Well the day started out ok. Slept in after going to sleep around 1:00, watched some Conan O’Brien. Nice night of sleep, Bill all cuddly. Still not used to the big bed, but I suppose I’ll have to. The old bed is either at some landfill or being cleaned somehow for resale at a Salvation Army or Goodwill maybe. Finally a beautiful day. I walked around Hoboken doing errands, basking in the sun. A perfect day, which would’ve been perfect for the beach, but Julio is going to Copenhagen on Thursday and had quite a few things to do beforehand.

I did laundry, went to the Dry Cleaners, went food shopping, sat on the stoop reading and smoking a cigar and napped at various points throughout the early part of the day, not in the order listed. I toyed with the idea of going for a bike ride, the usual 30-40 miles trek, but couldn’t get motivated enough. Julio called, one of the things he was doing was cleaning out a basement in West New York. I helped him move some heavy garbage bags and debris. Between runs from West New York/North Bergen to Hoboken we ran up to Edgewater where he drove to Target and I was able to buy some nice shirts for $5.99 as well as some new boxer briefs. Woo hoo.

I do love Target. One of my favorite stores. My brother sent me a link about how a group of people walked into a Home Depot in Manhattan and started walking very slowly and at one point the group stood still for a few minutes. Synchronized stillness. Cut and Paste:
http://www.improveverywhere.com/mission_view.php?mission_id=59 . Very interesting but if you search the website there’s a piece about an earlier action at Best Buy that doesn’t have the video that the Home Depot one has but is quite vivid in the description of what happened. I could easily join this group at a future action if I have the time, and I could easily see the same type for action happening when I go to a big chain store. If you read the article you’ll understand.

Juan is up today, going back to school tomorrow. Hanging out in an uncomfortable atmosphere that was created mere minutes before his arrival. I accidentally stepped on Bill’s toe, so accidental that I didn’t even know I did while negotiating the space between him, his laptop on a folding table and the wall. True he moved a bit but still it was awkward and resulted in my stepping on his toe. Not that he said that I stepped on his toe, no ‘Hey! Watch it!’, no ‘OUCH!’. So I didn’t know. Somehow though it came up and I said I didn’t, he said I did and it went on, becoming quite absurd and Bill exclaiming that I stepped on his toe.

I needed to state that I was joking which did a little bit of good but there is a tension in the air. Both Julio and Juan are here and the tension has dissipated somewhat, perhaps lingering only in my mind.