Ramblings of a rural(ish) geek

that is all.

Tuesday was a day. I left for work a bit early, because there was a work-related Zoom at 10am, "went" to the meeting, did the things I usually do on Tuesday, then we went into the rabbit hole that is "the ballots have arrived". Open the big shipping boxes, make sure that the correct boxes of ballots are in them, then open the boxes of ballots to make sure that *their* labels are correct. Then "fight" with the test chart site and Acrobat to get the test charts printed out ("this worked before!" "yeah, four years/one computer upgrade/two software versions ago. it doesn't work that way now."). Then two hours to make a test deck.

and then it was late to be leaving for rehearsal, and I still had to go home and get my instrument/music, because I hadn't planned on being at work until 6pm. Get to rehearsal about 15 minutes later than I usually do, but still before rehearsal starts. Play rehearsal, do teardown after (they rotate sections to do teardown, and this week was our turn). Stop at MickeyD's for something to eat; they're woefully understaffed and slow; finally get food and head home. Get nearly home, and the last major corner before home is blocked with lots of bright lights and haze and firemen and firehoses. Sigh. Even if they're done dealing with whatever it was, it'll be another 30 minutes before the intersection is clear. Turn around in a convenient driveway and go all the way around North Lake, thus completing the trifecta of small towns (Pinckney, Hell, Unadilla). Still don't know what happened at the corner -- I may find out Sunday at church.

I got home over 12 hours after I left for work. The cats were annoyed.

egads.

Remind me to not go that way on Friday again. Oy! I had to go to Troy to pick up Lily (the bari sax) at the music shop. Google sez it's 75 minutes to the shop from here. With construction delays, it took me an extra 30 minutes to get there. Coming back was at least as bad, even though I came a different way. I may just alternate shops that I take her to -- it's a small chain of music shops, with two storefronts within "reasonable" driving distance. While I prefer the tech crew at the Troy shop, the crew at East Lansing is competent enough and it's a lot easier to get to, and if all she needs is simple adjustments.... (or I can just not go to Troy during construction season.)

I went to the hygienist on Monday to get my teeth cleaned, and (as is usually the case) the chair did unhappy things to my lower back. So despite the terrific weeding weather (cool for August, sunny, hasn't rained since Sunday), I haven't been able to do any weeding. The weather peeps tell us it's supposed to get hot for the weekend/early next week, and then cool off for Labor Day weekend (when we will be gone. Probably.).