Cav's Place

In the early hours of September 5, I ended up eating lunch, on and off, between 2:10 AM and 3:10 AM, since I had used the Slow Cooker to make it, it finished after midnight and then I moved most of the sauce into what dad had made for himself. And, since he had also cooked, there was obviously more to wash and clean, and he had also heated some water to wash his feet and that meant more large pots to move around, though I just left those there that night, along with some others. Either way, I finally managed to eat dinner between 4:15 AM and 5 AM and got in bed at 6:10 AM. I’d have also wanted to shave and could have done it after eating, since I didn’t want to get in bed right away, but I ended up playing Siege of Avalon a little more instead.
At least I only got up to pee once, a few minutes after noon, and while dad also got up a little after that and I kept waking up because of various little noises, plus one louder one that he probably also caused, I got back to sleep almost right away, only getting up when it was past 2:50 PM, some time after he left, since I hadn’t set an alarm. Then I had the usual stuff, the problem being that I ended up just wasting time on the toilet, despite feeling that there was something there. But at least there was hot water, the problems tending to only appear at night those days, so I shaved, then also ate two of those nicer but expired biscuits, with added honey, and left a few minutes after 5:30 PM, after finding my socks again, since I had taken them to the kitchen, to put them on when I’ll put on the shoes, and when I went to pee dad assumed that they were his and took them away. Either way, I wore the full running gear, but returned to the old shoes. And the reported temperature was about 31°C, dropping by probably 2°C by the time I finished.
The time was 49:18.39, with sector times of 4:24.85, 5:10 (5:09.75), 6:03 (6:02.44), 4:41 (4:40.97), 5:10.75, 6:06.12, 4:39 (4:38.47), 5:19.57, 5:54 (5:53.65) and 1:52 (1:51.82), making for lap times of 15:37.04, 15:57.84 and 15:52 (15:51.69). Since I couldn’t say that I had fully recovered after the previous week’s long run, I definitely wasn’t thinking about getting anywhere near the great time from the week before that, but just wondering whether I’ll manage to stay under 48 minutes, and I tried to push quite a bit from the beginning, meaning to switch myself back to aiming for speed, so that time on the first sector was really disappointing and made it pretty clear that it was going to be a poor run, and after sector two of lap one I had settled on just aiming to stay under 49 minutes. However, going over six minutes on sector three of lap one, and getting close to 15:40 even on the first lap, put even that in serious doubt, and after sector one of lap two I was wondering whether I’ll even stay under 16 minutes on that lap and under 50 minutes overall. And at least I did stay under 16 minutes on lap two, but things looked bad, so I pushed more on lap three, and on its third sector in particular, after that bad sector two, hoping to somehow at least manage one decent sector three, to stay under 16 minutes on that lap as well and stay under 49:30 at the end. And I did manage that, but that’s a bad time either way you look at it.
What’s worse is that there were hardly any problems to speak of. Sure, I did occasionally have to weave or go the long way around, but I wouldn’t say that there were any notable problems caused by people, so it’s likely that most of that was because of the lane, with all of its damaged spots, plus some areas that were wet. And it did get really windy on some parts of lap three, mainly around the start of each sector, and that might have had plenty to do with that bad time on sector two, since there was a point when I felt like I was barely moving against the wind, though it didn’t last long. And I wouldn’t say that there were specific physical issues either. Something rather weird was that a spot on one of my legs suddenly started itching badly on sector three of lap two and it made me think that I was getting bitten by something, so I made two brief stops in order to scratch and press on that spot, which offers some excuse for that sector’s time, but the only other issue was that the fact that I had just wasted time on the toilet came back to bite me on sector two of lap two and on sectors two and three of lap three, though on sector two of lap three the feeling was milder, and it was never a real problem. So the main issue was simply that I couldn’t go any faster despite really trying, as the fact that my nose was really irritated after the run also showed. But at least that problem went away pretty quickly.

