Last night Sophia decided she needed out and woke me up in the middle of the night. Both dogs came out the front door with me and went to their pen in the yard. I turned and opened their pen door but only Sophia walked through. Roxy had turned around and I thought headed to the front door. She does that sometimes. I got to the front door and she wasn’t there. She had run off. This is the first time she has ever done that.
I got up early this morning and thankfully Roxy was on the front porch waiting for me to open the door. She came in and wouldn’t look at me. I think she knew she was in trouble. I am going to have to start putting them on a leash when I take them to their pen. Darn her anyways.
This has been a busy day. I left this morning a little after 9:30 to go to Wichita and didn’t get home until 6:00. My first stop was Costco. I managed to buy a cart full of things I need for my trip plus things to stock the food pantry blessing box when it gets installed.
I then went to Chipotle for lunch. Stopped at Walmart to get 20 more gift cards for the Love in Action project. I had to wait in line for about 10 minutes. The lady that waited on me said they have a limit of 10 but if the register would allow her to ring up more than that she would attempt it. The register did and I was able to get all 20. Not sure why this Walmart has a limit of 10 when others have a limit or 20 or 50 depending on who is working. Thinking they need to firm up their policy on gift cards.
Took Kathy’s car to the Subaru dealership to find out why the check engine light is on and the eye sight thing wasn’t working. The coolant light comes on occasionally when the car is being driven. It stays on for a bit and then goes off.
When I was checking the car in and told the guy about the coolant light he acted like he didn’t believe me. He told me it comes on when you start the car if the weather is weird. I told him I knew that but restated that it comes on and goes back off when you are driving it. He kinda rolled his eyes at me.
An hour after they took the car back I got a text and they tried to sell me five more service options that would have cost almost $1,000. I declined all of them.
After about two hours had passed, he came in and told me I was right about the coolant light. Some thermo something or other had frozen open and was causing the problem.
I asked why the eye sight wasn’t working. He said when the check engine light comes on, it disables the eye sight device. I asked him if that was to get people to bring their cars in and he kinda smiled and said yes. Dang them anyways. It is dangerous to drive without cruise and the safety collision thing.
Finally after four hours of waiting they were done. Thankfully what ever they did was under warranty and it didn’t cost anything other than four hours of my time. The good news is the cruise control worked on the way home and the coolant light didn’t come on and the check engine light was off.
I saw deer three different places on the road between Matfield Green and Cassoday. Luckily I missed hitting them all three times. The first time I only saw one. The second time there were four or five and the third time there were three. This the season for deer at dusk.
Finally got home and unloaded the car. I had to make about eight trips from the car to the house to get everything unloaded. It is all going to sit where it is until tomorrow and I will sort it all out then and put it away.
I remembered to call the city about the blessing box permit. The lady that answered the phone didn’t know if I needed one or not and there was no one in the office that could tell me. I had called two days ago and left a message and never got a call back. Do I go for the third call or just assume I don’t need one? Why is this so hard to get an answer?
Tomorrow we are taking both dogs to the vet for their annual visit and shots. Kathy is to go with me and help me manhandle them. I also need to go vote.
Nothing planned for the weekend although I would like to do some painting if the weather cooperates and my body allows me to do so. Monday I have a haircut and then I have some errands to run. I need to pay for the flooring and get the amount I need reserved so it is ready when Phil is ready for it.
I still don’t have the results from the heart monitor that I wore and returned over a week ago. Not sure why test results seem to be taking at least eight days. Good thing it isn’t urgent – just my heart function!
Getting closer to being ready to leave for two weeks. Still have a few more things to take care of next week. It sometimes feels complicated to be able to leave for two weeks. Have several things pending that may or may not get resolved before I leave. I feel more comfortable leaving when I get things resolved but all are in the hands of someone else and I have no control over the timing. Good lesson on letting go and allowing how and when they unfold up to a higher power.
Grateful Kathy’s car is fixed and that it was under warranty, grateful I have the beginnings of things to put in the blessing box when it gets installed, and grateful 20 more gift cards for the Love in Action project are in the house.