Volume 16 - Day 310/56, 2024 - Tuesday - Election Day

This is the day, folks, I hope you all participated in the Democracy we all enjoy! We had a nice walk this morning, and then the ROMEOs  (me, Paul, Dick and Rick) met for breakfast. Even breakfast was fun, and today's Total Stranger Tuesday victim was easy to spot: Her name is Pat, and she was happy to play, so that was fun, plus, the ROMEOs know their parts in the game. Then, off to the office, and I had an 11 o'clock zoom to attend, and then it was business as usual. It was a little bit busy, but nothing that we could not handle. I left the office for the Curious House about 1 o'clock (I think), and I had one stop to make, and I got home close to three o'clock. Paulina came over about 4:30, and we booked our flights from Austin to London Heathrow and from Geneva back to Austin. In the middle will be Krakow and Amsterdam, but we got the big lights out of the way. I'm looking forward to traveling...I have a cruise in February, DC in May, Europe in June. It will all be good, and I am glad to be traveling with folks who know what they are doing. All they have to do is point, and I will go there.

Volume 16 - Day 309/57, 2024 - Monday

As far as Mondays go, this one was pretty good. I knew I needed to be in Austin early this morning, but it wasn't until I got up that I figured out that I needed to be in my office at 8 o'clock this morning, and not at 9 o'clock. That changed things a little bit for me. No walk this morning, and I was in the car on the way in to Austin at 6:30. I got to the office about 7:30, which was fine, you just never know what is going to be happening with traffic. Getting there a little early gave me time to get some things done, checks posted, stuff like that. At about 8:25, we (me Carrie and Kerry) headed to the Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) to attend their November meeting. I have been at a few meetings before today, but Carrie and Kerry had not, and I had a great time. I saw several people I knew from my years working on TREC Committees, and I enjoy the machinations of TREC. I think Carrie and Kerry got a new perspective of how TREC works, and that made me feel good. We got back to the office about 1 o'clock, and I got more stuff done, and left for the Curious House about 2 o'clock. I had a couple stops to make on the way home, and those stops were successful, too. Once I got home, I got the girls out, got them fed, and then Jimmie and Linda and I went in to Georgetown for dinner, at Tony & Luigi's. We also stopped for ice cream on the way home. So far, we had 0.02" of rain (again), but it is just starting to rain now, and it is supposed to rain for a while overnight. I will enjoy that, if it happens. Fingers crossed. 

Volume 16 - Day 308/58, 2024 - Sunday

I walked with Richard and Paul this morning. Today is Paul's birthday, he is 78! I took the girls out into the the back yard a few times, and this evening, I went down to Linda and Jimmie's to watch Only Murders in the Building and played a couple games of Rummikub. That is as much as I got out of the house today. I had an appointment to show a property at three o'clock this afternoon, and the person I had the appointment with is not very communicative. I have asked her to call me several times, nope. I texted her to confirm the appointment and asked her to call me. Nope. I was about to leave at 1:45 (the property was almost 40 miles from the Curious House), and she texted and said she had been called in to work, and could we rescheduled. I had shaved an everything! At least I didn't get stood up. Ugh. It is still warm, very windy, and still no rain. They are swearing to all they hold important that we will get rain tomorrow night, and that a cold front will lower the daily temperatures by about 15 degrees. There is also the possibility of some severe weather. I generally like that, and I like lightning during the night, so we will see. We are going to attend the TREC (Texas Real Estate Commission) meeting tomorrow, and we will get four hours of CE credit for doing that. I have attended the meetings before, and I think they are very interesting, and I like watching how things work. I printed the agenda, but the meeting notes were SEVERAL HUNDRED pages, so I passed on that. There are apparently going to be some interesting disciplinary hearings, and I always like watching that stuff. Pink clouds this evening, enjoy!