On the way back, I spotted a bottle that I couldn’t normally reach, but a pretty large branch was nearby, so I tried to use the branch to pull it closer, but when it rolled against a tree I had to give up. Then, after getting back, I ate watermelon, changed, and left again at 8 PM, going to the nearest Penny and getting all of the cat food of the kind that I wanted, which was on sale, that was on the shelf at the time. It was less than two thirds of what I’d have wanted, but that meant that I didn’t have to try to decide what other things to get, since I was going to be able to afford everything, so I got the other things that I wanted as well. And the guy who was ahead of me in line, had a lot of products and was still placing them on the belt when the cashier was about to get to him, told me to go ahead, and I was also able to use that voucher which hadn’t worked the first time, so the problem must have really been the fact that I was buying those beers for dad that time, even though the small print states that it won’t work with “spirits” and beer definitely shouldn’t fall into that category.
After putting the other purchases in the backpack, leaving the cat food in a bag, I continued to Auchan, grabbing a recyclable with the deposit symbol on the way… And seeing that they had finally placed cabinets there, so I put the bags, with the cat food and that recyclable, in one, entering with the backpack. I was looking for water for dad and liquid soap, but I had a look in the bakery area first and, while the employee was taking away what was left and piling everything up into carts, she was yet to get to some really nice bread, with whole wheat flour and seeds, and the listed price would have been fair enough if it’d have had more than the listed weight, so I took one that quite clearly seemed larger, keeping it after weighing it and seeing that it had almost 20% more than the listed weight… And as I was looking around that area I spotted a can on the floor, and when I pushed on it gently with my foot it seemed empty, so I tried to pick it up… Only to be surprised by its weight when I did, since it was actually full, and ending up dropping it, so some of the contents spilled out before I set it upright again and left it there.
Either way, after also grabbing what I had actually gone there for, I found that only a few checkouts that accepted cash were still open, all but two were manned, and the guy who was using one of those was going through a long list of vouchers, alternating between checking his phone and the screen, so I sat in line to use the other one… Only for the woman who was ahead of me, who seemed to just have one soap, to scan it, then appear to get confused by the menus and walk away, moving to a manned checkout. And no employees seemed available to cancel that transaction, so I moved to stand behind that guy… And when an employee did come to that other machine, after being called over by a guard, she turned it off directly. So I was left to wait behind that guy, who kept checking those vouchers, and who kept sniffing as well… And when he was finally satisfied, he paid by card! So he could have used any other machine, but instead chose to block what at that point was the only actual self-checkout that accepted cash that was still open! But at least I found a pile of coins in the tray when I finally did get to use the machine, and also saw that the bread had a 30% discount if you used the store card, which was a nice surprise. And I also used the small amount that was on the store card, and then took my time to arrange everything, since I had taken the large backpack with me as well, before retrieving what I had in the cabinet.
Even though I was carrying a lot of weight and wasn’t sure that the closing time for that Kaufland was still 11 PM, I then went there as well, putting everything in a cabinet after finding that the store was still open. Then I washed my hands, using the toilets for disabled people, since the door was wide open, and entered the store a little after 10:10 PM, going straight to the bakery area and finding that the discounts were of 75% and some new and interesting products had appeared, so I got a number of things, after using a price checker to check the ingredients for something and scan the label for something else, confirming that the discount was of 75% as well, even though the label only listed 50%. And since one more new product looked interesting but I couldn’t tell what it was, I asked the employee about it, and while she wasn’t sure of its exact name either, she gave me a good enough idea to be pretty sure that I then found its label, but the ingredients bothered me, so I put it back.
