daughters discovering paintings in a vault, that were way different than what was sold in galleries or on home shopping channels. thankful i saw the movie, as this was a story that needed to be told. before i went to the movie i found some things to do. as the saying goes, 'if i'm tired of looking at something, do something about it'. so i did. in this case it was the rug next to the laptop. i vacuumed it and moved some boxes on top of it to a closet. and i decided to swap out a poster from a frame. the one i got when seeing 'drive away dolls' in march was taken out in favor of a st. paul saints poster, from winning the league championship. made sense when that frame was next to another baseball poster, the iowa cubs. i watched part of 'the simpsons' after getting back from the movie, about an urn. later on i did the dishes, then went on a walk where i found 90 cents. 

dinnerware and lightsticks

 i went on a meetup walk this evening, it was in bloomington, a place i had done hikes at before. there is a ski jump that one sees on the way to the parking lot. i spoke with various people on the walk, although i was switching because some of them i found to be annoying. a more pleasant topic was when i spoke of the corelle plates and bowls i use, how they have lasted for a while. and the lady i spoke with said it was a 'dinnerware moment'. at the end of the walk was a campfire, and we roasted marshmallows. i did well on both of mine being golden brown and pulling them before they fell into the fire. there was trivia split into some teams, family feud style. and there was prizes given out at the end, i got a light stick. some others got dish rags. i had some chips as well as some cold cuts. there was some kind of dish in a plastic container but i didn't have it when i found out it was spicy. a man who didn't even bring it was trying to explain how it was spicy and i finally said 'you made your point' but i still didn't have any of it. it was nearly 10pm by then, when the park was about to close, so i left. i did plenty before this event. i went to the post office, picked up one order, it was a battlehawks football pennant. i had it in time for the game i started watching just before midday, st. louis beat memphis, 32-17. i went to drop off recycle near the capitol, and the copy store to print some things. then i got a cheeseburger and hash browns at the holiday gas station and went home to watch the game. after the game i got a nut roll out of a vending machine and went to get groceries at aldi. during my walks i found 60 cents. 

end of beginning, djo

 this week i heard on my car radio on the way to work a song i liked. it was 'end of beginning' by djo. it was inspired by this actor from 'stranger things' going to college in chicago, at depaul. this is why i like it, the lyric 'and when i am back in chicago, i feel it'. as it reminds me of my time living in the northwest suburbs near o'hare airport for six years. guess this is another song made popular on tiktok, much like sia's 'unstoppable'. at work it was nice that the overnight volume dropped to twenty-one, less than half the previous day. it meant i got out earlier and was able to watch part of 'young sheldon'- a rerun that is- when i got home. georgie went out on a date as mandy said she was fine with it but really wasn't. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when dermatologist emily meets penny and both say 'i hate her'. it was followed by the one where sheldon gets hulk hands from raj as raj wanted another date after going to a mixer. and penny said leonard was 'the most obnoxious guy on a double date that included howard'. it was in reference to belittling penny wanting to see a psychic. during my walks i found 1 dollar 87 cents. after the reruns i went for grocery shopping at hy-vee in eagan. 

doorbell and knocking

 at work i had a caller knock on the door and i guess they didn't see the doorbell. i answered it and i said i wasn't going to like the scene from 'wizard of oz'. this case it was a reverse of the movie, which was 'bell out of order, please knock'. i was asked if there was any chairs available, i said one of them was broken so i don't use it much. i said there was plenty of chairs in the breakroom though. i think they were i.t. people as sometimes there are personnel in our little server room. either way, my joke about the movie scene didn't land with them. there was plenty of overnight labels to do, sixty-four in all. from the PDF file some of them were going to the IRS. and i spent more of my morning than i really cared to on the phone with UPS trying to get a check re-directed in california. but it was at the behest of my boss. i drank the can of einstok with the evening meal and got two more beers from the liquor store, a coors light and a stella artois, so now five beers are waiting. 'young sheldon' was about the coopers getting a porta-pottie, and georgie and mandy moving in with mandy's parents. the former of course was too ridiculous, same as some other recent episodes. later on i went on a walk and found 13 cents. the 'big bang theory' rerun was when sheldon tried to teach penny about physics, while howard was jealous that bernadette was interested in Leonard's work. 

