I was able to get good videos of our local pheasants this morning. There was one group that had a least four babies. It was hard to tell because they are all brown. When they are grown, it is only the females who are brown. The males are black with some grey or white feathers and some red markings on their faces.
We also ran into Laurie, who has developed a crush on Elsa- her words. I got a video of her holding her to send to family, devotees of Elsa.
I meditated before I did much else. When I was through with that, I was tired and napped. I set my alarm for 10:40 because I wanted to get up and shower before Kai called. Kai is the fellow who bought my Prius last Saturday. Because I had an Ohio title instead of one from Hawaii, we decided that I should go to the DMV with him if there were problems.
He texted me to tell me he was at the DMV and had received a number. That was my cue to head down there. I still had a long wait time. Our number was M521. The M numbers called went M125, M111, M 543, M 325, etc. They were all over the map. There was no logic to the sequence. We had no way of knowing when we might be called. I got a good amount of reading done. When it was called. I told Kai to go on ahead of me. It took me a minute to get my hip in gear.
The last time I was at the DMV, I walked straight to the assigned window without the Covid quiz. Today, I was stopped by someone as I entered who asked me if I had a number, told me to sanitize my hands, and took my temperature. This was quite an improvement. The DMV hasn't entirely caught up to Target, Safeway, and Costco, but things are certainly better.
I stood back from Kai, who was standing at the window. The clerk finally looked at me and asked me if I was waiting for something. (Note how polite and nonconfrontational. Ah!) I explained I was the seller. I had come along with him because we anticipated there might be a problem with the Ohio title. She asked me if I had a picture ID. I gave her my driver's license. She took it somewhere. As I think about it now, she probably Xeroxed it. After she did that, I asked if she still needed me. She said no, and I left.
As I walked back to the car, sadness hit. Another piece of my shared life with Mike was gone. I 'sat with it' while I walked. Our shared life on this earth may be gone, but my share 'whatever it was' is not. When I focus on him, I can feel his love for me and my love for him. Ah! That's what our life together was all about. How lucky was I!
The book I read while waiting was boring, mostly because I am very familiar with the ideas. I generally read every word diligently. I started just skimming the text. I assumed that it would jump out if something was interesting to me, and I could read that passage in more detail.
I headed off to the UPS store to return a book to Amazon I double ordered. When I parked, I noticed that I was too close to the parking space's left-hand side. I hoped that someone would take my bad parking into consideration and not use the spot next to me. When I came out, there was another Kia parked too close for me to be able to get into the car door. I went to all the shops on that side of the strip mall. I finally found the driver in the nail shop. Someone thought to comment about my lousy parking job, but not the woman in the other Kia.
I went to Safeway next to pick up a few things. I bought two Regular sized Hersey's Milk Chocolate Bar with almonds. I was shocked at the price as I checked out, $1.67. They're usually $1.21 on the high side and never more than $.90 at Safeway. I wonder if this is the new normal.
When I got home, I unloaded the food, plugged in the car to recharge it, hung up the laundry I put in the wash before I left, and called Geico to drop my Prius from my car insurance. The second car is much cheaper with Geico than the first. I also asked if there would be a discount on my auto insurance if I got renter's insurance. She said yes, there would be a discount, but there was a moratorium on new renter's insurance until Wednesday because of the hurricane. Apparently, there is a rush to get property insurance right before a storm. My guess is the same people then cancel their coverage after the storm has passed.
I wanted to get writing done on the article today but didn't. Neither did I do more work on tabulating Progressive's premium's ups and downs. When I wrote them all down in chronological order, the amount goes up and down like an irregular heartbeat. I am rethinking the reason the Progressive agents dissed me. They know how complex the problem is. I planned to create a spreadsheet with all the data; then ask specific questions about why the premiums went up or down at a specific time. All the confusion may not be outright corruption, just incompetence.
Yvette brought the mail in. There was one letter for Mike from a local office. It was a bill for a therapist's appointment he missed on February 2, 2019. At that point, he was in the ICU and intubated. I called and left a message asking if the missed appointment fee could be forgiven.
My alarm went off at 5 pm. I went out and stopped charging the car. Five pm is the latest we can be sure to get enough sun to power the solar panels, so it costs nothing to charge the car. I have an hour and a half to go before the battery is fully charged. I'll complete that tomorrow. While I was out there, I moved my car to the graveled area so the driveway was clear for tomorrow's yoga.
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