Awake: 5:32am Cloudy & cool Overnight @ Anchorage, AK
Late last night my call to the Clerk’s office gave the following
recording: Groups 31 & 32 up to the letter “L” will be needed for
Wednesday the 12th of April. Whew! Right down to the wire.
We both eat a small bowl of cereal with yogurt before driving to the
Alaska Club for more needed exercise. Entering the Alaska club, we spot
Bill & Debby (we lunched with them on Saturday the 8th) in the lounge area
& yak with then awhile, then say our goodbyes.
We start @ 8:50am & 2 hrs 15 min later, I am finished including the
shower. A few more of the old fogies show up today: Jon D. & Peter & Jan
R. It’s been over 2 yrs since seeing these people. Again it’s possible
that my jaw had the better workout.
We may be leaving Alaska tomorrow based on a gamble. Before leaving
Nicktown, K & I tried as best we could to plan & plot our time efficiency
in Alaska, including a definite return date and flight. Will I get a case
or simply end up with a six pack? Anyway, we decided to bet on a “no call
to jury duty” which means we could possibly fly out tomorrow on the 4:30
pm Alaska Airlines flight. We also took out insurance ($12.00 each) which
covers a delay due to jury duty necessitating a changed flight schedule..
Having this awkward scenario of being so close to call-in with group # 33,
the outcome seems biased toward the jury direction, but I say my goodbyes
to some of my Alaska buddies anyway just in case I don’t get a case.
Using the Alaska Club’s phone for privacy, I call Denise in Florida….she
needed the route number off her bank checkbook & pin # for her credit
card….which I was able to do because I had her checkbook in hand in prep
for this call. She thanks me & I thank her & Mike for the luxury condo
accommodations.
From here, we drive over to the recycling area off Dowling Road & get rid
of all that stuff we loaded in the back of the Saab yesterday. Next we do
a little more sightseeing in the area of Lake Otis Pkwy where the Footes
had their condo to see “what’s new?” Looks like another bldg for Credit
Union 1, a new Millwright bldg, another Home Depot bldg, & a large 2 or 3
complex apartment bldg for retired seniors. The area definitely continues
to grow.
We stop @ Tiffanys restaurant to see Ellie (our ole waitress from Eric’s
restaurant), who just happened to be sick today so Kathy left a written
message.
Then we both go to our ole church: St. Pat’s & confess our sins face to
face with the priest: Father Vince. It’s been many yrs since I have done
this & he was very gentle throughout the process.
From here, we stop @ Carrs grocery store looking for an extra box to ship
some things back to Pittsburgh on our flight. No boxes found that would
fit our needs.
The time now is after 5:00pm so I make a call to the Clerk’s office for
that recording: NO jurors needed for Thursday 13th of April. Now we
ponder: should we do Mooses Tooth one more time in the event we skate
through this gamble & fly out tomorrow @ 4:30pm, or cancel the flight &
play the caution route just in case of a case? I let Kathy make the call:
She’s favors “one more time” with the Moose. My feelings exactly; Kathy
has her Pipeline Stout (Mooses Tooth Brewery’s very dark beer) & I have my
dark Darth Delirium, also made by Mooses tooth with the Belgium formula.
Oh & we also have the salad & pizza.
En route back to the condo, we make another stop for a suitable box &
wrapping tape @ Fred Myers grocery store. This time, a box was found.
Lights out: 11:22pm
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