i inspired myself?

 It was a beautiful day yesterday. Close to 80 and sunny. Not too much wind. 

In the morning I was on Sharon Uber duty taking her to Target to get a new phone, again. I swear that girl is a toddler the way she breaks things. We also went to Wegmans and got a fruit tart for Easter Dinner (bring dessert) and we bought flowers for the cemetery and delivered them. Hopefully mama likes her gladiolas.

Every time I'm out I have a working list in my head of what I need to buy if I'm at a place that sells it. Everyday I drive past the Auto Zone at the Five Points and say, they'll have it. But who the hell wants to navigate the Five Points to go to Auto Zone? It's an accident waiting to happen.

Yesterday after I finished my blog post I decided I would take my own hippie dippy advice and bite the bull by the horns. I don't need to navigate the Five Points in a car, I CAN WALK TO AUTO ZONE. So I did. As I was walking down there I thought to myself, my god, I'm going to start documenting little trips, like I did when I first started this 15 years ago.  Heaven help the poor readers. But school will be out in two weeks and I'll have no excuses for the entire summer.

There were enormous bees at Itaska and Alaska. They looked way too big to be carpenter bees, but they were zooming a wood fence, so maybe. I'm not sure what the residents are feeding them to make them grow so large.

@clever_devil_studios

As I walked down Broadway I saw this semi-goth couple coming towards me. I thought, I know these people. Not one single time have I met a person I knew walking down Broadway. It was a former student and his wife. They were headed back to Fountain Hill after walking to the Seven Sirens brewery. (I have still to go there. Angel, we need to do a southside craft brew pub crawl.) We talked for two minutes and parted company. 

I tend to buy my students publication to support them. This coloring book was actually done by his wife. It is a bit more naughty than I expected. When promoting my former student said the cover is the only thing they could show on social media. They were right.  

I waited for forever to cross the Five Points, and entered Auto Zone. I wanted two things. A decorative license plate for the front of my car because I removed the advertising one from the dealer, and the space for a front plate is ugly. And I also wanted a decal to put on my steering wheel to cover the KIA logo. It is hideous. The plate I can live without. I don't see it. That hideous logo stares at me the whole time I'm driving. It is a smack in the face to good design. If I knew someone with a Cricut I could do it myself.

Anyway, I walked in and it's dark. Sure you could see stuff but it looks like they were conserving energy. This is the third new store that's opened in the south side that doesn't light their store. I first noticed it at the Dollar General. I rarely go in there, and I can't go in the one in Fountain Hill. I cannot see. Then when they remodeled the old Ahart's, it became dark. At night, the lights are fantastic. And Auto Zone. I wonder if it has something to do with the demographics of the neighborhood. Is it a marketing choice?

Auto Zone didn't have what I wanted. No license plates, just really gaudy holders. And the decals were just as bad. Not my WASPy cup of tea.  So I left and walked home.

I fear I might have to go to Amazon. Ick. Or maybe Etsy.

Miles/Steps:  It's .6 miles one way, so I'm guessing a mile and a quarter?
Weather:        High seventies, sunny, warm.