The weather is fall like. Cold, highs in the 60’s and rain on and off. I’m still unpacking the few remaining boxes. You know those last few boxes that are full of ‘why did I bring this’, ‘what was I thinking’ and ‘this goes right to the garbage’.
All the odds and ends are ending up in the office which will take weeks to sort through. Did some laundry and, ::gulps:: hung it up to dry in the garage. You’d think that with as cold as it is the clothes won’t dry, but we’ll see. The appliances take forever, almost two hours to wash one load of laundry; a load of laundry so small that we’ll have to wash every other day to keep up. I’ll take a picture of the washing machine, you won’t believe it. It is also a dryer but since it has no vent to circulate fresh air in, all it really accomplishes is cooking of your fine washables. The dishwasher is worse it takes over 2 hours to run, at least it’s very quiet.
Drove into downtown today with S just to try to get lost. There’s nothing to do since it’s Sunday and everything is closed. The sun did come out before we left so we took the wet linens out to dry on the outside lines. Of course 30 minutes from home it started to pour down rain again. Typical.
Even on Sunday, with everything closed, it’s hard to find a place to park. Some of the downtown streets are only wide enough for one small car to drive down. The problem is that it’s difficult to tell which way the street runs, signage is scarce and even then, difficult to decipher. But it was an adventure. Some things look familiar, but not familiar enough to be landmarks. The one big recognizable thing is the ‘Grand Round’ it’s a road way that circles a park with 8 arteries feeding into it. It’s difficult to know where to get off (signage) it’s best to look for a landmark. I can see me venturing into town alone and driving in circles for hours, though after today I know to look for the signs that point me to Montpellier. That generally means east and will eventually get me to something I’ll recognize.
I saw a bird to today that looked like a blue jay on steroids. About twice as big as a jay and much darker blue. Couldn’t find it in my “Birds of North America” book. Hmm?
