It's ending with me watching the holiday episode of
NCIS when suddenly like a knife to the back of the throat, my whole throat hurts. (i.e. a sinus must have come unclogged) That scares me since usually sore throats precede me getting bronchitis and/or pneumonia. Ugh.
So how did the day begin?
I had to take Naru for his first oil change and tire rotation and for warranty's sake it HAD to be at a Honda dealer. The closest one is in Portsmouth at 30 miles, Chillicothe is 40 miles and Athens about 50 miles. Naturally i select Athens since there is at least something to do there.
For some reason this oil change takes well over an hour but at least I have something to do with me (edited my brains out)
I've been told by everyone to go to the farmacy in Athens for specialty foods so I hope to get more holidays gifts there...only it doesn't have anything I couldn't have gotten in Krogers... Yeah I was helping out a smaller business and they DID have grains much cheaper than Krogers so there was that. They had the chaga mushroom tea that i saw Andy Zimmern drinking but it was over 11$ and I didn't want to pay that for somethign I've not tasted. I did want to buy the yerba mate 'mugs' but i'll wait until after christmas. I got some excellent ginger there and some rolled oats and hemp granola.
The problem with the excellent ginger? I said 'one piece to settle my stomach.' I am now SO full of ginger I'm sure it's dissolving my stomach. I did end up at Krogers and a few other stores (is it my area or what? I can't find anyone who even has many holiday decorations and what is there is cheapass plastic) I went to the chinese restaurant about an hour before the dinner rush so i was literally the ONLY person there. the crispy eggplant and tofu in garlic sauce was yummy.
Story question Okay if you were reading a story where the main character's brother was shot and hospitalized but the cops are sure if she or the brother were the target THEN two days later the detective returns with information. Instead of telling her, he lets get go into the hotel and change to go jogging while he does at his car (???) Meanwhile after the jog and they're walking back (since the cop isn't that athletic any more), he tells her that an anonymous death threat was called in AND the person knows her hotel by name. Would you believe this scene could possibly happen and that the cop would delay this information in order to go jogging?