The last few weeks have been busy and the amount of time required for computer work has been very high. I spent about 20 hours on the computer Thursday and the weekend followed the same pattern.

After getting a full night of sleep last night, I needed to head to the bank to deposit a couple checks. It was a good excuse to walk and enjoy the sun, instead of being locked indoors. It was a little warm but the walk was great – only about three miles each direction and the route takes me by the Post Office.

Now, I hadn’t checked my mailbox in about a week and a half because it’s pretty easy to predict what mail is coming when. Today was a surprise as there was a yellow card in the slot which indicated that a package was waiting. Somebody had done a pretty good job wrapping the box in brown paper, but I waited until I got back home before opening it.

The walk back was definitely amusing. It was toward the end of the lunch hour for most people and I walked past a table on the sidewalk where two people were sitting. One of them asked the other, “So, do you eat jalapeños? Like, …”

The woman who asked the man sitting across from her that question had a nice southern accent, but I didn’t need to tell you that it was a guy and a girl, did I? Those six words, funnily, say a lot about why they were sitting at that table.

About three-quarters of a mile further, three teenagers were trying to jump a 4-foot fence. They were dressed in typical inner-city gang style, complete with do-rags. Two of them managed to jump it and ended up half-way across the street before coming to a stop. As the last guy was trying to figure out how to get over the fence, one of them told him “It’s easy, fool.”

It was so hard not to laugh. These guys, who wanted so desperately to be “bad,” couldn’t even jump a fence.

Anyway, I got home and opened up the box. On the very top was a picture:

This probably deserves some explanation. Because of how much time I spend on the computer, I do try to balance my food to protect my eyes. Quite often this means an emphasis on antioxidants or, occasionally, searching for beta carotene. It turns out that beets are very good for this and the family that the package came from insists that they are horse food.

But that’s alright. Under the picture was a bag of partially-fermented blueberries. Blueberries are also a great antioxidant, and I’m sure that they were not fermented when they were mailed.

Thanks for the blueberries. I’ll be sure to cook them so that you don’t have to worry about contributing to drunkenness or anything like that. I will definitely enjoy them.