Day 290

We got up at 6:45 today.  We hurried to leave, getting ready and feeding the pets in 25 minutes.

I expected big delays at the lights on Mopac.  There weren't any.  We got to the office by 7:35.  That's when we discovered that the place doesn't open until 8.  Ellen's appointment was at 8:10, not 8 like she told me.  The result was that we ended up waiting almost half an hour in the car.  I won't be getting up as early next time.

I went home as soon as the office opened.  I put all of the Goodwill stuff in the trunk and used the box to hold empty pistol boxes that I had stacked in the guest bedroom closet.  I filled up the box with boxes and put it in the apartment attic.  I still had some left over.  I also located a box for Hooch's birthday resent and wrapped the present up.

After that I surfed until 12:30.  Because of startup activities, Ellen didn't get started on her infusion until 9:45.  At 12:30 I dropped off the stuff at Goodwill, went to the post office, and ran the dog.  She did 10 retrieves.  She would have done more, but I stopped her at 10.

Ellen texted that she was ready just as Lucy finished.  We drove over to the office and picked her up.  I figured that she wouldn't feel like eating for many more days, so we went to the restaurant across from Harbor Freight.  Lucy liked laying out on the cement floor.  They were having an all day happy hour so I had a Guinness and a mojito. 

Ellen stayed at the restaurant while I went to Tuesday Morning and a grocery store for a birthday card.  I found one at Tuesday Morning and bought Ellen some Belgian chocolate at the grocery store.

After that we went home and hid out from the heat.  Dola called and asked us to come over to show us how to take care of Teddy.  We talked with her for at least an hour and a half.

When we got back home there was a snake in the driveway.  We took pictures and posted them.  Some people thought it was a copperhead, and others thought it was something else.  I left it alone, but I'm not sure that was the right thing to do.

We got back about 6:30.  About 7 there was a really big thunderstorm.  We got 1.7 inches of rain in about half an hour.  It killed the TV signal.  It was over by 7:30 though and I got to watch the rest of the gun shows.

I'm going to bed a little early.  I'm tired.