20.6.12

Wednesday - 6/20/12

6/20/12 - Wednesday

Christina sleeping over.

Woke up around 1am. Can't sleep. Don't want to get up and wake her. After 2 hours finally get up... Too many things going on in my head. Make lists for things that need done Thursday / things that need packed for the retreat.

Finally feel like I could sleep. Go back to bed.

Wake to Christina telling me to get up. She's slept later than normal.

Make pancakes... Paint...

Go check out nature center and park.

Somehow lost an hour! I'd meant to have Christina back by now! Ak! She wants to still have a picnic and I had said we would. So, we have a quick picnic and head off.

I always have a hard time leaving Tracye and the kids. Today, I rush out, well after spending time with Logan and Tracye and the baby chicks. Google maps says there isn't a bus to my work for another 40 minutes, but I think there might be one that I could just barely make.

Google maps was right. No bus. What now? I don't feel like sitting here for that long. I think I'll head down the road.

I'm at the next bus stop. There is still tons of time. I decide to go on. Maybe I'll go to the 99 cent store or goodwill. They're both right here.

18.6.12

Monday 6/18/12

6/18/12 - Monday

Only 40 minutes sleep last night, but the place looks good! Now I've got it to a maintenance level. So it will be easier to maintain going forward.

That's one thing I've learned through all this.. With traveling more and less time at home everything has to be kept up or there won't be a way to catch up!

I've still got to work on the patio. Plant plants and get the drip line run to everything. But, for now I'm happy.

I made the decision last night that I'd trade a few extra moments of sleep and take the monday reports down to costa Mesa with me and do them there.

15.6.12

Friday - 6/15/12

6/15/12 - Friday

Last night I didn't get everything prepped for today. I stayed up late after Scott left, trying to get everything done. At the same time, I was too tired and kept getting distracted. It would have been better to go to bed earlier and get more sleep.

Now, I'm in bed, the alarms gone off. I'm just laying here, thinking I could sleep for 15 more minutes if I set the timer. I'd still be able to get things done and I might feel more rested.

I roll over and look at the clock. What?! It says it's 4:16! I have to be out of here in less than 15 minutes! How did that happen?! I don't remember falling back to sleep. Heck, I don't feel like I slept any more. I must have though! Wow! What do I do now?

Rushing around, trying to get things done. Glad some things were prepped.! Man, things aren't ready for tonight with Mary either! Well, I'll just have to ask her what she wants to do. The one thing I didn't prep that I really need to do is the deposit for villa Tuscany. I'll just grab everything and take it with me. No, wait, I can't do that. I have to scan the checks first. Ok. I think I've just barely got time. I'll stay here, prep the deposit, and go to the alternate bus stop.

It's frustrating because things aren't in the right place. I'm finally out the door. I think I'm still on time. I hope I'm still on time. I turn on my backpack lights and head off.

I'm at the one spot where there isn't a sidewalk. I need to go on the road for the length of one yard. But, there is a semi here, doing a u turn right where I need to go. I'm in a rush, but you just don't argue with a semi. I wait for him to pass and then go on.

Here's the crossing. I haven't seen the bus. I think I'm on time! I'm not allowing myself to look at the time until I get to the bus stop. It'd be horrible to miss the bus because I'm looking at the time!

It's 5:06. I think I'm on time. Here the bus comes! Yay! No, wait, that's a truck. In the dark, from a distance, a lot of things look similar to a bus. I check with google maps. It thinks I've missed the bus and is telling me the next bus will be here in 20 minutes. I could still be OK, on time.

I've been standing here long enough I must have missed the bus. Sigh. I'm glad I can still make it with the next bus, but I don't like getting there just in time. I like being there. Wait! That looks like the bus! It must have been really late! I've still made it! ...no... That was a bakery truck. How funny. I sit down on the sidewalk to wait.

On the bus I keep checking google maps. I'm checking all the major ( and some of the not major) intersections ahead to see if I can get off, catch a more direct bus and get there faster. So far it just keeps telling me I need to get on this bus.

Well, we're almost to the Fullerton park and ride. There have been a few alternative routes, but all of them would have gotten me there later. Time to give up and just accept that this is the best route for right now. Maybe I'll manage to catch the earlier 43. We only get to the stop a few minutes after it leaves.

We're at Disneyland and there's no 43 in sight. Sigh. I sit to wait.

