Awake: 4:31am Temp inside Service building: 68 sleep 5+53 overnight inside service bay # 9.
Randy, the notorious tile man, finishes the one tile replacement having a flaw that Kathy couldn’t live with …. Unnoticeable to me, but, tho small, glaring to her!
John finishes covering the # 4 slide access slot that allows one to check on the heavy slide bearings in the event of a problem.
An hr later, Randy, the notorious tile man, who has many other talents, brings in a round mirror that he constructed & mounts it above our large bedroom light.
Zack calls from Seattle as he waits for city bus transportation; he has started a good idea. Since we have only one cell phone, in lieu of talking with one of us for (30-40) min each call & then repeating that same or similar message to the other person, he’d rather call & talk (15-30) min with just one of us @ a time; then the next time he calls, he would talk with the other person. We can easily share the news of what transpired ….We like this idea. This time, the call was for me & during my talk time, Merle from Tulsa paid a short visit so I put Zack on hold for about a min.
Kathy calls Katrina, not available. Later, Katrina returns the call: this is day two of her solo sojourn during spring break & so far so good. She’s hiked, met & talked with many people, taken in the sights with the help of Lady Garmin, spent some time on Bible study, & just generally enjoyed some time for herself by herself. She has the urge to pick up hitchhikers, after all she has 3 empty seats, but Kathy strongly discouraged this practice.
Ray calls on Skype; audio & video were both good. I am using the Wi-Fi from the Service facility which is quite a bit faster than our air card. Ray will be going into the hospital for knee surgery on the 7th; depending on how serious the doctor finds his condition, he’ll either do a partial or full knee replacement.
I call AARP for a status check on being accepted as supplemental health insurance; I was told my request has been fulfilled.
Dinner: Quick braised spinach, albacore tuna steak & leftover couscous with asparagus.
Evening Skype with Nick, Eriko & Jerry; strong Wi-Fi makes a nice difference.
DVR movie; “The Citadel” with Robert Donat, Rosalind Russell, Ralph Richardson, Rex Harrison, Emlyn Williams, etc. Superb adaptation of A.J. Cronin novel of impoverished doctor Donat eschewing ideals for wealthy life of treating rich hypochondriacs, neglecting wife & friends in the process; tragedy opens his eyes. 1938. Very good story; something we should all be highly aware of.
Lights out: 12:02am
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