Tuesday was a pretty busy day. I did my knee exercises, reading Augustine
and the Book of Samuel, then I took the wet kayak out of the back of my truck
and started drying it. I did my 45
minute bike ride while it was drying and did some straightening out of the
truck. When the drying was done I folded
up the kayak and put it back in the guest bedroom closet. I then headed off to meet Heather Hodges at
the Prices Fork apartments and after seeing the apartments, I decided to rent
one of them with a washer/dryer outlet, around 750 square feet with the rent
850 a month, with electricity costs for heating and cooling and other uses
about 125 a month. Then it was off to
play golf and I did okay shooting roughly a 51 for nine holes. Following that I dropped off my application
for the apartment and then drove to Blacksburg for a short walk with Rob on the
Tom’s Creek trail. I decided to treat
myself to dinner and headed to Macados and saw Jake for the first time in
months and saw pictures of his beautiful 20-month-old son. I ate my Margie’s Cashew Chicken Salad and
then decided to really treat myself and go to a movie for the first time in
months, my choice being the new Blade Runner movie. It was not a great movie—and it ran 2 hours
and 44 minutes—but I enjoyed it a lot.
Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford are two of my favorite actors so that was
a treat. Finally, after an ice cream
sandwich, I headed home and got to bed a little after 1.
Wednesday turned out to be a cold and blustery day (luckily
I had dried out the kayak yesterday). I
did my knee exercises, read more Augustine and Samuel, the showered and headed
over to have an early lunch with Claire Hall.
It was nice to see her and after lunch we took a short walk on the Tech
campus. After that I returned home,
having mailed Dave a copy of my book, and took a short nap, really enjoying my
warm covers. A bit slow to wake up, I
finally got going and went outside, dressed in my heavy winter coat and gloves,
and rode my bike for 45 minutes. When I
got back I took another short nap and then did the rest of my piano playing,
read some of Lou’s poems, gift wrapped the present for my kayak friend, did the
dishes and did a wash, then made dinner and started watching the World
Series. I read the packet from Warm
Hearth and it seems that any of their options are out of my class
financially. That depressed me, and I
realized that I will have to be careful with my money the rest of my life. I hope I like the apartment at Prices
Fork. I can certainly afford it but I
still can’t spend much extra each month.
Then I think of people like Mary and I wonder how she really gets by. Oh well, there is not much I can do about my
financial situation except keep working for 5 more semesters and hope that I
don’t end up in some awful nursing home.
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