on the eve of a big trip to iowa - going to see my daughter and two grandchildren in iowa city - and i'm a little excited because a little incident happened while i was dashing late at night. You can read about it here; basically I was stopped by a policeman while dashing, because i was parked wrong probably, but he basically left me alone; I have nothing to complain about. in fact i didn't even know what was happening until he was gone, and it's only now that i'm sitting here ruminating over the causes and effects.

it was a wild night out there - i think maybe a knox college graduation, and a number of other things; it was hopping. as far as the dashing went, they dashed me all over town for a couple of hours and i easily made enough money, although i had waited all day for the opportunity. once i had the chance i couldn't get enough, and stayed out there until it was after ten and then of course they're going to stop you.

it reminds me of a time long ago when i ran newspapers around iowa city and coralville in the middle of the night - about two or three a m, or later, i'd get in the habit of driving on the wrong side of the street or wherever, even weaving a little if i felt like it, and one night i got stopped. that policeman was nice to me - basically if you're a working person, just doing your job, they have a lot of sympathy, but they don't have to, if you are breaking the law flagrantly. in my case tonight i could argue that i wasn't even parked, which was true. i was just pulled over in my car, looking at the app. but even then, i suppose i should be on the right side of the road.

dashing a lot, i'm out more. i see a lot of police actions. i take a general tour of the whole town almost every night. i get a sense of the neighborhoods and where kids are hanging out a lot on their bicycles. the weather is beautiful. it's a nice town, peaceful. lots of people are getting door dash late at night.

and that's the upshot of it. i can wait around all day, hanging on my phone, if i want, but most of the action is at night - after eight, after nine really, going right on through until midnight. might as well get used to the night shift - it may be a long summer.