I am so over dashing. And I think I will stop as soon as I take the winter/spring trip next year. I don’t think I will dash in all of the capitals. Then again, anything is possible. I guess it depends on how fund raising is going.

I got up and got out at a reasonable time this morning. My first two orders were Lowes orders. And they weren’t terrible. Not great, but not terrible. The whole order pickup thing has changed, though. Before, we asked at the service counter and the person there had to do the heavy lifting – typing in long numbers, finding the right stuff and bringing it to the driver who would then take it to their vehicle. Now, the driver has to either enter the order number, or if the item(s) are small enough, they will be in a locker. The locker number is provided by door dash. Type in the six digit number and a locker (somewhere – that needs to be fixed I think) pops open. The driver (me in this case) grabs the stuff and goes! Woo hoo! No human interaction ought to be necessary. Go modernization. Does this count as AI? I don’t think so, but some people might.

Anyway, my first two Lowes orders were a toilet auger and a cement brick. Very exciting stuff. Not too heavy and awkward. Long drives, as usual. Glerg.

One of the minor annoyances of dashing is that often times the customer doesn’t pick up their phone when I call to ask them for substitutions or for directions. Or to let them know that I am standing where they said to stand and am waiting to give them their food and get their GD PIN number from them. Sigh.

This just tickled me!

The whole dash was ok, actually. And I let myself stop at a little after 1. Came home, had my next to last slice of pizza and started working on all the things I had put in my reminders during dashing. Maybe 15 items. But wait, is that my phone ringing? It was. Someone who I have given rides to in the past needed to get to a doctor’s appointment. What with one thing and another, that basically ate most of an hour and a half even though the ride was local. Sigh. But I eventually got to clean out most of the reminders for today. I still have a few but I will look at those after dinner.

Leftovers for dinner. I want to finish up at least two of the three sets of leftovers. I might just go for all three. Yes, I will be too full, but life is that way sometimes. What I have to do…

Augustus for President: I wonder if the virtual executive assistant can actually mail things. Or would they just create the files and then give them to me to print out and mail. I am thinking the latter. Which is still better than nothing. I also need to ask the sales rep if I don’t use all 10 hours in a month, does it roll over?

While dashing, I saw a couple I know at one of the restaurants. They asked how the campaign was going after I joked that their five dollar tip on the table was for me. One said it was a donation to my campaign. Hahahaha. Anyway, I gave them stickers and mentioned that I was working on slogans. The other one suggested that we get together and have a slogan brainstorming session. Maybe after they come back from Florida in January!

I am starting to think about places to stay while I am on the capital trip. I think I can convince my nephew to put me up in DC. And I might be able to find someone in Raleigh. And Topeka is near enough to Kansas City that I think I have a place there. So that’s three out of 51. Maybe LdF can find me a place to stay in Hawaii. And maybe I have a place in Arizona. Every place I can stay is a good thing. Maybe Columbus OH too. That could be seven…