21-DEC-21 Strikeout Tuesday

[DiveMilw]

I had to go to both the mall and Walmart today.  My mom didn't order online fast enough and a couple of things are sold out or won't make it before Christmas.  I struck out at all the stores I tried.  She also wanted some Frango mints from Macy's (they were originally from Marshall Field's but then Macy's bought them).  Unfortunately, the Macy's stores around here don't carry the Frango line of products.  So I guess we can order those if they don't need to be here before Christmas.  

On the bright side I made it home alive and well and there is no additional damage to the car!  The lack of people wearing masks in the mall was appalling. Aside from that it was an OK trip to the mall when you factor in the holiday season.

[KathyB]

I narrowly missed a few accidents today. One was on the road coming out of Costco, and the fire department had it closed off so that no one could get through the intersection, so everyone had to turn around and go back the way they came. The others were on the main road I take to get from my house to my friend's house, and it was fine going southbound, but when I was going northbound, I saw two accidents on the southbound side, that, had I been traveling to her house fifteen minutes later, I would have been in. One of them was bad enough to close the road to southbound traffic and they were detouring cars off to the left, but it wasn't closed to northbound motorists.

Other than that, it's the first day of winter and it's 60 degrees outside.