The fact that I had found less of that cat food at Penny meant that I could even get some cheese as well, if I was finally going to find some of that cheap kind that was on sale. And I did, but there was no employee in that area and the nearest one was washing some utensils, so I had to call her over and when I asked exactly which pieces were at that price she said that she was only sure about those that were right next to the label, being uncertain about others, including the one which I had asked for, saying that she wasn’t working in that area, and when I said that nobody seemed to be working in that area she said that it was late, so I pointed out that there were 32 minutes left until closing time, yet after she asked when were they supposed to do their own shopping if they’d work until closing time I decided to end the conversation and just ask for one of those pieces that she was certain were at that price instead… And then she leaned over the cheeses and struggled to pull out the price label in order to see the code that she had to enter on the scales. But at least I eventually got that cheese…
After also grabbing some carrots, I spent the remaining time selecting scattered grapes, both having decent evening discounts… One problem, which I couldn’t have known at the time, being that the carrots were going to be one fifth of that price two days later, when I went back. And another problem was that a woman came over while I was selecting grapes and told me to take some of those which she had already selected, since she had taken too many, insisting when I refused, but I didn’t want to and was starting to panic, having interacted too much and having been surprised by her as well, so I stood up straight and turned my back to her, which might have alerted an employee, who came over and gave us a strange look while that woman said that in that case she’ll just put a part of her grapes back in the crate, though I’m not sure whether she actually did, since I didn’t turn around again until I was sure that she had left. But I could then resume selecting, getting as much as I wanted with a little time to spare, so I was just finishing using the self-checkout machine when the closing announcement came, though I then took my time to arrange everything, walking out a little after 11:10 PM and then stopping one more time, at a table, to also take the cat food out of the box… At which point I cut myself in it, those corners being so sharp. Either way, it was past 11:15 PM when I actually walked away, and I grabbed another recyclable with the deposit symbol on the way back.
I got back a little after 11:50 PM, with 23.5 kg. Then I took out the purchases and quickly put some of them in the fridge before cleaning the litter box and going to dump a bag of trash down the chute, after which I put almost all of the remaining purchases in their place, arranging some things in order to make room, and ate a sweet pastry. It was 1:35 AM when I finally went to shower, the water temperature increasing slowly, eventually being lukewarm and actually feeling slightly warm on my skin by the time I was done. Either way, I was done a couple of minutes after 2 AM, then I put the carrots in their place as well, and it was 3:10 AM when I took a first bite of lunch. But I just took a few more bites while making the salad, eating more of the lunch while slicing those nicer buns which I had purchased in order to use instead of bread, and finishing at 4:30 AM, after dinner was ready and I had even taken some things to my room, so at 4:35 AM I started eating dinner, being done at 5:20 AM, albeit after spending several minutes scraping what was stuck on the plate. And I got in bed at 6:05 AM, after dad got back… And I’ll also mention here that no visits were recorded that day or the next.

Speaking of the next day, it took me a while to actually get to sleep and somewhere around 9:15 AM, maybe a few minutes later, I was woken up by the sound of mowing that once again seemed to come from behind the building, and after taking a few more pictures of how things looked at that point I got back on the computer. But the sound soon stopped and at 9:40 AM I was back in bed, and nothing seemed to have actually happened behind the building, so the sound must have actually been from farther away. On the other hand, that evening I found that I had been wrong and the weevils were actually coming from the popcorn this time around as well, even if it was a different brand. But they hadn’t completely destroyed it yet, unlike the first time, so I tried to rescue as much of it as I could, probably inhaling some of that dust when I initially tried to blow it off, before giving in and washing the popcorn, discarding what clearly looked bad, trying to dry the rest to some extent before using it, and ending up with some mostly burned popcorn.

