First time at 123 Laundry on Pines in Spokane Valley. Attendant greeted me promptly and was very friendly. Helped me get started on the machines. The setup here is very similar to PUR laundry on McDonald. Slightly different UI on all the machines. I’m guessing it’s the same brand of laudromat system, just a different model.
I need to blow my nose but I didn’t bring a snot rag because I haven’t any clean ones. Laudromat fixes that, but I gotta wait. it’s a 23 minute wash cycle. I’m the only customer here. I’m paranoid that someone is going to steal my bicycle. I brought my laptop too, which means there’s extra reason to be worried. Ugh. I wish I had a partner here with me. Two heads are better than one.
There are complimentary paper towels here but I’m too anxious to go grab one. I need to hold as still as possible. I’m sitting in the corner near the entrance. Here I can see my bicycle and the laundry machine that’s washing my clothes. I used the 4 load machine. I first tried the 3 load machine but everything was packed in there too tight. I want the blankets to be able to tumble around.
This place is spotless. It’s new and all that, and it looks like the owner takes good care of it. This place used to be so run down when it was the auto parts store. It’s funny, I used to work here when it was Advance Auto Parts. Only for four days, but you know, It’s a true thing to say. I am not gonna bring it up though. I’m the quiet guy in the corner and I’m on my laptop typing shit of no importance.
It’s actually funny to write about myself like this. It’s bringing me a smile so I think I’ll keep doing it. Look at that tall skinny quiet guy in the corner. He’s typing on his laptop like he’s a bigshot author. Nah that one’s not funny because there’s no truth to it. He’s typing on his laptop like he’s avoiding reality. LOL that one is true and real.
Sun is up, it’s 8:04 AM and it’s a beautiful day. I’m looking forward to going home. I kinda gotta pee but I can tell you for 100% surety that I am going to be holding it until I get home. I’ve got valuables in plain sight and I’m not about to go somewhere where I can’t see them.
So much snot in my nose aaaaaah. I want to steal one of those paper towels but like I said, I’m not gonna because I’m too anxious. I’ll just continue to suffer, or maybe wipe my nose on my sleeve.
Now the sun is rising higher and it’s blinding me. I just realized that the gas station across the street has a big car door that’s been closed up. I bet it was a auto service garage at one point. Sounds like my laundry is spin cycling. It gets noisy like that.
Fuck, I gotta wipe my nose. I can’t not. It’s gonna drip.
I don’t want to be seen. I wish I had a cloak of invisibility.
I need a snot rag! 24/7! I usually don’t leave without one, but today I had none that were clean. I regret not cutting up an old shirt or something. It’s a neecessity, not a want.
Man, that spin cycle is fast.
It’s cool how the snack vending machines use the balance from the laundry card. I bought a $1.25 water. Laundry done now.
ok I put my clothes in the dryer. Also scanned a QR code for google reviews, and found the wifi password.
123Laundry:REDACTED
Do we dare going online? IDK why I’m so hesitant to do anything. I suppose it’s just because I don’t get out much. My social muscle is atrophied. It never gets better either. I still care too much. I think I factory reset every time I go home and isolate for weeks on end. Ugh.
Well, I’ll be back here for sure. They open 30 mins before PUR laundry does, and I always like doing laundry early because the crowds don’t show up until later.
I want to cry. No good reason for it other than I’m having a bad day. Ironmouse didn’t stream last night and I miss her. I haven’t had a hug in over a week. I haven’t had a conversation in a week either. I wonder when that was. Last convo must have been with my mom last week sometime. Oh yeah, it was last tuesday. Literally exactly 7 days ago.
The attendant is cute. But don’t tell her I said so. She’s cleaning the front door right in front of me. I’m trying to stay calm now.
Ok she left. phew, it was almost like we were going to make a connection.
Holy shit she’s cleaning up the machine I just used. Like I said, this place is spotless. Well cared for. I like it.
The sun is really in my eyes now.
I’m listening to the music here and it’s nice. Oldies hits apparently. Been awhile since I’ve heard these songs.
I want to setup syncthing on this laptop so I can sync my Obsidian notes. I’ve been using Quartz static site generator to build my site from my Obsidian notes. Super convenient for everything to just be Markdown files. I’m so used to it now. I setup syncthing on my phone so my notes sync that way, and it’s nice. When I get a chance I will set it up here.
Although there is a problem with that because this laptop is used to screen record vtuber livestreams. It’s essentially a server that I take with me out of the house on occasion.
Cool 89.5 btw. That’s the radio station. omg there are ads. I never hear ads at home. It’s crazy to hear them now.
Looking around I see there are a shitton of security cameras. There are no blind spots here. They also automated the OPEN sign out front using a small outlet timer. Good for them for automating the things that need doing every day.
This place is really clean. Really really nice.
I almost lost my laundry card earlier. I left it on the washing machine and walked away from it.
I need to calm down. I am borderline panicking for no fucking reason.
I went on the wifi. There is a window popup that tells me I have 23 hours left in the session. LOL that’s way too much. I think it should only be as long as the store is open. So if they’re open from 7am-9pm, that’s 14 hours. So 14 hours should be the max session.
Ugh, IDK what to do with my life.
I wanted to get a Tesla model Y and do DoorDash. Can’t— too poor. Now I want to double down on webdev and startup confettihat.com. Can’t— too stupid. Jk that was a joke. I’m going to launch confettihat.com even if it kills me. I’ve been using Pocketbase and Pocketpages, but I threw in the towel. Pocketbase is good software, but pocketpages is too green. db queries lack syntax hints and it’s a pain. The syntax is all over the place, with 2 or 3 different APIs to accomplish the same thing. Using both golang and JSVM is unavoidable— You have to know and use both to accomplish more advance tasks.
The auth example for pocketpages is broken— the stack traces were gibberish. That was the last straw. I’ve switched to SvelteKit.
Being on the computer right now is stressing me out.
I just saw the second ambulance of the day with sirens blazing.
The Appleway Trail was super trashed today. Lots of litter. Items of clothing, food packaging, scattered food. Such a shame. I’m thinking of stopping at Yokes today. But I’m afraid of getting my laptop stolen. Wait a minute, I’ll just bring it with me.