Last night I went to the Dollar General store. The car sounded funny and drove weird. When I got home I discovered I had a flat tire. I got an alert on my phone after I got home telling me a tire’s pressure was low. This morning I walked Roxy down to Dieker’s and arranged for them to come fix the tire. About 30 minutes later they showed up, aired the tire up and drove the car to the station to fix the tire. The car came back about 30 minutes later. That was easy! They left the bill in the car and trusted I would come pay it later.
I walked downtown to meet some friends for lunch and stopped by Dieker’s to pay the bill. $39 did the trick. Not bad for door to door service. Lunch with my friends was delightful. It is always a good day when I get to have deep conversations with like-minded friends.
I went to exercise after lunch. The 50 minutes went by fast and my trainer and I had a good discussion today. Sometimes we forgot to do the exercises as we were caught up in the conversation.
I met Kathy at Verizon afterwards. I wanted to explore the option of moving Kathy’s phone to my lines. The guy that waited on us was less than helpful. The store in Emporia is an independent store and not able to do much more than get people started on a phone for the first time. Disappointing to say the least.
I then went to Walmart to get a few groceries. I also picked up a bunch of tulip, daffodils and hyacinth bulbs that Kathy said she would plant in the new planter she made around a tree in the yard. I love spring flowers and trust they will come up next spring,
Kathy did find out how to get her phone replaced as the battery is not holding a charge and it gets too hot to touch most days. She called Verizon this afternoon and had a long conversation with one of their staff. At the end the guy tried to sell her some sort of insurance plan for a mere $25 a month. He had a lot of trouble taking no for an answer. I have never heard a more persistent sales person. Kathy had the patience of a saint with him. I would have hung up on him long before she did.
We are to have one more day of this heat. It almost reached 100 here today. Too dang hot for the end of September. Next week we get to 80 on one day and the rest will be below that. I am so ready for fall temperatures.
I booked a cabin for Kathy and I at Estes Park, CO for the end of the month. We will only stay for three nights but it sounds like heaven to me right now. We will drive out on a Sunday and come home on a Wednesday. That will give us two full days to hike around Estes Park. I doubt Trail Ridge Road will be open but maybe we are early enough to be able to drive it. I sent a note to some people that have house sat for me before hoping to find someone to be able to come take care of the dogs and cats. If all else fails, I will board the dogs and find someone to pop in to feed the cats a couple times while we are gone.
Tomorrow is the ESU football game and lunch that Kathy and I are going to. Hoping it doesn’t rain like the forecast is calling for. I doubt that I go if it does. Sunday is the Equinox Ceremony which is always a highlight of the month for me.
Monday the new front porch flooring is to be delivered. It will be good to get that project finished up. We still haven’t ordered the railing material so it will still be some time before the whole project is done but step by step it is getting taken care of.
Tuesday I am getting my flu and Covid vaccines. I have nothing on my calendar for Wednesday and Thursday in case I have a reaction and need a day or two to recover.
It has been a good day for me. Getting out and seeing friends is uplifting and something I need to remember to do more often. I get stuck in my rut and forget to get out.
Grateful for lunch with friends, grateful for wonderful local tire service and grateful for new spring flowers to look forward to.