social media snoozing

 i was going through my news feed on facebook and saw a posting i didn't like at all. it was about somebody being discovered with their mistress, so i checked options available and snoozed that site, good for thirty days. usually, i am seeing sites compatible to my interests, such as the charlie brown comic strip. i don't know how this one slipped by. but i like knowing there is something i can do about it. i have said it many times before, how i didn't like having to take charge of my social media accounts but i am happier now that i did. sometimes unfriend, unfollow, and block buttons are my best friend there. at work the two fargo files were late, not ready until almost lunchtime. i got started on printing them right after lunch was done, as i did the overnight labels first. this was why i didn't know right away when they were ready. i hit print and then went over to pay for the oil change on my car. the volume was low enough, or at least the envelope stuffing machine was fast enough, that most still went out same day. just under three hundred i can do in the morning, and more than two thousand still went out same day. there was a long thread about a check to overnight and it looks like it was to be sent to another bank location instead of to the payee, discovered when confirmation was requested late in the day. i re-delivered a corporate card application to a colleague after it was found in the breakroom. i was pleased that 'the conners' had louise in this episode, first time in a while. she thinks dan is working too hard. later on i went on a walk and found 75 cents. the 'big bang theory' rerun was when howard sings for Bernadette at the cheescake factory. kripke sabotages sheldon's time on public radio. 

notorious movie, cary grant

 this evening i went to see the movie 'notorious' at the trylon in minneapolis. i like cary grant, and this is part of the month-long hitchcock film series at this venue. we see hitchcock having a drink at a party. this was a spy thriller, released shortly after the second world war ended, taking the story to brazil. while there i got some more ideas about movies to see at this venue later on. one trailer before this feature spoke of movies based on noel coward books. at work it was a high-volume day on check printing, as expected. i got an i.m. from a colleague in marshall asking about watermarks. i confirmed once again that i am seeing them on the back of the check stock, and how i had lost count of how many times i had heard of customers questioning the validity of the checks. during my walks i found 35 cents. the 'big bang theory' rerun was when sheldon was picked up from arizona after riding the rails. it was also about howard and stuart saying to each other, 'you're not my dad', after stuart moves in with howard's mom. then i went to the movie.

steal my sunshine, len

 recently during the nearby cleanup at work there was music playing and the first song was 'steal my sunshine' by len, a canadian band. it was a movie song, from the movie 'go', haven't seen it. this is a catchy song, a good beat to it, although it is about battling depression, evident with the lyric 'not in too deep'. also memorable for the lyric where the word 'later' is spelled out. hard to say if there is more cleanup to happen, but when iron mountain arrived the man was wondering why so many recycle bins were in the mailroom and i told him. my vacation replacement dropped in and helped out in the afternoon, mentioned being caught up with his primary duties. in the morning we were on a dial-in meeting but not sure why, it was about technical things that weren't relevant to our normal duties. i sent an i.m. saying i was leaving, and if anything changes on the check printing process for your business line, let me know. i decided this after fifteen minutes, the time allotment was a full hour. i performed in the evening, and did stories about the saints game, the circus, and the bank. later on i went on a walk and found 35 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were a season finale, when sheldon decides to run away as there was too many changes. penny kisses him on the cheek at the train station. it was followed by the one where sheldon gets a comic book and a robot after leonard and penny had a fight. 

royal canadian circus

 in the afternoon i went to see the royal canadian circus, in maplewood next to the mall. i had heard about it at the end of the fox-9 news broadcast friday evening. i got my ticket printed shortly after the copy store opened at midday and then went to the mall. i had a philly cheesesteak inside the food court just before the event. it was a one-ring circus, so no animals, but i didn't mind as it meant i was sitting closer to the action. it was a general admission ticket but i still had a good view of everything. i liked the acrobatics more than the comic relief. there was a well-dressed performer doing gags like having a basketball hoop on his head and it just didn't land with me. at the end of the first act there was a man shot out of a cannon, reminding me of the video to the red hot chili peppers song 'soul to squeeze'. the show started with flag bearers, american and canadian flags. i noticed there was some performers attached to a harness, or had a giant air mattress to break their fall if need be, safety is still a priority. i feel that i got my money's worth, especially since i found a discounted ticket at groupon. before i went to the show i watched three episodes of the 'charlie brown and snoopy show' on DVD, a recent amazon order. after the show i bought a picture book of chicago tourist attractions and a DVD at a goodwill resale shop. then i went home and caught the ending of a spring football game, st. louis beat san antonio. in the evening i watched the billy joel concert special on CBS. i didn't recognize all of the songs played but i still liked hearing hits i recognized such as 'still rock and roll to me'. no surprise how 'piano man' closed the show, his signature song. early in the set was 'my life', another song i really like. and i ordered a gift for my grand-niece's birthday on amazon. later on i went on a walk and found 75 cents. 

