Inching Closer To Cardom

When I got up this morning, I had no real plan. I did have one appointment that was sort of set in stone. But other than that, nothing on the docket.

The appointment was with the car rental place. Today marks a week that I have had the car. Last night, I asked Siri for a heads or tails answer and got heads – which was that I ought to make use of AD’s car. But I just couldn’t bring myself to do it. I don’t really want to be involved with him more than is absolutely necessary. I will return the car key in the not too distant future. I was a little concerned that I might not be able to renew my rental, but with a click of the computer, it was accomplished. Woo hoo!

At home, I had a yummy lunch of chicken, olives and macaroni and cheese. Then I called State Farm and asked where the payment was. Not long after that, the rep I was working with called and sent an email – maybe even a text – saying that the check was in the email. And it was! I have set it to depositing and it ought to be in my account by Tuesday. Tomorrow I will head up to the place in Farmington and see what they have available. I am still interested in the car in Albany, except that it a) is pretty pricey still, b) is far away so I wouldn’t be able to easily see it in person before buying it, and c) has no stalk. I like the stalk. I am used to the stalk. So, I will look in Farmington and go from there.

One more car accident hurdle to jump over happens next week. Court for my two tickets. I am not looking forward to that at all. I hate being in court. And I am sure it is going to be a costly event for me. Boo.

Today is the day that my boarder is supposed to leave. She has done a pretty good job of getting her stuff out of the house. She didn’t, unfortunately, leave any of the food that she had in the fridge or freezer. Some of that looked tasty. But the bathroom is almost empty. As is the bedroom. My guess is that she will come here after work and get the rest of the stuff out of the house. Maybe she will spend one more night here. When she does leave, I will have the house to myself!! One more stressor gone. Not that she stressed me out that much, but it is always a little stressful living with someone else. No more renters or boarders or anything like that until 2027 at the earliest. Yes, my finances will take a hit, but I will struggle through somehow.

Updating some mac applications. How exciting is that?

Augustus for President: Still working on the steps speech. It feels lumpy. Not smooth. Or interesting. I am writing this draft for Washington DC specifically. Before, I was writing generically. Though I think that mostly the speech will remain the same state capital after state capital.

I requested this book from the library. I saw her on a talk show – maybe Colbert? She seemed interesting. Will I read the book? It’s possible. I’ll start it and see what happens. If it is well written and engaging, I might read it. If I were still dashing, I would definitely read it. I wonder if one of the other books I asked for came and I turned it down without reading it because I am not in a reading phase…Does anyone else go through phases of reading and not reading?

Anyone read this?

Life is…

Bye bye physicians!

Life is unpredictable.

Life is precarious.

Walking is just continually falling without falling down.

I feel like my life is a question mark that doesn’t often turn into an exclamation point.

One thing that happens in my mind is the ever popular “what if” or “if only.” “But it didn’t happen that way” I have to keep telling myself. Reality is.

Then again, perception is reality. So, is reality real or just what I perceive?

Happy Saturday. The car didn’t make it to the collision repair place yesterday. That sucks. And is unsurprising. The towing company was super busy yesterday and they couldn’t make it happen for my car to get to the collision place. And now it won’t get there until Monday at the earliest. Probably Tuesday because we are supposed to be getting big snow starting tomorrow (Sunday) lasting through late Monday. So again, towing companies are going to put low priority on moving my damaged vehicle a long distance when they can move more cars short distances. Why couldn’t I get in a crash on a Tuesday? And during a thaw. Thanks universe. 🤓

The accident could have been much worse. Luckily the other driver tried to avoid me and I tried to avoid her. We hit left fender to left fender. No airbags were deployed. I didn’t take any pictures because it was bitterly cold and windy and I was probably a bit in shock. And as my friend SM pointed out, near death experiences (even ones like this that weren’t so near deathy) take a while for the body to process. And that’s what I am doing, processing.

And working on the Alice film. I think I have gotten about two thirds of the captions from the film and made up text boxes for them. And I tried to get one into iMovie. Took some trial and error. And I think I will have to do it a few more times to make it second nature (for now). It isn’t that hard, but it does take multiple steps which take time. Which I have a lot of just now.

Thank you LF for the apples and the visit! My socializing for the day (week?) is accomplished!

WordPress is messing around again. Now it isn’t working as expected on my iPhone. Not a huge deal, but still frustrating. Maybe I will need to change blogging platforms at some point.

Augustus for President: I didn’t follow through with my friend about the badge. Turns out that their printer was not working so I printed them out the badge inserts. And gave them another badge holder, just in case!

And it is pretty definite that I won’t be starting the trip on February 11 as anticipated. Life is that way sometimes.

Not on my Bingo Card

I needed a foot rest – so I created one that works well enough

The day started like many days recently, a little slowly. I eventually made it out of bed and did my morning ablutions. Lunch was a fruit cup, some green olives and some potato chips. Not thrilling, but ok.

Then, I headed out to see EC and JC. But I didn’t get there. Instead, I got into an accident on East Lake Road. Sadly, not a fender bender. My car was immobilized. As was the large pick-up truck that I collided with. Like jousters, but neither of us got out of the way of the other quickly enough to escape damage. Sigh.

I called JC and EC first to tell them that I wasn’t coming. JC got in his car and came and kept me company while all the crap played out. I called the insurance company next. Probably ought to have called the police first, but I had spoken with the driver of the other car and she said she had called 911. I later called 911 and they told me that an officer had already been dispatched. The insurance company eventually dispatched a tow truck after taking way too many details that ought to have been in their system already. Whatever. Then the police said that I had to get out of the road so they called a local tow truck. That one came and took the car to a place in Seneca Falls. I called the towing company State Farm had dispatched and told them that the car would be there. I also called the collision place up in Syracuse to tell them that I was going to be availing myself of their assistance again. But I only left a message. I will call them on Monday and see if they got the car and ask when they could get me an estimate. And I will ask them about their loaner program. I will also need to call my insurance company and see if they will reimburse me for the tow from East Lake Road to Seneca Falls. So many moving pieces.

Speaking of moving pieces, I got two tickets for this accident. Driving too fast (ha) and pulling into oncoming traffic. The cop said I should have driven into the ditch. Right. That was a good plan. Anyway, that is going to be pricey for those two tickets I am sure. I love capitalism.

I have been having crappy car luck for the past several years. Is there some saying like unlucky in cars, lucky in hearts? That would be a bright spot to an otherwise less than thrilling experience.

Meanwhile, i have started working on making titles for the Alice in Wonderland movie. So exciting.

Augustus for President: This means that the 50+1 Capitals Tour might have to be postponed. I don’t want to do the trip in a rental car. And who knows how long the car will take to repair. Or if it will have to be totaled by the insurance company. Anyway, moving back the start date is a mixed blessing. It gives me more time to get more ducks in a row. But it also messes up the grand plan a bit. Not terribly, but a bit.

And because of the possible postponement, a few ducks will be pushed back until I have a revised date. Such fun.