Well, poo. How did that happen? I missed the deadline for putting my hat in the ring to attend the November Stock Holders Meeting for Tesla. I had to wait until I had a statement from my brokerage firm proving I held stock at the time designated. I got that only a few days ago. My brokerage didn’t have the necessary document ready when I first checked. I checked and downloaded it later, around the 15th of October. But I didn’t check then to see the date by which I had needed to apply. Since the meeting was in the beginning of November, I thought I still had time. I didn’t. Poo. Not that I would have gotten a space anyway since I don’t hold very much stock and I think the number of entries one got in the lottery was equal to the number of shares held. Whatever. Saves me a long drive. I can just watch it on TV with the hoi polloi (from the Greek meaning “the many”).
Today has been another vegetable day. Maybe a stalk of celery. I had thought I would be helping JC to visit with TC but I got a call saying that he (JC) wasn’t feeling up to it. I am going to try to get down there this week sometime. I think Wednesday might be good. The week’s schedule is unclear at this point. First, I am hoping that I have enough rides stored up to dash anytime. If not, I will have to use one of my “dash anytime for a week” passes. I have three. And secondly, SM ought to be returning soon. Not exactly sure when. Or how. I guess she will ping me when it gets close.
So, instead of heading to Auburn, I got to stay in. Woo hoo.
Tomorrow, I am going to ask my erstwhile contractor and friend to help me with two emergency issues. If he won’t help in a timely fashion, I will have to find someone else to help me. First is the nest thermometer. Last night it heated the house to 75 degrees! It lost internet connection and power. I wonder if the wiring needs to be looked at. The second is a dripping faucet in the blue bathroom. I have replaced one of the faucets already. (Though that was a while ago – and I didn’t like doing it) I don’t really want to replace the other. So, I am going to ask JM to installed shut off valves for the two lines into the tub. Neither job should be too onerous. Or take too long. I hope he can get to them quickly. And if not, as I said. I will find someone else. There must be many handy people around. It is a good gig sort of job.
Augustus for President: K+ asked me to put my picture back on the badge. Which I did and sent to him.
I am already thinking about my second country wide sweep next year. I hope by that time to have some funds coming in from donations. Anything is possible. What I am thinking most about, though, is what proportion of time I plan to spend in each state. Mostly population driven I think. Have I mentioned lately that I love spreadsheets? Did you know that a little more than half of the population in the United States lives in just 10 states? (CA, TX, FL, NY, PA, IL, OH, GA, NC) So half of the 3-4 months that I am allotting for that tour will be spent in those states. Or at least thats what makes sense to me right now.
As for getting on the ballot in all the states, the rules aren’t up on Ballotpedia yet. But from the 2024 information, it seems that we want all of our ducks in a row, all of our i’s crossed and our t’s dotted by June 30, 2028. I would love to download that information, but I couldn’t figure out how. And there didn’t seem to be a way to contact the people managing the site. Google gave me an email address and a phone number. I sent an email and will wait to call until Tuesday. Give them all of Monday to respond.
Still Life 