water tower, historical marker

 there was plenty of things to do in the morning. i went to the DMV in inver grove heights and got the license plate renewals for my car. after it i decided to find a historical marker next to a water tower. i had heard about it on the news, on fox-9. it was just up the road a little from the strip-mall i was at. it marks the site of a military plane crash in 1958. i got a picture of the marker and went up to walk around the water tower as well. nothing of note up there, aside from a broken beer bottle so evidence that others had been there. three pennies left at the marker. i loved the view from the base of the water tower, it was of the road i had taken to get most of the way there, route 52. i got a picture of the road signs directing motorists to either minneapolis or st. paul, then i went down to the marker and i left. i picked up two orders from the post office and printed two event tickets at the copy store. i had to move things up a little due to my plans for the afternoon, attending the st. paul saints baseball game. i stopped at a speedway gas station and got a big gulp and two slices of pizza. a little annoyed when the cashier said 'out of sandwiches' after i had already spoken that observation. then it was on to the stadium. i got the giveaway, a magnet schedule. saints were playing the iowa cubs. saints trailed early, 3-0, this included the long ball, a two-run home run. saints also got a two-run home run, then tied it 3-3, but still lost to the i-cubs, 4-3. i got some ice cream at the game, ate it quick as i know it can get soupy. after the game i got groceries at the aldi, and had a sandwich at jersey mike's. i ordered two more event tickets, one of them is for a saints game in may. i watched some of the spring football game on fox, birmingham beat memphis. later on i went on a walk and found 1 dollar 34 cents. during my errand running i got a can of craft brew at the liquor store near me, a pryes pragmatic, so now four beers are waiting. 

party gods napkins

 at work there was more cleanup happening in the file room near me. i claimed some more items because of it. this included napkins that say 'party gods', guess it is a tiki party theme. i chose not only smaller napkins but some larger ones as well. other things claimed were a plush toy with the bank's logo on it looking like a super-hero. and a framed greeting card that said 'cherish today'. now there are two nice items i have with the bank's logo, as i got the helmet earlier. i am told the cleanup is happening as the benefits and payroll departments are moving. it was a low volume day on check printing, i got all of it into just one mail tub. in other issues i ordered a ticket for a play that will take place next month. in the evening i went to hy-vee in eagan for groceries. i had the st. paul saints baseball game on the radio, the saints were blanked by the iowa cubs. later on i went on a walk and found 1 dollar 92 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when howard and bernadette hired a nurse to take care of howard's mom. it was followed by the one where leonard tries to watch a football game with penny's friends but leaves at halftime to fly kites with sheldon. kind of funny when howard tried to give a hello kitty kite to raj. 

tartar sauce used up

i had a tartar sauce packet left over from the lenten fish fries and it was used tonight on the chicken nugget meal. it is hard for me to throw something out if i can find some use for it, even something small like a condiment packet. i can leave it in the refrigerator until i am ready to use it. i drank the bottle of modelo with the evening meal so now three beers are waiting. 'young sheldon' was about connie getting arrested, and more passive aggressive squabbling between the grandparents after the courthouse wedding of georgie and amanda. it left a lot to be desired. it may be just as well that the show is in its final season as the quality is declining. the MSP film festival at the st. anthony main theater in minneapolis just started, it was on the news. i am already booked to see one movie and tried to find another of interest to me, and one that fit my schedule. i was unable to do so, and i guess this means it will be just one movie i see during the two-week run of the festival. at work the notable thing was getting inactive corporate cards sent to us, five in all. i sent a scan to a colleague, who said shred it. but i said there was five, and four of them were on the second page, along with a handwritten note about it. she picked them up when i was lunching, since i was having tuna inside the shop and didn't need a microwave oven for it as it was ready to eat. late in the evening i went on a walk and found 35 cents, along with a box of eight granola bars. there was more in the brown paper bag, but that was the only appealing thing to me. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when bob newhart was a guest star, arthur died and the funeral was on Star Wars Day. it was followed by the one where we meet bernadette as howard asked leonard to be fixed up with a friend of penny's. 

