A Day in the Life of

I slept in until after 7 this morning. It was nice to sleep in our own bed after 2 weeks out of town. Sleeping in was a sort of adjustment back to Central time and our regular schedule. It was a rumbly day and a heavy rain was just beginning. Penny and I were going to Waffle house because after 2 weeks we didn’t have breakfast fixings in the house.
I set the raccoon traps last night after feeding all 4 cats outside. I also remembered to check the live animal trap first thing. There in the rain was an adult opossum, quite upset about the rain.

Penny said Waffle House could wait and that I should release the opossum. I grabbed an umbrella got the trap and put it in the CRV. The rain was so heavy and the clouds so thick that it seemed like dusk instead of daytime. I released the varmit at the edge of the reservation in very heavy rain. This oposumThen it was home, change to dry clothes and off to Waffle House.

We were surprised to see Melissa back at WH. She said she was back because she figured out it was expensive to live and she needed to work. Her baby is a good baby and is doing fine. We came back home after WH instead of going anywhere. Penny wanted to start on her Egmont stuff and I had plenty to keep me busy.

It definitely was an indoor day-rain was predicted on and off all day. I called and made an appointment with the dentist to get my crown cemented back in. It popped out while I was flossing the first night I was in Jax. I stuck it back in place and it stayed there with no problem. I just had to remember it could pop out again if I chewed on something gummy. I got a 10 o’clock appointment.

Before going I did some unpacking and soaked my thumbs in icy water. Brie joined me while I did this, drinking the cold water while she kept me company.

Usually I get right in at the dentist but today they were busy. It took more than a half-hour for them to get to me. Have you ever been swimming and pull an old rotted branch up from the bottom and get assaulted with the most putrid offensive smell? Well, that’s what smell was under that crown. I’ve probably had the most horrible breath for the past couple of months. That’s how long this crown was loose. They cleaned the crown and cleared the rot from my tooth and cemented the crown back in.

I picked up milk and bread and lunch from Wendy’s on the way home.

Shortly after lunch our 2-weeks of accumulated mail arrived and I began the job of catching up with that paperwork. I also brought Penny’s CRV to the shop. We just got new tires on it and all the wheels balanced and aligned but there still was a shimmy in the front end when I reached 65-70 MPH. I had driven by the tire place on my way back from the dentist and it was empty. Now, however, it was packed. I decided to bring the car back in the morning.

One of the items we got in the mail was a box with our new backpacks. They look good. We will have to make a practice hike this weekend and try them out.

I soaked my thumbs again at 3 while I watched some of the Ellen show. My apple snack today was scuppernong grapes. At about 4:30 our doorbell rang and it was our mailman. He knew I expected mail that he didn’t have earlier so he double-checked and found the items that his replacement had set aside. He drove by our place in his personal vehicle on his way home from work and delivered the items. Wasn’t that nice?

I made Penny dinner, fed the 4 cats outside, set the traps and joined Penny to watch the season premier of Bones and Fringe.

It continued to rain on and off all day. Tomorrow’s weather is supposed to be the same.