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