pat of jelly

 when i was in the breakroom for lunch i saw a pat of jelly on the counter, smuckers concord grape. i claimed it and will get it into a meal at home sometime soon. at work i called for ordering a toner cartridge for the check printer, then the agent tried to tell me it wasn't a MICR printer but it is. this went on for a while and i was getting annoyed. i got the incident ticket i was looking for, where i can enter my own notes on it. when i returned from lunch i got an i.m. from somebody i didn't know, employee directory said she is in tempe. then i got one from somebody i did know, from west side flats. i don't know why i was contacted, as i said if help is needed with a specific check, then email the shared box. no one ever did, and i was told by who i did know that everything was fine. the one i didn't know i am told is a senior leader. i sent a UPS ground envelope across the street, first time i think that courier has done this. usually it is the postal service that delivers to the wrong address, but close to the right one. late in the evening i went on a walk and found 1 dollar 53 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when sheldon and penny see a psychic. amy shows up dressed like a catholic schoolgirl for sheldon. it was followed by the one where raj claims he lost his job and is getting deported, then works with/for sheldon. a rare time when music is played, it was 'eye of the tiger'. oh, and 'the conners' once again left a lot to be desired. darlene is unlikable and we still are not seeing louise that often, she wasn't in this one. 

strangers on a train movie

 this evening i went to see the movie 'strangers on a train', at the trylon in minneapolis. i knew it as the movie danny devito is watching in 'throw mama from the train', as one inspired the other. i was able to notice where alfred hitchcock made a cameo appearance, it was early on. when a main character leaves a train, alfred is boarding it, carrying a musical instrument. a teacher once said how hitchcock liked appearing in his own movies. this was when we were viewing 'the birds' in a high school class. i enjoyed the scenes from a carnival, especially the carousel as it was a reminder of riding on a carousel next to the como zoo in st. paul last summer. at times the crowd laughed, and i was laughing with them as i liked how some of the actors deadpanned their lines. this was true of the senator, and the sister of the main character's lady friend. there is likely another film i will attend in this series, as this month the trylon is showing hitchcock films to celebrate his 125th birthday. 

at work i chipped in for a gift card to a restaurant for my boss's birthday. we presented it just before i went to lunch. a business line was being annoying about one of their requests. i had sent checks for them directly to san diego and los angeles before, for taxes. i had to let them know, when asked why i hadn't sent copies, that the file still needed to get approved. i printed it once the file was approved. still amazed at times how many people i.m. me, thinking i am not doing my job, but i have to tell them it is 'circumstances beyond my control'. must have been somebody new. the others from the file were sent to oshkosh. there was a brief dial-in meeting in the morning with another business line, but i don't know why i was on that call. i could have just been sent an email of what was decided. after the movie i went on a walk and found 86 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when sheldon drunk dials steven hawking, and howard is revealed as 'clog-zilla'. it was followed by the one where raj and howard try to pick up goth chicks, and i like sarah, the one who said 'not that anyone cares'. i had to leave in the middle of the second one in order to get to the movie. 

ecuador flag

 recently i saw a flag on the pavement in the branch parking lot at work. i took a picture of it in order to look it up later. i found out it was the flag of ecuador. not sure why it was there, but it likely was the kind that could be displayed on a car. it did remind me of the 'fun with flags' segment of 'big bang theory' except i don't think that flag was ever on it. not too much out of the ordinary for the day, aside from another check i asked customer service to research. i was trying to find out if it was to be overnighted, as it said to send to a bank affiliate. there was no contact name on it as well. sounds like there is a collection happening for the boss's birthday to get a restaurant gift card. in the evening i went to perform, i was on near the end. i did three bank stories and spoke of music i heard when out and about. later on i went on a walk and found 1 dollar, all in quarters. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when amy said 'please pass the butter' to sheldon, who couldn't decide what device to get. it was followed by the one where sheldon talks about the private life of leonard and penny in front of the two, then it is mentioned how the two could just be friends. 

