Dee Laundry

Today was another building resident's move-out day - the same person who gave me most of her non-perishables a little while ago. Today was everything she had left in her fridge and freezer, and whatever else happened to be around. Some eggs, some frozen strawberries, a lime, frozen cubed ginger, oat milk, tahini, olive oil, soy sauce, mirin, a couple avocados, shallots, sesame oil, agave syrup, some cauliflower, and other ends and odds. I composted the oyster sauce and most of the cheeses immediately, and the rest's going to get used up in due time.

Some of that due time was tonight. For lunch next week, I swept the kitchen and used up the cauliflower, the shallots, some garlic cloves, some garlic scapes, the last onion I had around, some tomatoes, and a bit of a bunch of spices. I cooked the last of a bag of basmati rice, and mixed it all with a can of kidney beans. It wouldn't have worked as well without the two cups of cubed cauliflower. It needed some vegetables in there.

I took some cleaning supplies, some bathroom stuff, and $11.79 in dimes, nickels, and pennies. As a favor, I took a bunch of old pillowcases and duvet covers to the appropriate recycling station. As a favor, I'll be taking a bag of electronics - extension cords and whatnot - to another appropriate recycling station. A tiny wooden turtle and two cutting boards. Some fancy cookbooks I'll see about taking down to the Strand.

Someone else came by when I was there to grab some large pieces of furniture. I helped him move it, and he was impressed I had such an easy time of it. I've often said I go to the gym to help people move furniture. And today, it finally happened.

I didn't go to the movies, spending the afternoon logging some letters and doing the sweep-the-kitchen cooking instead, acting for instead of against my better judgment. It was still a good day.

I also found out James Ortiz is on Cameo, and while I don't know if he'll accept the request - others have turned me down before - it'll still be worth it to ask him if he'll do some poetry reading for me. A friend suggested Jabberwocky. I was thinking The Litany or For What Binds Us. I may go with the Gioia.

I ended up getting enough done today I won't feel too bad about going to the movies tomorrow, which is pleasant enough. The end of the project is within sight, though not without some consultations about the ephemera. I don't know how my client wants the bank notes and shopping lists tabulated - likely by format and in chronological order, but it's his family documents, so I'm not going forward until I know exactly what he wants.

I've got a decent idea of how I'd do it - and again, his documents. So, while I wait: the movies.