More Fun

     On the very morning of the very day when I would normally be seeing kids for the first time this year, I met some other retired teachers at Taste of Scandinavia for breakfast.  It was a gorgeous day and I had lefse stuffed with eggs, ham and cheese.  I thought I'd feel somewhat sad about being studentless, but another recent retiree and I agreed that all we felt was happy not to have to get up so early!  The lefse helped to add to this happy state as well.
     I then had my first One to One appointment at the Apple Store, where I recently purchased a wonderful MacBook Pro.  A sweet boy patiently explained how to use html to set up a website.  Not that I'll ever actually do it, but who knows?  Anyway, I love learning that stuff.
     Much less fun but one of those dreaded necessities was what I tackled yesterday:  washing windows.  This is a job I always do in the summer because I hate it, and it would be just too depressing to do it on a weekend or short vacation during school, so usually I end up doing it on a hot summer morning because of poor planning.  For some inexplicably anal reason, I always start on the east side which is the hottest, of course, because it's the dang morning.  I know it makes no sense, but that's just one of many such things in my world of the ridiculous.  Anyway, the job was still its usual miserable self, but it was only 58 degrees which made it almost a treat.  Well not a treat, but not as horrible as before.
      Today I'm taking advantage of a great deal Best Buy has going on in September where you can bring in up to three old electronic devices for recycling and in exchange receive 100 "points" per item to use at Best Buy.  I have no idea how much that will buy, but no matter what, it's better than having to pay to recycle.

      Also, I found out that the Animal Ark (a no kill shelter for animals) will haul away some furniture I no longer want, and having taken a peek at Craig's List, I know wouldn't sell.  They are the only organization I could find who will come into the house to get the items without charging.  I'm so glad to have found them, and I love what they do for abandoned pets.  A win-win deal.
     So far it's true what past retirees kept telling me: "You'll be so busy you won't believe it."  I am and I don't.