In the early hours of September 10, I meant to just make the salad with the beets which I had already baked and a regular onion, since I had no green onions, but then I realized that it’d have been too small and decided to peel and boil a few carrots as well, which made it quite clear that I won’t be able to start eating before 3 AM… And when I did get to my room, I definitely smelled smoke. I had thought that I had smelled it before going to the kitchen as well, but after checking the computer’s temperatures and seeing that everything was fine and not noticing the smell in the rest of the apartment, I had dismissed it, yet at that point it was so strong in my room that my eyes were starting to sting, and when I approached the window it was clear that it was coming from outside, so I closed all the windows, though it was obviously rather late by then. And this led to starting to eat dinner at 3:10 AM, but I still finished at 3:40 AM, one problem being that I ended up using the best remaining piece of bread, which I had been meaning to eat before the marathon before thinking that the bread which I had purchased from Auchan after the previous run was the same, so I meant to use this piece first because it was far older, having been in the freezer for close to a year… Only to realize while slicing it that it was different and clearly better, but by then it had defrosted and putting it back in the freezer wouldn’t have been the best idea, especially since it had been there for so long already. And then dad got back very early again and I exchanged a few words with him and also looked something up, ending up getting in bed at 5:45 AM.
The alarm was set to ring at 3 PM, but just before 11:20 AM I was woken up by the UPS beeping because of a blackout, and after just over ten minutes I turned off the computer, after calling and not getting a recorded answer with an estimate, which may mean that things have changed for the worse since the power company was purchased by another. Either way, since the blackout ended some five more minutes later, I could have kept the computer on if I’d have plugged the old UPS into the new one while it was still running, but I was wary of doing that, especially since I wanted to switch the data cables as well, so I only did that before turning the computer back on, after peeing. And the new UPS reported 93W used, while it was reporting 83W when I plugged the computer directly into it, which would mean that the old UPS uses 10W while charging. Either way, right at noon I got back in bed… Only to remember to check the LAN chipset’s LED a few minutes later and see that it was blinking, even though the chipset was shown as disabled. But that tends to happen when I turn the computer back on after turning it off while the chipset’s disabled, so I briefly connected and then disconnected again. And the UPS was still sending data at 12:10 PM, when I got back in bed… But I slept very little and badly, just getting brief and agitated naps, and when I was starting to feel the need to pee again I checked the time and saw that it was just after 2 PM, so I decided to get up and check the computer again, seeing that at some point the UPS had stopped sending data, though the software only actually reported that the connection was lost when I unplugged the USB cable. And I just did that in order to plug the one from the old UPS back in, which immediately sent data, though the listed estimated time on battery, 40 minutes, was completely wrong.
But I did have to run, so I eventually walked out of my room at 2:30 PM, replaced the apple with a banana but otherwise had the usual stuff, with the sweet thing consisting of two more of those nicer but expired biscuits, with added honey, and left at 5:20 PM, wearing the full running gear. The reported temperature was 28-29°C, and just 1°C less when I finished, but it was cloudy, and I might have even felt a couple of drops on the way to the park and as I started running, though I didn’t notice any more after that.
The time was 1:19:11, with sector times of 4:29, 5:04, 6:06, 4:35, 5:15, 6:01, 4:41, 5:22, 6:09, 4:43, 5:21, 6:03, 4:31, 5:05 and 5:46, making for lap times of 15:39, 15:51, 16:12, 16:07 and 15:22. So, after going over 1:20 the previous three times, at least I was closer to 1:19 this time around, but anything over 1:18 is clearly a poor time, and if I look before June, when I covered this distance one more time and just managed to stay under 1:20, I have to go back to last August to find a worse time.
Then again, I expected even worse, already wondering after the first sector whether I’ll manage to stay under 1:20, while after the first lap I was thinking that I’ll have to push to even stay under 1:21, especially considering that poor sector three. So, after being exactly on target for a 16-minute lap after the first two sectors of lap two, I pushed harder on sector three, managing to cover that lap in less than 16 minutes but knowing that I was going to lose time from then on, which proved to be the case on lap three, so I was thinking that sector three of lap three was going to be the last sector that won’t go over the target for a 16-minute lap. However, I was wondering whether I could somehow manage to only get a few seconds slower on lap four, to still be able to squeeze under 1:20 if I’ll somehow manage to cover lap five in 16 minutes, so I once again pushed a little more, and when I found myself being a single second slower over the first two sectors compared to the previous lap despite briefly stopping on sector one, I pushed even more on sector three, trying, and managing, to be a little less slow on lap four compared to lap three. That left me needing 16:10 on lap five in order to squeeze under 1:20 and I really pushed from the start of the lap, the first sector’s time getting my hopes up, to the point that I gave a passing thought to getting under 1:19:30… Which passing thought became a clear target after sector two, especially since I had another runner as my target at that point, which definitely helped, leading to by far the best sector three and lap of the day. Of course, that also meant that I still had the energy for it, so I had probably been too conservative earlier, but if I’d have pushed that hard even sooner I’d have probably been completely crushed well before the end.
