puddles muddles and more

 west 80th street
is bring
repaved

 they're doing it

 in two stages

 first

 they come through at night

 rip up the existing paving

 this

 involves

 towing cars 

whose owners

 either 

didn't see/read

 or

 ignored

 the signs

 posted

 all

 up/down the street

 then

 using

 heavy 

noisy 

equipment

 they tear up

 the street

 last night

 they finished towing at 8 p.m-ish

 we live on the ground floor

 with

 two huge windows

 facing the street

 i was exhausted

  i was glad

 when 

toonman pointed out

 we wouldn't be able to hear the tv

 i went to bed

 he

 likely

 watched something on his computer

 with

 his headphones on 

when i woke at almost 8 a.m.

 i felt better

 knowing
my monthly massage
was at 9:45 a.m. 

made me

 feel 

even better 

it rained last night

 there were

puddles

 galore

 reflections

 to be seen

 sunshine 

weakly

peeking

 through

 i headed across town
by the time i was done at the spa

 it had turned into a nice day

the 

 massage

 was wonderful

 my masseuse

 told me

i should

 request 

payment from the state

 the left side of my neck/shoulder

needed

 extra hard kneading

to 

get the knots out

 came back across town
did some errands
but
i didn't get beautified™

 i am trying a new salon tomorrow

 last week

 i waited

 almost a half hour

 past 

my appointment time 

when i spoke to the person who handles scheduling

 i was told 

'its a saturday thats what happens' 

i told him

 that wasn't the way a service business is run

 i was going to say more 

in the end

 i decided

 it would fall on deaf ears 

 a better way to make my point

would be to take my business elsewhere

i will let you know how that turns out