Slowly settling into my new place
and despite the stumbling blocks
that have made the process such
a long one, and aside from a more
specific loneliness that I feel (best
I can figure this is especially due to
the fact that I’m now living some
place I’d not be embarrassed to
have people over), I’ve mostly
found ways to eradicate my
impatience and have remained
giddy ever since I began sleeping
here. Today, I was momentarily
bummed for just missing “Optical
Day” where one gets a free pair
of prescription glasses just for
showing up—and I did show up
two hours before the event’s
published end-time only to be
told that they had maxed out on
free glasses for the day. They
gave me next month’s flyer. So,
another month using these that
give me limited vision thanks to
the superglue stuck to the rims
of the lenses that got there when
I installed a guard that could wrap
around my head so that I don’t lose
them (because that happens). So
I ran to my next meeting, dropped
by my old apartment building to
thank the folks who helped me get
into this new one, got home, put
on a load of laundry (washers/dryers
are in the building!) and put on some
lunch, rice with beans that I’d let
brine overnight. I installed the
new power cord on the printer
that I lost during the move and
had ordered from Amazon while
I still had a few dollars left be
tween my unemployment checks.
And the new hotspot device finally
arrived from AT&T, and I’m about
to unpack that to make sure this
one works (the last one they sent
didn’t, and the two subsequent
ones they “sent,” well, one went
to an incorrect address and the
other was promised but never
sent, so it’s better not to have
any big expectations regarding
this one). I need to run down
in sixteen minutes to remove
the clean clothes from the dryer.
But before that, it looks like it’s
time to have my lunch, as every
thing looks ready and smells
quite delicious. Or it could just be
that I am hungry. And home.
