What a lovely day!
Sep. 12th, 2022 12:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dreamshark It was a perfect early fall morning, 68 degrees, blue sky with puffy white clouds. I biked down to the Farmers Market at King Park (1/4 mile away), picked up 3 ears of corn, heaping baskets of little heirloom tomatoes and multi-colored peppers, half a basket of baby cucumbers, and one giant zucchini. Flirted a little with my favorite busker, who not only plays astonishingly good slide guitar but has the wit to learn to recognize his regular fans and greet them with a smile. What a cutie. That's how you get the tips.
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When I got home the new blade for my blender had arrived so I could make gazpacho with all those fresh vegetables. There was also a new smoothie cup for the blender that I couldn't resist ordering when I ordered the replacement blades, so I made a strawberry banana smoothie while I was at it.
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Had a quick video chat with Amber and the kids. Lena (as expected) had a great first week in 2nd grade, the boys were not too cantankerous, and I was relieved to hear that Amber's post-COVID brain fog episodes have finally ceased. But she is still having more frequent migraines and is a little overwhelmed with her school job starting up. So she was looking forward to the weekly visit from Laura (mother's helper/auxiliary grandma) so she could have a little time to herself. Laura showed up and we all chatted, then rang off so Amber could get her alone time.
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My new comic-geek friend came over to look through Richard's collection for treasures. We sorted out a full box of comics that he wanted to buy, graded and priced them. Gratifyingly, he wanted quite a few of the duplicates I had laboriously sorted out over the past week or so (which is nice, because Richard doesn't mind parting with duplicates) as well as a bunch more that Richard is slowly considering letting go of. Those are simmering to give Richard time to reread them and me time to look through them for key issues. We all took a gazpacho break (it came out great!) and chatted for a while. Then comic-geek and I finalized the first stage of the negotiations and he left with the first dozen or so comics, for which he paid me $1500! Holy cow! I guess it's not entirely surprising that the first appearance of Bat-Girl is worth some money, but I didn't think it would be THAT valuable. And I never would have guessed that Hawkman #4 was worth that much. First appearance of "Zatanna" (whoever that is). Seriously?
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Then Richard cooked the corn and whipped up a chicken salad for a nice little supper. I sat down to unwind with a little Candy Crush and was pleased to see that the Events pane was back after a hiatus of 2 or 3 days.
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And I had an inspiration for how to spend that comics windfall. Amber pays Laura to watch the kids, although Laura loves them and would probably do it for free if she wasn't living on a fixed income. Amber would have her over more often but can't really afford it. And the kids love Laura. So I called up Amber and offered up the comic money to pay for additional Laura time for the next 6 months. Win win win! Help out my daughter, my grandkids, and a nice old lady all at once. Much more satisfying than just dropping the money into the checking account and paying bills with it.
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When I got home the new blade for my blender had arrived so I could make gazpacho with all those fresh vegetables. There was also a new smoothie cup for the blender that I couldn't resist ordering when I ordered the replacement blades, so I made a strawberry banana smoothie while I was at it.
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Had a quick video chat with Amber and the kids. Lena (as expected) had a great first week in 2nd grade, the boys were not too cantankerous, and I was relieved to hear that Amber's post-COVID brain fog episodes have finally ceased. But she is still having more frequent migraines and is a little overwhelmed with her school job starting up. So she was looking forward to the weekly visit from Laura (mother's helper/auxiliary grandma) so she could have a little time to herself. Laura showed up and we all chatted, then rang off so Amber could get her alone time.
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My new comic-geek friend came over to look through Richard's collection for treasures. We sorted out a full box of comics that he wanted to buy, graded and priced them. Gratifyingly, he wanted quite a few of the duplicates I had laboriously sorted out over the past week or so (which is nice, because Richard doesn't mind parting with duplicates) as well as a bunch more that Richard is slowly considering letting go of. Those are simmering to give Richard time to reread them and me time to look through them for key issues. We all took a gazpacho break (it came out great!) and chatted for a while. Then comic-geek and I finalized the first stage of the negotiations and he left with the first dozen or so comics, for which he paid me $1500! Holy cow! I guess it's not entirely surprising that the first appearance of Bat-Girl is worth some money, but I didn't think it would be THAT valuable. And I never would have guessed that Hawkman #4 was worth that much. First appearance of "Zatanna" (whoever that is). Seriously?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Then Richard cooked the corn and whipped up a chicken salad for a nice little supper. I sat down to unwind with a little Candy Crush and was pleased to see that the Events pane was back after a hiatus of 2 or 3 days.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
And I had an inspiration for how to spend that comics windfall. Amber pays Laura to watch the kids, although Laura loves them and would probably do it for free if she wasn't living on a fixed income. Amber would have her over more often but can't really afford it. And the kids love Laura. So I called up Amber and offered up the comic money to pay for additional Laura time for the next 6 months. Win win win! Help out my daughter, my grandkids, and a nice old lady all at once. Much more satisfying than just dropping the money into the checking account and paying bills with it.
