Volume 16 - Day 311/55, 2024 - Wednesday

Welcome to the day after. Paul and Dick and I had a nice walk this morning, but we did not solve all the worlds problems, which is what we usually do during our morning walks. I got home from the walk, fed the dogs, had some cereal, and took off in to the office. I think I got to the office about 10, and I left at about 1:30. I got everything done that needed to be done, and here I sit in the office at the Curious House, and comfortably settled in to my everyday habits. Nothing better than structure! A little tv tonight, and then sleep. I slept well last night, but I just feel tired this evening. This morning, before I got out of bed, the Piglet was scrunched up on one side of me, and Callie was scrunched up on the other side of me. Perfect. I have not run the air conditioner for a few days, the windows are open, very nice. The low temperature this morning was about 48, so the house was nice and cool. Only down to about 60 degrees overnight, and maybe a little bit of rain tomorrow. All good. The glories are liking the cooler weather, too, and so is almost everyone I know. 

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.