hello kitty blanket

 when i went out for a walk i saw a hello kitty blanket that had been abandoned. i likely would have kept it if it was snoopy. i was near a laundromat so i left it inside. i liked how i didn't have much to do for the day. i did laundry in the morning and stayed in for most of the day due to the rain. in the afternoon i watched a college basketball game on ABC, the iowa women were playing south carolina in the national championship. iowa led for a while in the first half but trailed by three at the half and lost 87-75. still another banner season though. the shooting and rebounding just wasn't there. i got a look at the schedule for the upcoming MSP film festival and ordered a ticket for a movie that will be screened in two weeks, so on the second weekend. i had to be careful to avoid scheduling conflicts as i knew i already had plenty of events booked. i was able to find one day that was completely open, with no saints game or meetup event to attend. the last time i had been to this festival was pre-covid. after watching 'the simpsons' in the evening, about food delivery drones, i finished watching a charlie brown DVD from a week earlier. this was the 'easter beagle' disc, and i watched the bonus episode, 'arbor day', as well as a documentary about the making of 'easter beagle'. during my walks i found 76 cents. 

ufl game, st. louis

 this evening i watched a UFL game that was being played in st. louis, on ABC. the st. louis battlehawks beat the arlington (texas) renegades on a last-second field goal. i had heard of a merger of the two spring football leagues and had to research it further. both leagues had eight teams, the XFL and USFL, and the combined league has eight teams as well. this means just half of the teams survived the merger. i had seen some of the USFL games on TV the past two seasons. i just barely recall the earlier versions of both leagues, the former had folded after just one season due to low TV ratings, then tried again and folded due to the pandemic. the latter lasted three seasons, then folded, although it was the same league in name only. the later version of the USFL acquired the intellectual property and that was it. i do visit st. louis annually to see the cardinals but it is unlikely that i will attend a football game when i am in town as the league plays just a 10-game schedule, so five home games a year. but i still might want to snag a souvenir, and i would like to think there are some at the airport. what i found online from the league's website that is of interest to me is magnets, towels, pins, and pennants. this interests me more than hats and shirts. not too surprising that of the eight teams in this merged league, three of them are in texas, as that state loves its football. 

  before watching the game this evening, i was pleased with what i got done. in the morning i went to the credit union to dump change into my savings account, in roseville. i tried eagan first, but their machine was broken. i went to the nearby walgreen and got some discounted easter candy, reese's peanut butter as well as some oreo cookies in a plastic egg, then made it to the alternate location just before closing for the day. the total going into savings from the past three months was over 15 dollars. then i went to eat at the cane's chicken near the mall as it was midday. enjoyed the music i heard while there, it was johnny cash's 'i walk the line' and shaggy's 'angel'. i dropped off recycle near the capitol, then picked up one order at the post office. then i went home for a little while and did my taxes online, first time with jackson hewitt. cheaper than with h and r block, and it included both federal and state returns. when i went out again i picked up a can of icelandic beer at a liquor store, so now there are four beers waiting. then i went to the copy store to print the tax returns and two event reminder pages. and i got a jamocha shake at arby's. after i had the evening meal i went to get groceries at aldi. later on i went on a walk and found 59 cents. 

branch handled delivery

 in the afternoon a branch employee sent an i.m. and said there was a delivery for me. i was thinking it was a backorder on envelopes. i go out there and see a staples truck, found out it was janitorial supplies. the delivery driver tried to make a joke about what was being delivered that didn't land with me. i went back to the branch employee and said i prefer letting the branch handle it. the boxes were left in the hall, i had seen this before. i did finally get the manifest from the delivery of two days prior. i got a call from my boss just before i went to lunch. it was asking me to move paper grocery bags to the check shop. there had been some in the breakroom at one point, but by then there was just two boxes. one had a christmas tree in it and the other had plenty of rolls of wrapping paper in it. i liked how it was a fairly low volume day on check printing, i used the time to stay caught up on doing overnight labels. there was one request to enter that the recipient is blind, asking the envelope be handed to her or put in the mailbox. i entered it in the lower address lines in order to have it seen by the courier. in the evening i went to hy-vee in eagan for groceries. i left a little early for this errand as i wanted to be back home for the college basketball game on the radio, iowa in the women's final four. except i was unable to find it on ESPN radio, AM side. all that i found there was sports talk radio, no game of any kind. when i made it home i found the st. paul saints baseball game on the radio, saints were in nashville. saints were leading late in the game when i fell asleep, found out they went on to win it. when i woke up the final four game was on, so i caught the fourth quarter of the game. it was tied at the end of that quarter and iowa went on to beat connecticut, 71-69.  later on i went on a walk and found 1 dollar 79 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were both about sheldon going to texas to visit his mom. the first was when he went to NASA with howard, the second was when he ran away after finding out his findings at the north pole were a sham to keep him happy. 