That runner that I mentioned above caught up to me on sector two of lap five and I might have slowed just a little at first, since he was only very slightly faster and it felt strange to stay pretty much alongside him, so I let him get ahead, but then I wanted to stay right behind him and know that I gave absolutely everything, since I wanted to catch him again by the end but he nevertheless stayed a couple of meters ahead. And other runners might have helped, albeit just a little, on sector two of lap one, since I caught one just as she was catching another and yet another one overtook all of us, so all four of us ended up pretty much alongside each other for a moment despite otherwise running separately, and I had some targets to chase for a little while, though that last runner pulled ahead rather quickly.
In terms of problems, on the other hand, I had to briefly stop on sector one of lap four, in that blind turn that’s before the long straight, when three cyclists, who were wearing helmets but who might have been the same three kids whom I’ve seen going around the lake at high speed a number of times, appeared in front of me, the first one going wide when he saw me, the second staying on the lane and the third, who was obviously the last to see me appear and probably initially reacted to what the other two had done, switching to the inside, where I was, and it was quite fortunate that we managed to avoid each other. But that was pretty much the only notable problem caused by people, so while I obviously still had to weave or go the long way around quite a number of times, it’s possible that the damaged or wet parts of the lane caused that more than the people, and on sector two of either lap two or, perhaps more probably, lap three I stepped in a hole that was under the lane and it’s a good thing that my left ankle held. And on sector two of the other lap, so lap two if the hole was on lap three or lap three if the hole was on lap two, my right knee started giving some warnings, but they didn’t get noticeably worse after that. And that was pretty much the only specific physical issue, though from the start of lap five I was also noticing a sound that led me to think of fluid in my abdomen. As for the conditions, there were some gusts and windy areas, including a few spots where I did have to push against the wind, but at least it didn’t seem hot while I ran… Which was somewhat surprising, because on the way to the park it felt hotter than I expected it to feel, especially considering the clouds.

On the way back, I saw that the bottle which I had given up on after the previous run was still next to that tree, which seemed weird despite the fact that it was in a relatively hard to reach spot, since I’d have thought that somebody would have at least looked to see whether it had the deposit symbol. And that branch was still there as well, but I just moved on, though I then had a quick look in the nearby Mega Image and after walking out I picked up two recyclables with the deposit symbol from the trash cans that are outside. But I didn’t go out again that evening.
On the other hand, when I took the watermelon out of the fridge I realized that I really shouldn’t have moved it to the back the previous night, because a part of it had frozen, so it was going to go soft, and eating some of that part while it was still frozen made my throat a little sore as well. But then I also had lunch, did the day’s squats, started the washing machine before going to the toilet and to wash, eventually also ate a croissant, hung the clothes to dry before going back to the kitchen at night, and once again started to eat dinner at 3:10 AM but still finished at 3:40 AM. I got in bed at 5:20 AM, however. And after getting up I plugged the old UPS in directly again, though I first unplugged the new one, which made the old one keep switching modes pretty much every second until I unplugged it from it, so that was definitely a bad idea, not that it was a surprise.