Volume 16 - Day 307/59, 2024 - Saturday

We had a nice walk this morning, we solved a myriad of the worlds problems, and then I came home and did a few putzy things around the house. At 9:30 we set off for the two estate sales that were on the list. Diane and I bought stuff at one of the sales, and Marian, Marge and Pam bought nothing at either one of them. Today was the last day at both the sales, and that is always interesting. I like when Sunday is the last day, it gives me Saturday to preview and then go back. Whatever. When I got home, I had a few things to do, which included a trip to Home Depot and the grocery. Everything is checked off my chore list, now I just have to do the stuff I want to do with the stuff I got at Home Depot. I did pretty well at the grocery, but they should not have had the Golden Oreos on sale at the check out line. Two for $7. Ugh. And when I went to look at the mail today, there was another package of M&Ms from Ben and Tobetha in the mail. I am set! I am still hoping for some rain, and I don't have a lot on my list for tomorrow, in fact, I have nothing on my list for tomorrow. It would be great if it would rain all day, and I just just stay in and nap with a couple dogs in my lap. Callie took her last pill tonight, so she is done. One of the things I had to get at HEB was the little red cheeses that I put her pills in...now she is all set too...We are all lucky...man and beasts! If I hadn't known better, and if I was still living in Michigan, the clouds would mean it was going to snow. But I'm not, and it didn't. 

Volume 16 - Day 306/60, 2024 - Friday

Today was a busy day, and I got a lot of things done. Paul, Richard and I had a nice walk, there was a lot of discussion, mostly about why I SHOULD have my left turn signal on even IF I am in a designated left turn lane. If I am in a left turn lane, not making a left turn from a regular lane of traffic but a DESIGNATED left turn lane, I do not activate my turn signal. OY! I expect that conversation will continue for a few days, because I will keep bringing it up, mainly just to aggravate Paul. I know his buttons. Then it was in to the office. Since this is the first day of the month, there was lots of stuff to do, and I got a lot of it done. Then, I left at about 1 o'clock and decided to get the little white car inspected. When I got to the inspection station, I told the man at the desk that I figured every old man from Sun City would be there, it being the first and all. He said they had all been there at 7:30, and I had avoided the rush. After my inspection (yes, Paul, my turn signals passed), I went to Costco, and bought a few things. Then home, where I went online and did the paperwork for renewing the little white car registration. Then I did a thing...I ordered a pizza for dinner. I have been lusting for pizza for a while, and this ought to hold me for four or five more days. I, as a CDO person (so OCD I put it in alphabetical order), got started on resetting all the clocks in the house. I got ALL the wind up clocks done, and I should be finished with the rest of them sometime tomorrow afternoon. Going forward is not so bad, going backwards hurts a little bit. Estate sales tomorrow, gonna be a fun time, even though there are only two.

Volume 16 - Day 305/61, 2024 - Thursday

It's not only Halloween, it is the last day of October. Of course, those two things happen simultaneously every year, but in some ways, it seems like this year has gone by really quickly, but the month of October drug its' feet. Richard and I walked this morning, and I was (again) disappointed that we had no rain and no cold front. Today was only 85 degrees in central Texas, so I guess that is something. The weather prognosticators are not in agreement about our chances of rain, so that is odd. Maybe yes, maybe no. I got in to the office about 9:30, and got a lot of stuff touched, and left to return to the Curious House about 2. I stopped at Walgreen's on the way home, and bought $30 worth of candy for Halloween. As I recall last year, when I had about six kids stop by, they did not wait until after dark to come by. I was out at 5:30 and gave up at 7, not a single kid. However, my driveway camera showed a couple groups of kids came down the street about 7:30. Apparently, my memory gets worse in the dark, but now I have a bunch of bite sized candies, and I guess it could be a lot worse. November 1st starts tomorrow, people! I hope you are all ready. Before you know it, it will be next year. Don't say I didn't warn you!

Volume 16 - Day 304/62, 2024 - Wednesday

Richard and I did a short walk this morning, Paul had hurt his foot, so he did not join us. I got in to the office about 9:30, and there was plenty to do. I spoke with lots of our Landlords, and we are getting ready for the first of the month, and that is always a busy time. I showed one property at noon today, and I think the applicant will be good for the home, he is moving here from San Antonio. I left the office a little after 2, and got home and took a nap. Callie still has another day or two of her pills, she has finished the regime of one of them, so we are almost done. It is as if nothing ever happened to her, so I am happy about that. Paulina is planning a trip for June of next year, and I am going to tag along. London, Krakow, Amsterdam and Geneva. Eight days, in and out, nobody gets hurt. I still have three continents to visit, and maybe I will do one of them later next year. Africa, Australia and Antarctica. Antarctica will be my first choice. We shall see. I missed last weeks episode of Matlock, so I am going to try and figure out how to stream it, before the new episode tomorrow night. We were supposed to have some rain, so far we have a whopping 0.02". Not sure what is going on, but the lower temperatures have been postponed, as well. I think. I should try to pay better attention, but...