100% concur with every point about parking - they are also the reasons I do it. To make this method easier I also I head for easier spots distant enough from the building entrance to not be in huge demand, and if it's night, I park under street lights and next to a shopping cart caddy to avoid leaving the car unattended for long when parking the cart. I can always use the steps walking to and from the door.

Ingredients assembled for the rice recipe, and a heads-up delivered that this is how I'd like to spend the afternoon, so he's ok with it.

Weekend coming up, the first in three weeks that is my own, no coming or going required. The rain that was forecast for now has been pushed a few days down the calendar. Both heat pumps are still in the cooling mode, meaning they're not doing anything right now with the average temperature below what usually turns them on, and not so cold overnight to need heat. Last year I didn't mark in my journal when I switched from cooling, but this is very late in the season to not have the heat on yet.