I should also mention that on September 14 I started taking all of the other supplements as well, since I’ll be taking those for 30 days, and then move on to the early hours of September 17, when dad went to bed a little before 1 AM and I checked a few things on-line right away, so I went to the kitchen when it was past 1:10 AM, and I didn’t recover that time. And I still didn’t have green onions, so I used what little was still usable from a small regular onion that dad had for some reason brought from mother at one point, which was sprouting a little and otherwise spoiling badly. And then, when I was taking a couple of cloves, as I do before dinner, one somehow fell from my hand, and it seemed to have landed on the backpack, and I even had the light on, which hardly ever happens, but I shook both backpacks, took the bags out and shook those as well, also moved everything that was around that area and shook all of those things too, and looked all around, but it seemed to have just vanished. Not that a clove, and a small one at that, is easy to find, but it really bothered me. And then I also noticed corn puff dust in the cabinet where I have some things to munch on, so one of those flimsy bags must have gotten damaged, which is bad news when ants seemed to have appeared again, albeit mainly on the balcony. But I left dealing with that for another time and finally started eating dinner at 3:25 AM, finishing at 3:55 AM.
I had set the alarm to ring at 3 PM, just to be safe, but it might have been around 9:30 AM, possibly a little later, I’m not quite certain, when the dermatitis acted up again and I woke up scratching my balls, then went to pee and clean that spot a little, and after that I couldn’t get right back to sleep, ending up hearing dad’s alarm, and after he got up it was even harder to fall asleep, so I drifted in and out until after he left. I eventually did fall asleep more properly once again, and when I woke up one more time I was thinking that if it was past 1 PM I’ll just get up, but I found that it was still well before noon, so I peed one more time and then got back to sleep, eventually getting up and turning off the alarm the next time I woke up, at 2:25 PM. Then I had the usual stuff, the yogurt being an expired “creamy” one with 4.5% fat and 5.5% protein, also took the supplements, with the obvious exception of the second pill for the one for joints and the iron, and the sweet thing once again consisted of two of those nicer but expired biscuits, with added honey. I left at 5:10 PM, wearing the full running gear. The reported temperature was 24°C, holding pretty steady, maybe dropping just marginally by the time I finished.
The time was 47:11.98, with sector times of 4:05.86, 5:03 (5:02.43), 5:49.41, 4:25.25, 4:59 (4:58.31), 5:47 (5:46.75), 4:26.25, 5:01 (5:00.97), 5:48.31 and 1:48.44, making for lap times of 14:57.70, 15:11 (15:10.31) and 15:15.53. I wanted to see what effect the supplements had, even if I had only recently started taking them again, so I pushed from the start, being pleased with that first sector, but then I took it a little easier on sector two before setting my mind on completing the first lap in less than 15 minutes and pushing enough on sector three to manage that. However, I did wonder whether pushing that hard at the beginning was going to cost me, and sector one of lap two didn’t really provide any answer, but sector two of lap two was promising and I knew that I could keep pushing, so I just kept doing that, hoping that I won’t exhaust myself before the end and aiming to stay under 47:30, which I was relatively certain was going to happen after sector two of lap two. And after the end of the lap I changed the target to staying under 47:15, which I also managed. So it’s a good time, but I’d have been much more satisfied if I’d have gotten under 47 minutes, seeing as I’m taking all of the supplements. But maybe they’ll have more of an effect later.
What’s clear is that there were hardly any problems to speak of this time around. I mean, the lane was still damaged in a lot of places, including some that created a risk of tripping, and definitely to be avoided on the long straight of sector two in particular, so I once again most likely had to weave or go the long way around more because of that than because of other people, but there was nothing notable until sector two of lap three, when I felt that I had a lot of gas, though the problem didn’t get worse after that. And that leaves just sector three of lap three, when the right knee started bothering me and I hesitated and might have stopped for just an instant when a girl on a bicycle started weaving hard just as I was catching her. And I couldn’t get the steps right at the end, but it probably didn’t cost me a whole second, so it didn’t matter. On the other hand, my nose did feel rather irritated after the run, but it recovered soon enough.

