Friday, May 16, 2025
Time: 8:01 AM
Song: These Are Days
Artist: 10,000 Maniacs
Mode of Consumption: Listening to 93.7 radio station on way to scrapyard.
Link to song: https://open.spotify.com/track/786h4kDeZiX5nYvOwA3wtE?si=0c7d9b7743ac4b31
Most any other Friday during the year at 8:01 AM, I would be at my desk. Probably watching my computer boot-up, and thinking about the things I needed to get done before 5 PM and the weekend.
Instead, Jodi and I were turning toward Galt, IL, the bed of the truck filled with scrap that had congregated in and around our shed. An old air-compressor. Various steel parts of various implements. A humidifier.
The sun was out. A stiff wind was blowing from the south and west, and it was warm, already nearing 70. After emptying the truck at the scrapyard – a trip that netted us 37 dollars and more space in our buildings – we head to Sterling for garage sales. It’s the annual town-wide sales in the twin cities of Sterling and Rock Falls.
We’ve decided to play hooky to find deals.
We buy things for a dollar here and fifty-cents there. I get an old wood baseball bat with a White Sox logo and Burger King logo on it. It’ll be used in a baseball card table some time or another. I get a couple DVDS – one an unopened DVD filled with Tom Petty music videos. I buy the Eagles’ “Hell Freezes Over” songbook for fifty cents. Probably too sophisticated for my Uke skills, but heck it only costs fifty cents.
We treat ourselves to pizza at Angelos for lunch, and after a quick stop for groceries, we head on home. We spend the afternoon on chores and other tasks. The wind prevents me from putting water sealer on the deck.
Still, it’s a good day. One to remember.
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