instead of running, the first thing i did this morning was ship out frances' package at the post office. when i got home the two market basket chrysanthemums i bought yesterday were on my doorsteps (my father must've came by and dropped them off). i changed into my running clothes and planted the two chrysanthemums before finally leaving for a run.

temperature was warm - 60's - and would get to the 80's by midday. the sky was a crystal clear blue. i made quick work of my run, getting home by 11am. after a quick shower, i left for the cafe, getting there a bit after 11:30am.

it got super busy around lunch time with phone orders, online orders, deliveries, and walk-in customers. alex showed up around that time, there was no time to talk with him as he went down to the basement to organize his storage things. business started tapering off after 2pm, which was when my 2nd aunt showed up. she brought her electricity bill, which was the highest it's ever been at 400kWh. at least they switched her supplier so it was using cambridge community electricity direct energy, which has the cheapest rate. it's still not an accurate assessment of her electricity usage, since she only recently stopped using her 24/7 electric water heater. next month's bill should better reflect what she'll be paying.

my father cut up some pork butts to make char siu pork. there was a bunch of leftover skin, which he fried to make pork rinds. i wanted to replace the manual timer for our outdoor lights with the semi-automatic timer light switch, but we're still missing a few parts and equipment, requiring a trip to home depot.

i finally left by 4pm, my mother packing me some leftovers for dinner. big news today was the vote in the house to oust speaker kevin mccarthy. none of the democrats voted for mccarthy, and 8 republicans voted against him, which was more than enough to oust him. later mccarthy said he would not run again for the speaker's chair. thus ended the mccarthy era.

i fell asleep on the couch a bit before 7pm, waking up at 8pm. for some reason the softbox lights in the kitchen were turned on. this is something i noticed last night as well when i came home and one of the living room light was on. do i have a ghost? or is someone spoofing me by triggering the remote switches on these lights?

i heated up my leftovers and ate it for dinner while watching alex wagner on MSNBC. later i took out the trash. i have to wake up early again tomorrow to ride down to chinatown for supplies.