Wednesday - the gift of no traffic

Everyone is all fractious about the heavy traffic today ... except me. That everyone is leaving or coming to town on the high ways means they are NOT going to work on my bridge. It was like your basic Sunday morning today. Nice. And, I'm pretty much expecting the same for the next four days, too!

The house cleaner should be here any minute. It will be nice to have the house spiffy again.

I got my new homeowners association dues for next year today. It's more than last year but not by much. I still think it's reasonable. I usually pay the years worth in January. But this year the special assessment has cratered that spending bucket. I think, rather than chance getting into a pickle, I'll pay the first six months plus the assessment in December and then pay the second six months as soon as I accrue enough funds in that bucket again which should be March or maybe April.

Everybody, all of a sudden, wants to deliver to me. Google Express delivers from several stores and they gave me a free delivery deal for 3 months. Instacart is giving me fee delivery, too. Both deliver from Costco, Petco, and Whole Foods. Instacart also has Safeway and Cash & Carry. They offer other stores, too but those are the only ones I'd ever order from probably. (Check that, I don't need/want anything from Whole Foods.)

I did find all I need for Chex Mix in Instacart so I'll probably use that one, maybe today. Sure beats fighting the grocery store crowds.

Today's adventure is lunch and museum. ljtourist has been around some computers over the years so I thought it would be fun to go back to the Living Computer Museum and walk through it with him and get his take on all the cool stuff. There's a new Caribbean restaurant between here and the museum that we both want to try so I lured him with lunch. I'm going to walk to the restaurant and meet him there and then after lunch we'll do bits and bytes at the museum another 3 blocks down.

That's it for plans, so far. The house cleaner is now officially late. I'm not going to worry about it. If she comes, she comes if not, not.

Fun with old bytes

My feet are tired and my hips are, too, but they are better than when I walked them to death on Monday. Walking more makes walking easier. I need that tattooed on my brain or my callouses.

I first walked to the restaurant. 1 mile. The wind was blowing right into my face the whole walk which kept me from getting hot but made it a bit more of a walk. ljtourist arrived and we had delicious sandwiches. The new owners of the restaurant have cleaned it up considerably. There were a whole lotta people there but it didn't feel crowded at all.

Then we walked on down to the museum where the guy at the front desk remembered me! As I suspected, wandering through the place with Frank made it a much richer experience. He grew up with computers and played with them as a kid. I was 30 before I ever touched one. Makes for a different view of computer history. He was as knocked out by the place as I was so it made for a great tour.

By the time we finished walking the museum, my feet and ankles were really exhausted and there were a handful of Car2Go's outside the museum. (It's next door to Starbucks HQ and a whole lotta Starbuckians live about 2 miles away in the center of town (in the middle of techville) - they move all the Car2Go's in a herd every day.) We got one and drove to my house - an easier trot home for Frank and way nicer for my tired limbs. $5 well spent.

My house is spic and span clean and my fitness tracker is very happy. So... NICE. I did a little doll work before I left this morning but didn't get one finished. Plenty of time tomorrow. The only thing on my todo list is my swim and the rest of the day is reserved for dolls and anything else that happens.