Abandoned Stuff by Saskboy

I woke up on Saturday with a pain in my neck. More accurately, my throat (just one side of it) was making me wince each time I swallowed. After somehow managing to fall back to sleep for some extra shuteye, I woke again with the same problem. A trip to the doctor was looking likely, since my throat started to decide to rebel more than a week and a half ago.

I was still determined to do other chores today too, so after being distracted by writing a new blog entry for Sunday, I gathered up recycling materials, loaded up the car, and went first to Dutch Cycle. There I was expecting to find a Presta valve to Schreader valve stem adapter, since the tire they provided me with had the more unusual Presta style valve. One of the staff there explained how to fill a Presta by twisting the top, attaching the adapter, and then closing the Presta valve when done. There was no charge [free] for the cap or adapter they gave me — they’ll get me “for double next time” (wink). So I left there with a fuzzy happy feeling of accomplishment.

I filled my car with gas (which has dropped by about 6¢/L recently) at Regina Cabs [$39.95], and drove to SARCAN where I got rid of most of my car load. The staff mentioned that Crown Shred takes non-deposit plastic containers. At this point the skies opened up and buckets of rain started falling. I jumped back into my car, out of the SARCAN like a lightening bolt. I picked up just over $3 at SARCAN, which wasn’t even close to the $50+ the three people in front of me got, despite the discretionary $50 limit.

I had plenty of time to make it to CAA in order to pick up some $8 movie vouchers [$32]. And then I got a very quick appointment (both in wait time, and visit time) with a doctor at the South Albert Clinic. Ten minutes later I had a prescription for my throat infection [$16] and was ready to stuff my paper recycling into the blue bin in the adjacent Golden Mile Mall parking lot. The rain had other ideas.

I stopped my car next to a white doctor’s car in reserved parking, where the bin was facing the parking spots. I had two boxes to unload and hopped out of the car, popping the trunk as I did, into the rain. I scurried to the back seat door, and grabbed the first bag and ran to the bin. On my way back I saw the trunk wasn’t open, so I went in a hurry to the driver door to open it and pop the trunk again. It was locked.

I checked my pocket for the car key, remembering that I left it in the ignition. I pulled out my house key from my pocket, cursing its uselessness, and simultaneously tried opening the other doors. They too were all locked. I started to wonder if I should walk home in the pouring rain (25 minute walk) when I looked over and saw another white car beside the one I was trying to open. My keys were in the other white car, and the door to that one (my car) was still unlocked. Oops, I’d walked back to the wrong car from the bin. It’s perhaps not a coincidence that a troll on SaskLibertyTrain called me “Saskatchewan’s dumbest blogger“.

Now I’m going to watch the Riders mop up the Montreal Alouettes. Unfortunately the game is only on TSN, so a non-cable subscriber like me has to have friends and family who value TV a little more highly than I do.