I woke up at 10:41am this morning. It's memorable because I've woken pretty much without fail between 6:30 & 7am for the last couple of years courtesy of a bladder driven alarm clock. The main point is that I've slept pretty well since moving out of South Pasadena, and even though I'm still eating pretty much the same (if anything, I've eaten out more often) and given that the jeans I'm wearing used to be kinda tight and I had to stop and put on a belt before I left this morning makes me pretty sure that I'm losing weight as a benefit; almost 20 years ago I ate my way through France and managed to lose about five pounds overall between walking around all day and sleeping an average of ten (10) hours a night. The last month in South Pasadena, I probably slept as much at my desk as I did on my futon and getting no more than six hours a day total.
Before I moved, I was getting by on about $15 a week (roughly 6 gallons) for gas. My mileage has doubled since then. When you're counting shillings, pence are significant. So today, I was motivated to get a little exercise and so I took a walk to a nearby ethnic supermarket that a few people have raved about. The Yelp reviews have not been kind, and if I had to write a Yelp review, my assessment would pretty much mirror them. But to be completely fair, if you like apples, this place will suit you well - almost all their apples, including the Fujis, were all 2 lbs. for $1. And I got in about a mile of walking.
Going the other direction, the neighborhood public library is only a couple of blocks away and open from 10-6 on weekdays. I'm now here hoping to use the rest of the afternoon working on the ebook rewrite.
Maybe not; around 1:45pm, a number of school kids come in, and the volume level increases noticeably. This is a branch library. There's a main library in the neighborhood about 1.5 miles away. Maybe I should get a bike.
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