Wednesday, December 25, 2024

vending machine lunch

 it was christmas eve, and i didn't quite make it in time to the convenience store for a sandwich. i saw the employee locking the door just as i had arrived. it saved me some money, i guess. i went back to the floor i work on and got some beef jerky from the vending machine. i also ate the raisins and animal crackers i brought in my lunch bag, but the can of soup is still unopened. two items bought from the machine actually, earlier in the day it was some more trail mix. the workday was a little easier, i was able to get caught up except for just under a thousand fargo checks. four mail tubs went out at the end of the day. i liked getting caught up on the overnights, even though i am told that UPS probably wouldn't be picking up from the box due to the holiday. i still wanted them off my desk, and gone, so those still went into the box. i paid more attention to how i exited the building and that made it easier on finding the light rail stop. when i was waiting for the train, i heard a christmas song being played, it was 'o come all ye faithful' and almost cried. why, i don't know. i went to a church service later in the evening and heard the same hymn. two hymns i wanted to hear but weren't part of the service, i knew i can find on youtube. this was 'angels we have heard on high' (or gloria in excelsis deo) and 'hark the herald angels sing'. i still like the feeling of the melted candle wax on my fingers from this christmas eve service. before going to church i watched part of 'it's a wonderful life' on NBC. i had seen it before, but it had been a while. a fresh perspective, i guess. when george bailey said, 'that's a lie!' it reminded me of saying it at work in the past week. i liked how i made it home from work a little earlier, in time to see the tail end of a 'young sheldon' rerun. after this, channel 45 switched over to 'yule log' except there was no music. sounds like viewers had to tune in to a specific radio station for that. late in the evening i went on a walk and found 84 cents. 

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