13.6.12

Wednesday - 6/13/12

6/13/12 - Wednesday

Can't seem to think of anything but the kitten, who seems to be doing fine.

One of my facebook friends said she'd take care of the kitten while we looked for a home for it.
That's wonderful!  Such a relief!
She's in Laguna.  I didn't want to run the risk of her backing out if I told her I would have trouble getting the kitten to Orange county.  So, I agreed to meet her at Avalon with the kitten.
Now I just have to figure out how to get it there.

I'm not sure if it's allowed to take a cat on a bus or not.
I've decided it's better to try and be circumspect about it.  How am I going to take a kitten with me on a scooter?

I've worked it out.
The kitten is in a box, then I have the box in a bag, hanging off the handlebars of the scooter.  I'll do that with groceries sometimes.
I'm going extra slow in the scooter so the box doesn't bang against the scooter too much.

In the bus, I can occasionally hear the kitten crying.
I don't think anyone else hears it though.  He has a quiet cry and the bus is noisy.

We made it!
2 Scooter rides and 3 bus rides and here the kitten and I are at Avalon!

My friend picked him up and is taking him straight to the vet.  I know he'll be well cared for!
She says she has two different families who would take him.  They will let him make the choice.

12.6.12

Tuesday - 6/12/12


6/12/12 - Tuesday

Quiet day
getting a lot accomplished
laundry
signing lease today with prospective tenants.

The one Mama cat had 3 kittens following her yesterday.
Today, there is only one following her and that one has a gash around it's eye.

The tenant who comes has an adult daughter with her.
The daughter tells me she's thrilled that the wild kitten almost let her touch it.
I tell her that I'm going to need to catch the kitten and also about the fact that there were three kittens yesterday and now there is only one.
She turned around without a word, went out, somehow picked up the kitten, came back and dropped it in my arms!
I was SO not ready for that!
Now what am I going to do?  I don't have a cage.

I lock the kitten in my bathroom and use the scooter to go to the store and buy catfood.
Get back, discover it's totally covered with fleas.
Searched the internet for flea dip - tried something - didn't work, though the cat and the fleas are cleaner.
Went back to the store looking for flea dip.
They didn't have any.
Thought about buying the flea stuff for the back of the neck, but was afraid someone else would do that.
No flea combs either.
Settled for a flea collar and a cat brush.
Searched the internet again and found reference to the first step being bathe them in soapy water.  Duh!  All the times I've learned about surface water tension and how the soap breaks that!  That would allow the fleas to drown!
That worked better!

Stayed up till 1am picking fleas off of the kitten.

11.6.12

Monday - 6/11/12

6/11/12 - Monday

It's 3:15am. My alarm's going off. I'm exhausted. It must have caught me in deep sleep. I did part of my reports last night. It should be ok to go back to bed for 15 minutes. I set the timer on my phone for 15 minutes and go back to bed.

I'm feeling really rested now. I'm surprised 15 minutes did that, but glad. Wait. It has to be at least 15 minutes... Why isn't the alarm going off?!

I look at the clock. It says 4:45. I definitely slept more than 15 minutes! I think I can still make the bus though. Why didn't the timer ring?! I check the timer. It says it was set for SIX hours and fifteen minutes! Wow. I'm glad I woke up! Wait... If it was set for six hours and I only slept 20 minutes or so then the timer should have had five hours something left, but it had four hours something left, before I stopped it. My brain must still be fuzzy! That's right! I should be at the bus stop now!

I grab the bills I need to send to the office and stuff them into my backpack, throw on my clothes and try to think of anything else I need. I grab the things for the deposit. My brain's still fuzzy. I want to make sure of the timing. Google maps still doesn't have the orange county lines. How frustrating! I check to see how to. Get to Disneyland. That's all la line. It says I've definitely missed the first bus, but can make the second. My brain's still fuzzy, not figuring it all out. I decide to go to the alternate stop, just in case... Since my mind isn't managing to remember what time the original bus gets there.

Partway to the bus stop. My brain is clearing. I can't believe how rested I feel! I've remembered that the bus arrives there around 5 after. If I'd been sleeping in my clothes or something and had left right when I got up, I might have made it. I keep moving quickly, just in case.

