Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Up this morning working on getting FRED loaded. Walked over to check on Helen and Juno and again the septic tank people were not on scene. So called and waited some more. We were disappointed that they were a no show yesterday. They did finally arrive today but only stayed a short time because they couldn’t find the septic tank. They left saying they would be back with a camera and a locator to find the tank and then pump it out. Still waiting for them to return. Maybe tomorrow.
Alabama had an election today for our senator, to replace Jeff Sessions, so we had to go vote. We think this may have been the first election since we retired that we were actually home to vote. We have been voting absentee every time and in the runoff we will again have to vote absentee. Oh well – it’s not too much trouble and we believe it’s important to vote.
Last night Anne’s brother called and told us that Anne’s mom lost her cell phone. It was later turned in at the desk of the assisted living but the battery was missing. It was never found. Originally we were told that the battery and cover were missing. The battery we thought we could probably replace but not the cover. That left us scrambling to determine our best course of action. Anne’s mom is on our cell plan so we ultimately decided to take one of our old flip phones and have mom’s number transferred to it. Momma Ruby has always had a basic phone and that is all she wants so this should work at least for a few weeks. We then had to make an unplanned trip back to Tuscaloosa. By the time we determined that our old phone was indeed still working as we thought and went to Verizon to have the number transferred we were in nasty afternoon traffic in Birmingham and of course that was also the time for our afternoon rain storm. We made it safely to Tuscaloosa, taught Anne’s mom how to use the phone, went to Home Depot and purchased a small microwave for her room, visited a while and then headed back home (with two Chick-Fil-A peach skakes). Another long day. We aren’t ready to leave yet but hopefully – with no additional unexpected crises to handle, we will be in North Carolina before bedtime tomorrow night.
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