Day 124

All in all today was a piss poor day.

It started at 6:20 when we got up to get Ellen to the airport.  That went fairly well, as she got there in time despite a couple of slow spots in traffic.

I took a bunch of back roads to Round Rock.  I didn't have any trouble getting there.  I had plenty of time and even stopped at Micky D's for breakfast.  Lucy was disappointed that I didn't let her have anything.

When I got to the vet, Google failed me.  It had the place wrong.  In Google's defense, the street it's on is pretty fucked up.  I had to call them to get the final few hundred feet.

Lucy was really kind of wired when we went into the vet.  She wanted to meet and greet every dog and cat that came in.  The vet took a look at the X-ray and said that she wanted to do a blood test.  Apparently the X-ray isn't conclusive and the bulge is in an unusual place for a tumor.  Lucy has been in the southwest enough that it may be valley fever.  I hope so.

While I was there someone from Capital called.  His panties were in a twist because the delivery had come on Monday.  So he took it to his house.  Don't ask me why.  His house was only a couple of miles away, but I couldn't pick it up because no one was there.  So I went to some gun stores.  They didn't have anything that I was interested in.  I also stopped by Red's north.  It's a lot nicer than the one down here.

I drove back home because it was 2 in the afternoon.  I did some cleaning and a little napping.  I also took the dog to the mailbox.  It was the only outing she got.  It was in the low 40's and windy today and I didn't feel like Circle C.

At 5:45 I took off for Pfleugerville.  I took 183, turned off at MLK, and then took some other back roads up.  There were some backups on 183, but everything else was pretty clear.  It took me until 7 to get to his place and it was pitch black.

I had to get out and walk up to several houses until I found the right one.  I had to use the light on my key chain to read the house numbers.

I got the shipment and drove back on I35.  There's an In-and-Out by the freeway just north of the university.  I stopped there and had dinner.  I missed the exit and had a great time navigating both sides of the freeway to get to it.  I was disappointed that they didn't have a cool Texas t-shirt.  I would have bought one.

An interesting point.  Traffic was OK south bound at maybe 7:30 to 8.  But northbound was a parking lot from 290 to downtown.  All in all I traveled almost 200 miles today.

When I got home I discovered that I'd lost my house keys.  I either didn't put them in my pocket well when I was at the Pfleugerville house or they came out of my pocket when I was at the In-and-Out.  So I had to cut my way into the front door lock.  That took about half an hour in 32 degree weather.  It also means that first thing tomorrow I get to go buy a new door lock and install it.  I haven't decided if I'll go back to Pfleugerville, but I probably will.