08-01-21 Glorious August brought rain!
It was lovely to hear Emmy in the morning and have her come running to give morning snuggles. I sat out and had coffee with the guests and clarified the comment when they dropped off the kayaks that they are pretty casual about that, meaning Covid. Turns out the Mom is vaccinated but hadn’t told her daughter. It all came out this morning. She told me later that all her kids are conspiracy theorists but she felt safer getting it and her husband is 70 so she wasn’t putting him at risk. Interesting how there can be so much difference within a family. I am glad all of mine are vaccinated and happy to be.
Suddenly I got a text and realize it was ten to eleven and I was to be at the dealership where one of the owners was meeting me on a closed day to sign all the paperwork. When I left my place I noticed a grasshopper on my mud flap and he was still there when I got to the dealership! Josh was so incredibly trusting as we signed over our vehicles to each other on Saturday, I signed the loan paperwork today and went and transferred ownership and insurance and yet, I still haven’t paid the down payment because he doesn’t know how to use the machine. It was fun to be offered beer while doing the paperwork. His girlfriend even came and had a drink and a visit before they headed off to pick up a dresser and I took off to do errands. He did throw in a remote start, oil changes for life and the tablets and holders and will do a detail and fill it with gas when I go back on Tuesday or Wednesday. I feel like I won the car buyers lottery. Of course I am going to wait until I have the options before I pay now, just to be sure. I am a fan of the CarPlay feature that’s for sure!
I picked up fast food for Jake, Emmy and I and then did her hair before Danika picked her up to go to a wedding. Jake and I went grocery shopping for snacks and some food for his trip home tomorrow. Got back and I made us dinner while he got the old (1985) Apple IIe I have at home from the theatre booted up. He had never seen a floppy disk before so that was cool. Once I showed him how it worked we managed to get the old lighting software program running. It was fun to post online to show friends. Jamie was instantly interested and when they dropped off Emmy he came in and opened it up and tipped it, takin pictures etc and Emmy was monkeying with the buttons, etc. And then it wouldn’t start. I am not going to kid you, I am not happy. Anyway, I told him to go home and talk with his wife and make me an offer as I am using it to fund raise for tech booth. Jake thinks I am being oversensitive about it and it is fixable…
We watched the movie about Ted Bundy with Zac Ephron. He played the part very well. The story fascinates me, that someone had that much charm that even at his trial, after being found guilty, the judge seemed to admire him.
I did the money counting from last night in the park, we are doing well with our new memberships. Everyone is so happy to have live music back. Maureen sent me some pictures from when I was introducing who will be playing next week. I do love emcee gigs. Just need to dress more flatteringly… what a gut, sigh.
It is finally raining! And pretty well soaking things thankfully. I wish Missy would come in but she is still avoiding as Emmy is here. I stopped at Diane’s today and we made a plan to potentially go kayaking tomorrow depending on the weather. We need the rain but I hope it clears.
triumphgal 