ATW in 45. #11

Tomorrow we leave for Boston to catch the first leg of our excellent adventure.

Today, not so exciting. Up and doing housework for about four hours. Or, a quick clean, as Emily says. She has heard me say this will be quick so many times she has lost perspective. Lol.

We did clean for what seemed like all day. God I hate it. We went to the dump. Since there is no garbage service here we go to the Skowhegan Town Dump about once a week. It’s actually a transfer station since the landfill is closed but all call it the Dump. I will spare the details, it’s a dump. Then off to the bank. It was closed. Permanently. No others open. This is a depressed area of the country. So what to do? Go to Wal Mart. Wally Mart handles bank like transactions at their service center. No shit. I changed 2k in hundreds for twenties. No problem. Smaller prob better.

Not much else done. Back to home unload and keep doing laundry and dishes. Packing the camp up for our Air BnBr’s. Gotta lock down the booze cuz last summer renters got into it. Assholes. Anyway, we gotta get set.

We went to Beth and Hanks for dinner. A nice roast and roasted root veggies. No dessert so Giffords later on the way home. We also had cocktails and appetizers too. We all ate too much.

We left by 9 and headed for the camp. Quick stop at Giffords for my Black Raspberry frappe. Emily had some over sweet concoction that would put mostninto diabetic coma. A sundae they call it. Not for me. Our neighbors drive by and stopped. They had eaten at Old Mill Pub but still managed to squeeze some ice cream in top of their dinner. All these calories don’t count on vacation, I understand.

Well, day is done. Wait, no. Let’s pack. And charge all the devices. That will be a blast! Ok, not a blast, but we have to finish off the suitcases. Mine all fit perfectly with a couple small add ins from Em. Hers was tough. She has too much stuff she thought necessary. I left all necessary stuff at home. I packed for five days. Yes, I know, I will be gone 45. But, they have washers and dryers and clothing stores and drug stores where we are going. I can buy what I need if anything. So one small duffel and an even smaller satchel for electronics. And snacks. We got lots of snacks.

Managed all done by 1230. And bedtime. I read for awhile, book almost done. I will need to download a book in the airport. You never know when your next connectivity will be. We are, fortunately, not headed to a place where Starbucks is on every corner.