Friday; April 25

The last three days have been a mixed bag.

On Wednesday the plumber came and replaced the toilet.  He was very nice and very efficient.  He also fixed the leaking outside faucet and removed the "scald guard" from my bathtub which was preventing my having hot enough water.

The glass man came and told me that the glass in my china is no longer made.  It is a very thin leaded glass kind of like that used in stained glass windows.  He couldn't fix it.  Amazing how much trouble a little pane of glass about 5 by 10 can be.   The saga continues.

I went to see Cowboy on Thursday.  It was a cloudy day with occasional sprinkles and there were a number of folks on the road today that needed to take a drivers education course.  It was hard to understand why someone would drive 10 or 15 miles below the speed limit and stay in the passing lane.  It just makes everyone behave badly.

Cowboy was in good spirits for most of the visit.  At one point, we were sitting outside enjoying the sunshine and he got nostalgic and had tears in his eyes.  It was hard.  I do pretty well as long as I know he is doing well and it hurts when he seems less than happy.

This morning I mailed a $75 fine to the city for a red light I have no knowledge of running.  It is crazy traffic around here so I suppose it it possible.  Then I went to Kohls because I got a letter saying that my email address wasn't any good.  I had tried to change it and got caught up in their rather silly security set up.  Customer service then put me on the telephone with someplace only to be told that they couldn't fix it.  It would have to go home, get on line and call them.  By the time I got home my cell phone was nearly dead so guess I will have to deal with it next week.

Next stop the furniture store to delay delivery until floor is in.  No problem.

I next went and made the acquaintance of the local Toyota dealer.  I had just missed getting my last free service appointment.  Got lost in the move I guess.  He first told me it would be $95 to get the oil changed, tires rotated, etc.  When they finished he told me he had talked to the service manager and it was free.  One nice thing that happened today.

I then went to McAllisters for a bit of lunch.  Very busy and crowded.  Somehow my order got lost and I waited and waited and waited and then complained, not once but twice and finally got my sandwich.  I didn't need to be anywhere but still........

I then went to Michaels and picked out some greenery and flowers for my daughter for her bathroom.  There was a sign that siad 60% off.  When I went to check out found out it only applied to a handful of selections.

Got a lot done but not without frustration.  Think I will spend tomorrow trying to reduce the number of weeds in the yard and trying out the new hose I bought.  Might get in the pool and try it out.,