It’s Saturday. 3 day Memorial Day Weekend. This pleases me.
What doesn’t please me is how my last blog post in progress has disappeared from my account. My host, Bluehost, periodically deletes one of my unposted posts. It’s really annoying when you have been working your fingers to the bone to post and your so called host, whom I pay, deletes it. And no they can’t get it back and yes they always blame me. So I am restarting. I hate Bluehost.
So back to today. Or maybe yesterday. Friday. My day started at 445. Am. I got up early so I could have a quick drive to Petaluma which is about 2 hours from us. Why, you say. Well, before my daughter ran off to Hawaii for no real reason, she had been living in Petaluma. Had a job at a winery. And a free place to live. In Petaluma. Recently owner of said place said to Marika, via text, get your shit out of here by the 1st. And she is in Hawaii. So I, dad of the year, went there to move her shit out. Without her help. Of course.
Drive to Petaluma it is. Drive was amazingly peaceful with almost zero traffic. Go figure. Hour 45. Not so bad.
Marika only had one room so not much stuff. I forgot the bathroom, it turns out, will have to return. Mary told me much later that Marika had more shampoo than a drugstore, all in the shower. I missed the shower too.
There was a six drawer dresser, full. And heavy. Good thing I brought my truck, the 09 Honda Fit. It has 55 cu ft of cargo capacity. More than a Chevy Suburban. The dresser fit in back easily. I did have to remove the drawers to move the dresser. Too heavy. I slipped them back in before putting it all into the car. The balance of the pack up was clothing. In containers so not too difficult. I was there less than an hour.
The trip back was, again, void of traffic. I do not understand. Friday is getaway day for the first weekend of summer and no one was getting away.
It took me about an hour to get to the office. And I was not driving extra fast.
Work was boring and obtuse. Check that off the list. I won’t bore you with the horrid little details. I did manage to do a tax return. For money. Helps keep the lights on. Then off to home.
Traffic, finally!, was very light. Fooled you. I don’t get it. I got home very quickly for a change.
Wanted to see how Emily was faring. She had called earlier from school. The hatch on her car had collapsed on her arm and pinned it. She said it hurt and was bruised. She iced and took analgesics.
When I got home she had her arm wrapped in an ice pack. Seemed ok. She wants to wait and see if she needs an X-ray. The arm is purple and swollen. Very attractive. In an ultimate fighter sort of way.
It’s Friday so we decided to eat out. We always eat out Friday. I picked a bbq place we had not yet been to (Emily does not like to pick). Near Old Town. Guess what? Absolutely no one there. No traffic, no people. It’s invasion of the body snatchers. Maybe.
No matter. Brisket, ribs, beans, Mac salad, cole slaw. It was really good and we have left overs. Mid day meal. For me. The great thing about bbq is it’s already cooked. With no one there, the food was ready in under two minutes. My day is all about things working out.
Back to home. Emily of course turned on the TV. And fell asleep immediately. We sat for awhile till she woke and declared “I’m going to bed”. Then she fell back asleep for a few. Then it happened again and I shut off the TV. The lights. Put the dog out. Emily got up and went to bed. Me too