Friday, August 3rd, 2018…… Today was get-away
day for Lydia. She has a 4:50pm flight out this evening. This is her trip to
Henderson NV for our friend, Lee’s, celebration of life. I have chosen to stay
home and watch Rylee, plus the garage door guy is supposed to come on Saturday.
Yes, I could reschedule and my sister could watch the dog, but we thought we’d
just have one of us go, plus Lydia can visit with her girlfriends while she’s
there. Sandie and Typhanie are driving in from California and are picking her
up at the airport. They are sharing a hotel room so it works out for everyone.
Forgot to mention
this yesterday - I went online last evening to register for my upcoming jury
duty. Yes, I got chosen after only a year in Oregon! It’s pretty much the same
here except you have a two-week window that you have to call in to see if they
need you or not. I will know more soon about where I have to go.
We got on the road
about noon, after feeding Rylee. The drive is about two hours but we wanted to
stop and have linner before I dropped her off. We found Shari’s in Oregon City,
and ate a nice meal. I got her to the airport shortly after that and then headed
home. Actually, I made a detour. I wanted to go find the Portland International
Raceway and cruise around it. Not much to see. I also planned to drive back
past the Pittock Mansion. This is on our Oregon Fun Card, so admission is free
for up to four people. I decided that since I was in rush hour, I would do that
drive by on another trip. The Oregon Zoo is also on our card and we plan to go
there too but I already know where that is.
I headed home and got stuck in the usual Wilsonville traffic zone. Wilsonville is a fast growing upscale burb just
south of Portland and for some reason (maybe too many folks exiting and
entering) there is always congestion going both north and south on the I5
through there. I made the stop-and- go adventure through there and got home
about 6:30pm. Penny had fed Rylee and played with her so I got a bit of rest
when I got home. Later, we went out and butthead jumped in the pool and then
got out and did the Rylee 500 around the yard. I ended up wiping her down twice
before we came in for the night! Lydia
didn’t call so I texted her and she texted back that she got caught up in visiting
and forgot to call. I didn’t sleep well so I took a couple of Tylenol PMs. I ended
up staying up until about midnight. When I did come in, Rylee slept in her usual
spot on the floor but got up on the bed with me around 3:45 or so when I got up
to pee.
Saturday, August 4th, 2018…… I had a few things
on my plate today. After our usual pee, poop, walk, read the paper, shower, get
dressed routine, I ate breakfast and went out and worked on the inside of the
motorhome a bit. There were some things to be picked up and some things I
needed in the house. After that I came in and rested for the morning and into
the afternoon and caught up on my latest Mecum Auctions I had on tape. Lydia
called and said they were getting ready to go to the celebration of life that
the Hand family had planned. Later, when
it cooled off a bit, I went out and got the string trimmer and did all of
the areas I can’t reach with the mower. After a brief break, I got the tractor
out and mowed the yard. This time all I did was the yard – not the field - so I
was done in less than an hour. Tomorrow I will use the catcher and get the
excess grass picked up. That was it for the day. Lydia didn’t call me. I ended
up going to bed early. I needed to catch up on my sleep from last night.
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