After eating watermelon and lunch, I changed, though I left the running t-shirt on, and left again a little before 8:30 PM, with some recyclables with the deposit symbol, including two old ones which hadn’t been accepted before, since I meant to go to a Profi first and I had never tried a recycling machine from there. And I picked up one more recyclable with the deposit symbol on the way, but when I reached that Profi I didn’t see the recycling machine and didn’t bother to ask, just entering with the recyclables… And then walking back out, since they were unsurprisingly out of the canned mushrooms that were in their TV ad as being on sale at a great price. I might have noticed where the recycling machine was on my way out, but I didn’t bother to actually go there and check, just continuing to Kaufland and using the one from there, which still didn’t accept those two. And I apparently took too long to put in the last recyclable that was accepted, so the machine printed one voucher for the rest and I ended up with a second one just for that one. But I also picked up some more recyclables with the deposit symbol which had been discarded there and most of them were accepted, even if a few required quite a number of tries, so I actually ended up with three vouchers. And I also initially kept two more recyclables that I thought should have been accepted but weren’t, though I left some others that also had the symbol, since the bar code was damaged.
After putting those recyclables in a cabinet that didn’t lock and washing my hands thoroughly, I entered the store a couple of minutes before 9:30 PM, and the listed closing time had returned to 10 PM. And the price labels listing the bakery discounts of 75% had been left on the sheets of paper, without being placed in front of the respective products, so it was rather tedious to check what was actually discounted by 75%, and after taking some buns that did have that discount, including some that I was going to use instead of bread, I scanned a few other labels and found that other products were only discounted by 50% and some weren’t discounted at all. And one last piece of a sweet pastry that I might have been interested in was left, but I wasn’t quite sure that it was what I thought it was and didn’t ask, eventually just giving up on it… But then I noticed that one of those breads with sunflower seeds was left as well, and after scanning the label and seeing that it was discounted by 50% I decided that it was good enough and took it. On the other hand, there were no evening discounts for fruits and vegetables, so the only other thing I got was a small yogurt.
When I got to the self-checkouts, an employee was cleaning one of the machines that accepted cash and told me to go to the next one, saying that it was about to be freed, but the people who were using it stayed there while they carefully arranged their purchases in their bags, so I waited there for a little while, until another employee told me to come to another machine, asked what I had in the bakery bag and I told her… But that machine wasn’t freed quickly either, the people who were using it taking a long time to pay, so the first one which I had been sent to was freed first… Only for the employee who had initially sent me to it to immediately start cleaning it, before I could take those few steps, so I went back to that other one and waited, and at least I found some coins left in the tray after those people finally walked away. Then I got two labels from the scales that are next to the recycling bins and used them to hold the bag with the bakery products closed before retrieving what I had in the cabinet and putting the purchases in the backpack, walking out a little after 10:05 PM, without hearing any closing announcement, though some employees had gathered at the cabinets and others seemed to be locking one door. Either way, I then made another attempt to put those two recyclables which I had picked up from there into the recycling machine, but when it still didn’t work I had a better look at one and realized that the bottom was misshapen and I won’t be able to fix it, while the problem with the other one was obvious, the part with the bar code being torn away and left stuck a small distance from the rest of the label, so while all the pieces were still there, it probably wouldn’t be accepted anywhere, so I discarded both of them. And the can with the deposit symbol that I picked up on the way back was crushed, but I meant to straighten it.
I got back just after 10:35 PM and straightened that can, then I just put the yogurt in the fridge and went to use the toilet and wash, only eating some of those corn puffs with powdered milk when I went to the kitchen again. That was earlier than usual, and there weren’t many things to wash either, but I then dealt with the remaining bread which I had bought two days earlier and the buns that I was going to also use instead of bread, though I then left all of them in the drawer, along with that bread with sunflower seeds. And I also moved what was left of something into a single jar, and the salad was mostly made of carrots, so I had to peel and then boil them, and when I saw that I wasn’t going to start eating dinner before 3 AM I took it easy, eventually eating dinner between 3:15 AM and 3:50 AM.