We’re not going to be out by midnight. I didn’t really expect that we would be. There was a reason we chose to rent the van for two days. We did check out a storage place this morning, but the manager spoke such poor English that he couldn’t answer our questions, and the unit was [...]

Still waiting for U-Haul to call back. It’s been an hour, so I’m going to call and growl at them now. Meanwhile, I’ll drink tea.

Yeah, we’re trying to empty the freezer. Just rented a U-Haul. We can’t find storage around here that’s suitable. Most are closed on Sundays, anyway. So, it’s all going to a second Stockton unit which we will rent tomorrow. They darn well better not be full. We’ll wander over and pick up the U-Haul later [...]

I’m not sure how much longer I’ll be able to keep going tonight. The trouble with a customer service retail job is that it involves a lot of walking, and today was exceptionally walkative. I came home from work tired out, and even after a foot soak and long hot bath my feet and legs [...]

Don and I enjoy riding side by side. We’ve gotten so that we’re enough in tune that we can ride two to the same lane, never cutting one another up. It’s rather neat and looks cool, especially when going round corners.

Well, it’s past midnight now. I went through the utensils and gadgets in the kitchen and made one box to take-with and one box for yard sale and one for storage. Then, being a veteran of marriage, I brought Don into the game and said, “Do triage.” Much of the stuff for yard sale went [...]

I’m not sure when exactly, but I did something to my back/shoulder muscles at the storage shed. I can stand, I can sit/kneel; actually moving between those two positions is liable to create “ow” noises with accompanying muscle spasms and burning. I badly need to see a chiropractor, but that’s not going to happen.

My Blue Peter congratulatory letter. The original box for my laptop, complete with ID numbers. My childhood swimming certificates: over 30 years old, some of them.