This time…THIS time I thought I’d scheduled all the packing stuff far enough in advance.\u00a0 Monday, this.\u00a0 Tuesday, that.\u00a0 Wednesday, fold and place in suitcase, and…whew!\u00a0 Thursday morning a final exercise ride, then wash my hair, throw the luggage in the car, and head for the city (where I’m spending the night with friends who will drop me at the train station, so we don’t have to worry about rush-hour traffic driving in on Friday.)<\/p>\n
The trouble started on Monday when the power adapter for the netbook wasn’t in its place.\u00a0 Either place.\u00a0 It continued when the netbook, woken up on battery after a nice rest (I don’t use it at home much) started to install a new version of one of its programs and hung up.\u00a0 Couldn’t wait it out–it was on battery power.\u00a0 Forced a shut-down.\u00a0\u00a0 Called around and finally ordered a new power adapter and rush shipping.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 All that helped me forget that Monday was supposed to be flu shot day, and go to the city and buy a decent pair of jeans for the train day.<\/p>\n
So, Tuesday.\u00a0 Tuesday would be the city trip day.\u00a0\u00a0 After the stuff I needed to get done before I left, including hand-washing some wool socks.\u00a0 The place that advertised flu shots (big HEB grocery 20-odd miles away) turned out to have them only from 10 to 12 noon, and though I was there shortly before noon, the flu shot givers weren’t.\u00a0\u00a0 On into the city.\u00a0\u00a0 Where the car\u00a0 gentle (!) announced that it was going to need service soon.\u00a0\u00a0 EEEK.\u00a0\u00a0 No time to get the car 20 miles in the opposite direction from home for service.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Husband will have to do that while I’m gone.\u00a0 Along with getting himself and son flu shots and\u00a0 making sure son gets registered to vote in time (he sent in his registration application weeks ago–no card has come in the mail.)<\/p>\n
Another place where I sought a\u00a0 power adapter in case the one on order didn’t get here in time–couldn’t be sure their universal adapter would work, and I hadn’t brought the netbook along.\u00a0\u00a0 OK, jeans and slacks.\u00a0\u00a0 Only, I forgot that a certain road dead-ends with no warning.\u00a0 Finally, jeans and slacks.\u00a0 Takes awhile if you’re not a svelte young (or old) thing, but old and un-svelte.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Found a place for a flu shot on the way out of the city, and then went grocery shopping (we were nearly out of milk, and I needed snack stuff for the train)\u00a0 and then the slight but distinct after-effects of the flu shot hit when I got home. Did manage to cast on the second red sock in the backup pair that will travel with me.<\/p>\n
Today–hit the ground running, yes sirree.\u00a0\u00a0 Only to find in the email some “got to have this now” things from two different editors, and some other business-related stuff to do as well.\u00a0\u00a0 Still, got laundry in, then hung on the line, another load in,\u00a0 first load brought off the line and folded, a third load in (some finally dried in dryer) , linens changed on bed, decisions made about some shirts.\u00a0\u00a0 Actually rode NewBike to the post office to pick up mail, had mail to deal with.\u00a0\u00a0 The new adapter arrived for the netbook.\u00a0 Plugged it in, turned it on…and that began six hours of frustration as the netbook objected to having been shut down and refused to make a clean boot until after many iterations, including more forced shutdowns.\u00a0 But it’s working now.\u00a0 Finally.<\/p>\n
However:\u00a0 The trip to the bank never happened.\u00a0\u00a0 Some of the packing is still in limbo.\u00a0\u00a0 The big suitcase isn’t out of the closet yet.\u00a0 The last laundry’s in the dryer, waiting for me to fold it before I go to bed.\u00a0 (It also has the pillow-cases for this bed.)\u00a0 There’s\u00a0 a lot to be done tomorrow.\u00a0\u00a0 But I did write another couple of pages on Book V.<\/p>\n
I will get you all one more snippet before I leave. Somehow.\u00a0 It may be a bit scrappy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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