Sunday night

Thank you everyone for you condolences about Sharon.  It has been very difficult to say the least.  Surprisingly, I've had more sympathy from total strangers (you're not among them) than my family from whom I've heard nothing.  I know she's in a better place but it's a big hole in my life; she was a major support for me.

I spent tonight getting my taxes ready to go.  Have to in order to keep my Senior discount on my property taxes.  I hope I remembered everything!  My former accountant once told me that I like to "get blood out of a stone;" this one remembers that statement.

Last week, I made arrangements to switch from Verizon to Bright House for home phone and internet service starting tomorrow, Monday.  Bright House was supposed to notify Verizon.  Imagine my reaction when I got up Friday and I had no internet and no home phone service! NOT HAPPY!!!!  When I called Verizon, the lady was so, so nasty to me and refused to check and see where the problem occurred.  Oh yes, I'll be reporting her.  Then I called Bright House and they said that they'd move the installation up to Friday afternoon between 4-8.  At 7:30, I called to see where I was on the list only to find out that I was scheduled not for Friday but for Sat. between 2-4! :(  I wasn't going to be home on Sat!!  Well, another call on my cell and she assured me that she could get it changed to 6-8 on Sat.  So Sat. I traveled 34 miles to my girlfriend's house for another unsuccessful yard sale and the installer called me at 1:30 and said that he was ready to install my equipment! :(  I told him that I wasn't home and was an hour away and to call me in an hour to see where I was on my way home; I'd meet him after I got home.  It took me an hour and 15 minutes to pack up and drive home, speeding all the way; he was sitting outside my door when I got here!  I've exceeded my minutes on my cell phone for the month now too and I still have to wait and see what Verizon will do tomorrow when this all becomes official.

I made about $8 on Sat.  Half of that came when I conducted a sale to a man and wife from Haiti in French!!  It was fun selling something in another language.  I kept slipping back into English b/c I couldn't think fast enough in French; fortunately the husband was fluent in English.  We haggled and they laughed with me over it.  I also sold some of my friend's stuff to them as she wasn't there at the moment.

The only other good thing about trekking to Wesley Chapel on Sat was that I bought gas 10 cents/gallon cheaper than around me.  Where I live, it's selling for $3.79-$3.82/gal. and there's this one place that's kind of out in what's left of the boonies where gas was selling for $3.69 Sat.  Two weeks before, it was selling for $3.49 which was 20 cents/gallon cheaper than here.  Made the trip worthwhile!

I just finished reading The Warrior by Margret Mallory and Viking Warrior by Connie Mason.  I really enjoyed reading both books.  You know that I love historical romances anyhow and I probably need to read these right now as the present isn't a pleasant time for me at the moment.  Margret Mallory is a new-to-me author.

I hope you all stay safe from the storm that's coming this week!

Trudy