Awake: 6:02am Cloudy & cool Overnight @ Anchorage, AK
More cereal & yogurt for breakfast. Kathy packs (2) boxes of miscellaneous
things that we will check on our flight today if…..while I do a load of
dirty dishes in their Fisher & Paykel dish washer. Then we take turns,
Kathy vacuums upstairs, I vacuum downstairs.
Next, we drive Mike’s BIG Dodge truck to the nearby Costco store, top off
his tank with fuel & buy a bottle of Hennessy VSOP Cognac as a gift for
both of them. Then I drive the Saab downtown Anchorage to pick up our
mail, say goodbyes to Linda & Young & make a cell phone call to Alex @ his
office. In a way, he was hoping I would get a jury case so I could be
around tomorrow to give him more tips & pointers on operating my old
Kubota tractor & its accessories. I reveal to him that we are operating on
a gamble & his wish still may materialize. Then I have Denise’s Saab
washed & fueled up before returning to the condo @ 12:45pm.
Then K serves me some leftover food from Tiffanys where we had lunch with
Mary S. on Saturday & more leftover food from the birthday party on
Thursday @ the Alaska Club. I am all packed & ready to go save for some
Easter cards yet to be filled out with my 2 cents worth that K finished
late last night. I save Jenny & Katrina’s card for last… to write them a
longer & more personal message & guess what happened: our ride to the
airport arrived early (Ben & Jackie) & there went my extra time to finish
my job. Sorry Katrina & Jenny.
The condo is clean, all required switches off, heat set @ 50 F, plants
watered, bed sheets laundered et cetera. Now our gambling act becomes a
reality as we are heading to the airport. Ben tells Kathy not to worry;
only Monte will be going to jail.
We thank B & J for their friendship & taxi service & hope to see them in
PA later this year. Our boxes are checked; we pass thru security & find a
place to sit @ our departure gate. Meanwhile, our minds are flooded with
thoughts of: what if? The logic behind all of this gambling is: Good
Friday….these judicial people certainly wouldn’t consider having legal
transactions happening on this very important holy day now would they? We
used this weak logic when planning this day's early departure but I never
envisioned having it play down to the wire….so to speak.
Sitting @ our gate, I make cell phone calls every 10 min to the clerk’s
office to find out if the new recording is out for Thursday covering what
jury groups are needed for Friday. Same old recording….not updated yet.
Our row is called for boarding; we place our suitcases in the overhead
compartments & take our seats. Fortunately I am in a window seat with a
one bar reception signal which is usually good enough for a digital phone.
I continue to make cell calls to the clerk’s recorder…..no update. Now the
stewardess makes the announcement: "all electronic equipment must be off
before engine starting." Time now: 4:30pm. Now the pushback…..I ask Kathy
to be my lookout while I try getting one last call to the clerk’s office:
time now, 4:35….slouching down, I listen carefully to the NEW RECORDING:
NO JURRORS NEEDED FOR FRIDAY, THE 14th OF APRIL…..ALL OF YOU HAVE A
WONDERFUL WEEKEND! A BIG WOW! It worked.
Anchorage to Seattle flight time: 3 hrs 27 min. Transition time in SEA
was short….only seconds for one quick phone call to Ben & Jackie: NO JAIL
FOR ME!
Seattle to Detroit Metro flight time: 3 hrs 32 min.
Lights out time? Sleep time?
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