Home on the Ridge
I woke at 5:50 after a good sleep.
Once I got there. Bill went up to bed around 9:30 last night, too tired to keep
his eyes open to read and nothing interesting on tv after 9. I was feeling
pretty tired earlier so decided to go up too, with an early morning rising on my
horizon. I should have listened harder to my body “you’re not ready yet!” as I tossed
and turned for over an hour. I stayed in bed rather than getting up to read
some more and eventually dropped off.
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| Dull wet day |
When I woke on Tuesday, May 28th, I felt that I could have slept later. I was the only one telling
myself to get up at 6, I could’ve pushed things off for a while but instead
stretched and we both got up together. I washed, brushed my teeth and with my
keys hooked on my belt loop (!) headed into the Laundromat. I arrived at 6 and
slipped in the front door which is never locked. We’re still discussing that,
Jamie and I. Whether to leave it that way or to fix it so it locks as it should at 10:30. Makes no difference, it could be propped open when the last person leaves anyway.
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| And my only morrel was delicious So was the last zucchini bagel |
I was making good time and able to
wipe a few of the ledges around the place again, like on my first day. Bill had
asked Jamie about buying me a new floor mop, instead of using a broom. It was
in the Lock Up when I arrived on Sunday and it sure makes things easier and therefore
faster. Things weren’t looking too bad, just the floors which are always
dirty/dusty and a couple of soap spills here and there. In an hour, I was done
with the exception of mopping the floors.
There are two recycle bins in the
place and it drives us both crazy that people can’t recycle properly! Some use
it as a garbage bin rather than walking the 20 feet to the actual container.
Each day, I sort through and distribute the items into the proper container and
empty as needed into a clear recycle bag. Today, after noticing how gungy and
dirty the one bin was, I washed it out with spare time at the end of the run.
Now each one has a bag that sits in it so it is easier to dump plus the plastic
bin will remain clean.
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| My keys for work with a new clip on the end and a bracelet for my wrist |
I was out of there at 8, all keys
intact. Thank you, Sweetie for the clip! I drove to Rockwood Terrace to sign a
paper for Mom. She needs the foot nurses to tend to her feet/toenails on a
regular basis and they need someone with ‘authority/signing power’ to make it
official. Well, as it has been said, “I have about as little authority as
anyone so I’m the gal for the job!” The office wasn’t open until 8:30 and
because it isn't urgent for today, I wasn’t about to wait around. We'll be through town tomorrow and I'll stop in.
As I was driving home in the rain, on
Highway 4, I saw an amazing sight! Ahead of me there was a school bus, lights
flashing picking up country children. There were 2 cars behind the bus, in
front of me. I saw her (female driver) stop, pick up a child and then pull over
to the side of the road to let traffic go by. Wha??? Where does that happen? I
don’t know if I’ve ever seen that before. I was very impressed and waved as I
crossed into the passing lane and moved on ahead.
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| Our little trees are in full blossom and the bees are loving it |
The rain isn’t likely to stop all day,
nor did it all night, so my periwinkle is getting a good dose of wet. Good!
This should be the tell all for whether they will root for us. Inside, Bill
made my tea and darn it all, we tripped a breaker. The infrared heater was on high
(P4) to take the damp chill of 60f out and warm it up in here and it turns out
that the Keurig and toaster plug are on the same circuit. Strange way they do
some things inside these rigs. We should know better, that doesn't happen when it the heater is on P3.
I sat and read blogs for a while and
Bill was just finishing with his shower when I arrived home. I can see that
either a lot of my book or a lot of my blanket will get done today. No matter,
we are here together and looking forward to a nice day. Somehow the day passed
doing all of the above. I didn’t get back outside except with Clemson for his
business. I had a snooze, again, geesh getting used to that! I made a batch of
Strawberry Jell-o and once set, made up the creamy mixture to blend in.
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| A fulfilling supper |
For supper, I thawed and warmed up
the last of our homemade meatballs and sauce. Bill had spaghetti noodles and my
noodles were from spaghetti squash. I think I ate more than I needed but it was
good all the same. We cleaned up dishes and did more of what we’d done all day. 'Chilling' inside. The rain wasn’t steady but it was a cool damp day, only
getting a high temperature of 54F/12C. The winds were up and down but mostly
around the 5-mph velocity.
Rain or no rain, we had a good day. I
got another hour and a half worked and, on my schedule, plus a lot of reading
and crocheting done. I hope you found things to do to endure yet another wet
spring day.
Thank you for stopping by. I love
hearing from you! Good night y'all!