And so it goes....
I awoke at 4:30 AM this morning and could not get back to sleep. Did the usual Monday morning thing, dropped off my largesse, and headed over to Kat's, where GK has been staying with Doc Bizarre and his pride. (Doc'sLady is a Leo, and he *is* proud of his offspring. With some justification: They're adorable and fairly well-behaved.) From there, she and I went back down to the memorial gardens to complete a follow-up survey.
Bless her heart, she stopped at S'leven and bought us brunch. Detoured by way of my place and snagged my old (secondhand from sbjb) crockpot for Doc'sLady---I got one from the estate which has a carrying case. Since there's a good chance I may be hauling it to church, it seemed more suitable for me. I changed my top, because the one I started out with kept flashing my bra and was driving GK even crazier than it was driving me. While I was doing that, she snagged my stash of egg cartons from the garage---about a dozen, clear sign that I had too many.
Back at the trailer, we all packed and shifted various stuff. I have all my smallish loose stuff packed in egg crates---I forgot to mention, one of my acquisitions is--- (trumpet fanfare, please!) a blood pressure cuff. The wrist type, which is what they use at the health department, and I tested it---it works! (134/89)
By then, it was past noon, and sandwich or no, I was fatigued. Told GK I'd grab what was already out by my car, go home and try to plow a path to get some of the big stuff in. I brought a few items home: the orchid and Kat's jade plant which used to be huge and gorgeous but now it's poorly potted and needs a lot of TLC. I've had succulents before, years ago, and I'm hoping I can nurse it back to health. Got a galvanized tub full of BIG conch shells, which I want to incorporate into a Medicine Wheel. Pastel portraits of Kat and Vern circa 1960. A print of a room with wicker and quilts. Some fabric (one of my weaknesses). And a cast-resin rock with blue flowers that says "Welcome".
Kat had that rock out by her front door at three different houses. I walked past it thousands of times, and I couldn't stand to see it disappear. Now it's greeting people who come up my front path. Once I got everything unpacked from the car, I ran out of steam and crashed for a nap; several consecutive days of four hours of sleep has me out of it.
The general game plan is, if she's made progress at the trailer tomorrow, GK will come over to my place tomorrow evening and help me get the "new" sofa in. Otherwise, I have a key and after she leaves Wednesday, I'll see who I can round up who's got a minivan or a pick-up truck....
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Bless her heart, she stopped at S'leven and bought us brunch. Detoured by way of my place and snagged my old (secondhand from sbjb) crockpot for Doc'sLady---I got one from the estate which has a carrying case. Since there's a good chance I may be hauling it to church, it seemed more suitable for me. I changed my top, because the one I started out with kept flashing my bra and was driving GK even crazier than it was driving me. While I was doing that, she snagged my stash of egg cartons from the garage---about a dozen, clear sign that I had too many.
Back at the trailer, we all packed and shifted various stuff. I have all my smallish loose stuff packed in egg crates---I forgot to mention, one of my acquisitions is--- (trumpet fanfare, please!) a blood pressure cuff. The wrist type, which is what they use at the health department, and I tested it---it works! (134/89)
By then, it was past noon, and sandwich or no, I was fatigued. Told GK I'd grab what was already out by my car, go home and try to plow a path to get some of the big stuff in. I brought a few items home: the orchid and Kat's jade plant which used to be huge and gorgeous but now it's poorly potted and needs a lot of TLC. I've had succulents before, years ago, and I'm hoping I can nurse it back to health. Got a galvanized tub full of BIG conch shells, which I want to incorporate into a Medicine Wheel. Pastel portraits of Kat and Vern circa 1960. A print of a room with wicker and quilts. Some fabric (one of my weaknesses). And a cast-resin rock with blue flowers that says "Welcome".
Kat had that rock out by her front door at three different houses. I walked past it thousands of times, and I couldn't stand to see it disappear. Now it's greeting people who come up my front path. Once I got everything unpacked from the car, I ran out of steam and crashed for a nap; several consecutive days of four hours of sleep has me out of it.
The general game plan is, if she's made progress at the trailer tomorrow, GK will come over to my place tomorrow evening and help me get the "new" sofa in. Otherwise, I have a key and after she leaves Wednesday, I'll see who I can round up who's got a minivan or a pick-up truck....
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