Well, moving right along. It’s Tuesday and it’s still a work day. After yesterday’s epic failure with the IRS I am ready to get back on the horse and try again. And maybe my nice pony can trample a few of them and poop on the rest. I can dream.
So, today, we went to Waterville. Why? Because the big town of Waterville has a UPS store which has a working fax. And copiers and all the good office crap. I had even forgotten something at home and emailed it to myself at the UPS store. They printed and we good. Love tech when it works. And I have to do all this from my phone which I have come to prefer over iPad and laptop when on the road. Who knew?
So Emily drove and dropped me off at UPS. She went shopping, I told her waiting would be frustrating. If you don’t understand, read yesterday again. I announced myself to the gal behind the desk and told her I would be hanging out half a day on hold and then need fax services fast. And I would be getting docs emailed for her to print. It’s what they do. She apologized for lack of coffee and donuts. But she had a Cindy chair to sit in. So I jumped on hold. Hey! Lo and behold, only 65 minutes later I got someone on the line to help me. Funny part, that is not funny at all, when the call connected there was no one on the line. Someone had picked up by accident. I decided to stay on and kept saying hello over and over again. Today god loved me. The guy actually heard me or something and came on the line. No greeting, no hello just “I thought u were someone else”. What? I immediately latched on to him and he said he could help. Well 20 short minutes later, and a fax, we were done. First task over. Complete.
I asked UPS gal to print out an email for me. I had to fax it. So I got back on the phone, different number, for 2nd and final task. Get this, only 22 mins of hold! Wow. I live right. I explained to the drone what I needed, I sent him my fax docs, and he VERY slowly completed each part of my request in his idea of good order. I have learned, never tell them what to do. Never ask them to do anything your way. Just let them lead and continually act amazed at their brilliance. They like being stroked and I like getting my shit done. But they can be so slow and stupid. But, we got er done! No more work.
I paid my tab with UPS, they ran a tab. And I went outside, never to see them again. I called Em and a few minutes later we were on the road. We had several stops to make in Waterville.
First stop, lunch. Short story needed. There is a chain of restaurants in Maine called Governors. Today is lobster roll day. Once a year. So we went there for late lunch. Lobster roll today is $6.59. Regular price $16.99. So we had lobster rolls for lunch. This is such a popular event they set up stands in the parking lot to sell them. People order 50 at a time. I ate one. And we just got lucky. Being good looking and luck works for me.
After our leisurely lunch there was still stuff to do. Though we both had lost a lot of steam. Me during IRS Olympics and Emily waiting on me. So we made only one more stop at the Christmas Tree Store, not one damn xmas item on the shelves, for a few sundry items. It’s a discount store selling sundries. Name be damned.
We headed back to Skowhegan after that quick stop. Now that work is done we have more time to screw around. Emily wanted to make clam linguine for us and her folks. So we went by 201 Fish market. They actually sold the store but I don’t know the new name. We bought fresh clams and coconut shrimp. They have a huge wine selection so I grabbed an imported Cabernet. From California.
We went to the Clarks to make and enjoy dinner. We had cocktails and some hors douvres. Nothing much, smoked Gouda and our coconut shrimp. We had a hearty meal of clam linguine with our Cabernet. A nice meal to cap the day.
We left after dishes. We did not go straight home. My first stop at Giffords was a must. We were not disappointed.
Black Raspberry frappe for me and caramel sundae for Em. I would include a picture but this software is crap. Sorry
Off to home and went to bed.