Happy Thursday

Not a perfect day, but overall quite a good one. Before I get to the day itself, though, I must mention that there was a dream in which nalidoll somehow managed to travel faster-than-light by crawling into a kitchen cupboard somewhere and crawling out of a cupboard in another kitchen in another state. Once she made it to our kitchen, Nali decided to go exploring the area for a while and I lost track of her, so I never got the chance to ask her how she managed that bit of kitchen witchery.

Anyway, back in the waking world: I walked five miles today! This was a bit of a surprise since the morning wasn't exactly a great one for me, but I'm certainly glad I had that kind of energy. Along the way, I went to a library and picked up some more videos to watch, so I've got plenty to keep me entertained after the inevitable crash.

I also went to my favorite farmers' market's last regular market of the season. Spent lots of time there, mostly chatting with vendors and trying to decide what to buy at this last market. There was a man asking people to sign their names to get the Libertarian party put back on the ballot. I'll sign to get almost any party on the ballot--the more, the merrier!--and it sounded like the man with the petition has the same attitude. I don't know if the average Libertarian has good things to say about the Green party, but this guy certainly did.

As the afternoon turned to evening, the weather was cool and breezy enough that the vendors were all wishing they'd brought more layers of clothing with them. On the other hand, there were entire families of customers standing around eating locally-made ice cream. And to be honest, if the ice cream folks had brought their pumpkin flavor today, I probably would have bought some too.

You know you've been accepted as part of the market environment when the vendors start putting you to work. Being asked to put some items into place in one of the displays wasn't too surprising, but when another vendor asked me to hold down the fort for a few minutes while she went off to do something else, I was slightly startled. I probably could have been more useful if I'd known how much she was charging for sweet potatoes...

So, my favorite farmers' market is over for the season. However, there is one farmer who plans to keep coming back as long as he can until his crops are frozen over, so I guess the farmers' market will be followed by a farmer's market. There might still be a reason for me to leave the house on Thursdays after all.

Now it's night-time, time for rest. Or possibly it's time for a movie. How does Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog sound to you?