i went to zachary’s with all the old URAP people – prof nelson and those of us who did the research project with him last semester. we had a lot of fun… the food was delicious, naturally, and very very filling, but even more amazingly, the check came out perfectly. tell me, how many times have you gone to a restaurant with a group, only to spend practically hours figuring out the check because it just didn’t come out right? that has happened to me many times. everyone pays what they thought they should have, it doesn’t come out to be enough, so everyone sighs and figures, oh, i’ll put in a little bit more, so everyone does, but then it still doesn’t add up? and nobody has anything but twenty dollar bills? anyway, this time it divided up very nicely. everyone was to pay $9, and three people had $10s and the rest of us had $20s. but there were six of us–so those of us who only had $20s just took the $10s back. and the bill came out to $54 including tip, so when we got change, we asked for it in $1s… everyone got $1 back! totally headache-free. beautiful. it hardly ever happens.
then i realized that i had to go grocery shopping (well, just for vegetables and satsumas) and since we were already near grocery stores, it would work out perfectly. lisa (the other one) dropped me off at yasai market, where i bought a huge amount of satsumas (probably only enough for a few days, knowing me!) and also a lot of vegetables, but it only came out to be about $15, so i was quite happy. then i realized i needed to do some stuff at the bank, and the bank is right down the street from yasai, so i got that done, and as soon as i got to the bus stop, the bus arrived! so i didn’t have to wait at the bus stop carrying loads of groceries… but even if i had, i had a wonderful book with me so it wouldn’t have been a problem. isn’t it great? somehow everything just worked out really well today. i’m wondering if someplace else in the universe, someone else got all the annoying things that happen to a typical person in a typical day, and someone somewhere is having a horrible day. wouldn’t it be interesting if it worked like that? i’d totally be willing to have a few horrible days in exchange for truly lovely other days. next time i have a terrible day, i’ll just tell myself that it’s so someone else somewhere can have a wonderful day, and maybe that’ll make me feel better!
now about those satsumas… *yumyumyumyumyumyumyum*
[note, 4/10/14: Imported from my old blog at satsumabug.livejournal.com.]
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