Lots and lots of bags

I have a lot of bags around my house. All shapes and sizes and materials. A lot of them are filled. Most recently, I emptied out my car and put the stuff in bags. ANd then I sorted those and put some of the stuff in smaller bags. Sigh. Oh, and before you ask, yes, I do have bags filled with bags…I don’t think I have a bag filled with bags that are filled with bags though…

I was lying (not laying) in bed and was thinking, goodness, I don’t have a lot on my plate today, when I recalled that I actually do have a few things that need to be done. I guess I better get motivated. I was planning on just heading to JC and EC’s around 2:15 so that I can help them with a video chat. But, instead, I will be heading out around 1 to do my errands. And then head south.

A new errand that just popped up is buying a new cartridge for my printer. I think that the cartridges that ships with new printers tend to be under filled. Since selling printers is really about selling ink. I’ll check staples’ price and then see what the cost would be online. I don’t think the printer is going to stop printing today.

Taxes must be paid! Death and taxes. Though if we lived in a non-capitalistic world, taxes wouldn’t be a thing.

Being me, I volunteered to bring JC and EC some groceries if they needed anything. They did. Which means the grocery store is now on my list of errands. Yippee!

I called and left a second message for “Kay” at state farm. She didn’t return my message from yesterday. So my hopes aren’t high that she will call me today. I need to start car shopping this afternoon, after I get finished with JC and EC. Maybe tomorrow I will take a trip out to the EV place in Farmington and see what they have on the lot. And I want to ask them if their prices are negotiable.

The Alice movie’s first draft is complete. I just watched it. Overall, I am pleasantly pleased with how it looks. Next time I watch it, I will have a pad or something to write down what I think needs to be done. There is one glaring editing error that I will probably fix. And there are a lot of pops and scary edit frames that I can probably cut out. We shall see about that one. There are also a few places that could use timing editing – speed up the slow bits and slow down some other bits. But it is in pretty good shape, all things considered. Maybe I will do some work on it tonight.

Errands accomlished. I printed out the items that SM wanted printed. And delivered them to her. My first foray into the wilds of Wegmans netted me the groceries that JC and EC wanted. Then two banks to deposit money and pay the first round of taxes. All of that, for once, took less time than I had thought it would. So I got to JC and EC’s house early!

There was a bit of trepidation to tackle East Lake road again, site of the accident. But I made it to their place without incident. While there, I made them sit through a viewing of my film, such as it is. It definitely needs some tweaking, but overall was decently reviewed! The video chat that I was there to help them with went very smoothly. And then I toddled off. To Wegmans again to do my own shopping. Three bags of chips, and a bag of popcorn. Sigh. And a couple of cans of beans. A successful expedition.

Now I am home and getting mentally prepared for dinner and the third section of the day.

Oh, I finished all of Veronica Mars. It is too bad that they didn’t have another season or two. I am now watching through a not so great show called Rizzoli and Isles. It is a crime procedural combined with women being friends. It has its good moments, but overall, not so great. Fodder. Sad about Catherin O’Hara. Honestly, though, I was not enamored.

One more thing. I had a chat with someone at State Farm and they said that the payout might be higher than I was imagining. That would be great! Oh, that was frustrating by the way. For some reason, I couldn’t swipe up from the phone app to get to the sign in screen to get into the phone. The caller wanted my mileage and I couldn’t get to the Tesla app to get it to him. I have it written down now. In case they call back…someday. I guess I need to take another trip to Baldwinsville, too.

Augustus for President: I am not looking at either March 15 or the end of March for leaving for my trip. Or, I could just wait to make the first day of my trip my 65 birthday (In the beginning of April). Thoughts?