i woke up early so i could get to belmont before the rain. but my mother said something about getting sausages from bianco & sons, and then hitting the medford OSJL afterwards, in which case i could get a ride. that was the new plan until i went online and saw that bianco was closed for thanksgiving (like us) until monday. so i reverted back to my original plan.
i didn't take the motorcycle because i didn't want to risk riding in the rain, so i rode my bicycle instead. i can't remember the last time i bicycled to belmont. usually i take the motorcycle or gotten a ride. it's not a bad trip, but takes a bit longer, and requires more energy on my part. but since i haven't ran in weeks, it's probably a rare chance to get some exercise. i got there by 10:45am, already felt a few drops of rain.
the rest of the day was spent eating thanksgiving leftovers. it was too overcast and cold (and rainy) to be doing anything outside, and since it was black friday it was out of the question doing any type of shopping without running into a crowd of people. on that note, everyone bought something online today. my father's mostast wireless earbuds were on the doorsteps when i got to my parents' place. my mother ordered some things from kipling. my father discovered temu.com and order $60 worth of items to get a 30% discount. i ended up ordering a soundcore motion+ bluetooth speaker ($80) because i wanted to compare it with the tribit maxsound plus ($43).
it was still cold enough that we could use the sunroom as a makeshift refrigerator. it rained but only for a few hours, the rest of the day was overcast and damp.
my sister stopped by with her dog in the late afternoon to eat. hailey seems to be afraid of everyone these days, and will go out of her way to avoid people and hide behind my sister. the only thing that seems to bring her out of her shell is the promise of food, but after she's finished eating she goes back to hiding.
after my sister left i took a nap around 5pm with the MLVOC travel pillow. i thought maybe it might prevent me from snoring but i actually caught myself still snoring a little bit. i woke up around 5:40pm to get ready for dinner.
my father cooked up the second bag of mussels i bought. just the three of us, we managed to finish 2lbs worth of mussels in a single sitting, like a shellfish feeding frenzy. that garlic-butter-white wine sauce is something else; you could drench anything in that sauce and it'd be delicious.
i finally left by around 9pm. temperature was in the lower 40's with an unusually high humidity which actually made it feel warmer. traffic was still light. while putting my bike away, i could see the furnace exhaust venting out air, once the nest thermostat sensed my return. i used the bathroom and took a shower.