three door checks

 after the issue of the locked door at work i was asked to check it three times in the morning. at one point the outer door was locked but the inner door was not. and of course, we needed the outer door unlocked during the day for access to the UPS box. i even spoke with a branch employee by i.m., who said that a driver noticed the locked door. hopefully it stays fixed for a while. also notable was how i researched a check and said it wasn't overnighted because this code-word wasn't on the check. another was returned to the business line in st. louis as the street address was crowded out by multiple 'attention to' lines. i drank the can of voodoo ranger with the evening meal so now three beers are waiting. 'young sheldon' was about the baby being baptized by two different preachers. looks like the next episode will be the wedding of georgie and mandy. later on i went on a walk and found 1 dollar 75 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when amy had coffee with dermatologist emily and raj shows up. it was followed by the one where the friends go to the north pole. 

luncheon audible

 at work there was a luncheon, but we had to call an audible. the first restaurant was near the workplace, but after getting water and placing orders, then waiting for a little while, the server said the cook did not arrive. we left and went to a vietnamese place in a nearby town. i had sweet and sour pork with fried rice, it arrived after all of the others did. despite being offsite for over an hour it didn't leave me all that far behind on my work. the check stock arrived before we left, and the envelope order arrived when i was at the luncheon. the boxes were left in the service entry, the one between the ATM and dumpsters. i brought them in ten boxes at a time, making three trips, when i had the time. a crew was working in that area and on the front door, and that door is locked again so it meant sending overnight packages to a box offsite to see that they would get picked up in a timely fashion. in the evening i got a vanilla shake at mcdonald's, confirming that the shamrock shake is done for the season. another location still had their sign up. later on i went on a walk and found 60 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when leonard got a table, but then the friends still eventually moved to their normal eating spot at the couch. it was followed by the one where howard's space toilet didn't work. 

little football helmet

 more cleanup is still being done in the file room across the fence from the shop. and it means many things are being left in the breakroom to be claimed. i liked seeing a little football helmet so i claimed it. there are two college conference logos on it and most of the helmet is white, while the facemask is blue. this is comparable size to one i had bought many years ago, a hawkeye helmet, at a twins fan-fest. the proceeds went to the bob feller museum in iowa. also at work, my vacation replacement dropped in to the shop twice. sounds like it was due to being caught up on work and wanting to stay busy. i finished one thank-you letter in response to a birthday card and there are two more to do. late in the evening i went on a walk and found 26 cents. the 'big bang theory' reruns were when the friends went on a napa valley train and sheldon kissed amy. it was followed by the one where some of the friends went to las vegas and sheldon and raj hire a hooker for howard. sheldon learns about 'friends with benefits' from penny. 

three house numbers

 went to a meetup event after work, just a few miles from work. it was in an apartment complex and i wrote down three house numbers from the invite. one of them was the community room, where bible study was being held. found out the correct one was in the text message. i was the first one that arrived. i had picked up a bowl of fruit to share from hy-vee. while there i also got one of those protein packs that i consumed before getting there, along with a reese's peanut butter bunny. at walgreen during lunch i got some reese's peanut butter as well. being the day after easter it is a good day to take advantage of it being discounted. it was mostly snack foods at the potluck, had some of the popcorn along with donut holes. i chose this event over watching the iowa women in the college basketball tournament. i figured i could still check the score on my phone and i was right. iowa beat LSU to reach the final four. we were given the chance to request songs from youtube, i wanted to hear 'muzzle' by smashing pumpkins, and 'gurs over fear' by eminem and sia. this event was being done by the retired postal worker. first time i had seen him since the state fair. as usual, it was nice seeing him. but as for most of the others, not so much as i barely knew them or didn't know them, at all. at work i got the montly supply order in, first time in a while that i needed to order sealing fluid and courier envelopes. cleanup across the fence from the shop is still happening. during my walks i found 12 cents.