I'm at the stop. No bus. I wasn't expecting one, but I was hoping. I want to make sure I get to class! Nothing to do now but wait. Right now, the bus is reaching my main bus stop. It will take another fifteen minutes or so to get here. I sit down cross-legged on the concrete, pull my hairbrush out of the backpack and finally take the time to brush my hair.

Since I have the printouts of the 43 and 55 lines in my backpack. I pull those out and try to figure out the timing. The good news is that it looks like the 43 is running every 15 minutes this time of the morning. The bad news is that we'll get to Disneyland a minute or two after one left. That's frustrating!

The 55 is another one. I know I've seen it running every 10 minutes in the morning. This schedule is saying every 20 minutes or so. Is this new? Have they backed off of runs, or was that just somehow how it worked out and it will still be happening? I wish I knew. I know I need to go as far as I can on the 43 and then make it over to 17th street. Wait for the 55 there or go forward on the scooter is the question. It's faster if I can catch the bus, but I don't want to be standing waiting for a bus that isn't coming either.

I'm still hoping the 43 will be late or we'll be early and I'll manage to catch the earlier one. No luck. We're at Disneyland. No 43 here.

On the 43. The nice older gentleman who always rides this later bus is here. Once again, everyone here seems to know and like him. He's conversing with them in Spanish.

A guy just got on. He's in his thirties maybe. He seems really agitated. There is some kind of problem with his bus pass. I guess it got resolved. He came to sit down. He sat down for about 2 seconds, then popped back up and went to talk to the bus driver. All I can think of is that this is extra time that could delay us. I can't hear everything he's saying. It sounds like the bus driver had originally thought it was the 12th, said his pass was expired and asked him to pay the fare. I'm sure that got cleared up. I know I didn't see the guy paying any fare. His body language is really violent he win't leave the poor bus driver alone. Fortunately, we start moving. The guy is jumping around, shifting from foot to foot, but doesn't leave the spot there, near the driver. He starts moving around more and more almost boxing footsteps All of a sudden he's stopped just harassing the driver and is now yelling at the bus full of people. He's yelling that the bus driver is a thief and tried to steal from him. I'd gladly give him the dollar fifty. I'm sure others on the bus would too, but that wouldn't stop him. That's obvious. Now he's yelling that he knows we hate him because he's ugly. Such a weird thing to say. He isn't ugly, and if anyone here is at all close to hating him it's because he's delaying the bus.

He's moving around more and more. Boxing type movements, especially with is feet, but choppy. He almost hits the lady sitting nearest where he's standing. She yells out for him to watch out. The older gentlemen leans forward gently and talks to her. She agrees, gets up and moves back farther into the bus. It's a full bus, but there must have been one seat left. Now, the older gentleman switches seats with the other lady on the bench seat, taking her out of the guys way. It all happens so smoothly the ranting guy doesn't notice. Now, the older gentleman leans forward, smiles and talks quietly with the two ladies there.
They have their own world now, unaffected by the guy ranting near them.

The ranting guy was moving farther down the bus. He's still in the very front, but as he Challenges the people more and more he moves closer to the bus aisle, then back again. Quietly and smoothly a male passenger comes up and blocks the way down the aisle by holding on, each hand holding a hand strap on that side. I'm impressed at how he did it. It just seemed like sole one getting up, ready for his stop. Yet, from my point of view I know that wasn't it, he was there to block the way, protect the bus full of people. Now ranting guy turns on him tells him he knows he hates him because he's ugly at first he doesn't answer. After about the third attempt from ranting guy, he does answer. He says he doesn't hate him, and calls him sir. They go back and forth a few times, ranting guy telling him he's lying and if it was true he'd tell it to god. The other gentleman just keeps blocking the way, holding onto the straps. When he does answer it's always with kindness and always respectfully, always using the word "sir".

Some people are getting on here. I wonder how that's going to happen? Ah! The bus driver must have told the lady to go around to the exit and get on there. She paid her money and got off the bus. The guy who got on walked past ranting guy. The guy who was blocking the way let down one hand just long enough for him to walk through.

Another stop. I don't know where we are, but I can see a sheriff standing there waiting for the bus.



10.6.12

Sunday 6/10/12

6/10/12 - Sunday

It's 1am and I'm awake. I know I fell asleep really early last night. I'm still surprised I woke up so early. As much sleep as I've missed the last few days, you'd think my body would want to make some of that up. I've tried to go back to sleep. It's not happening. I might as well get up and do something.

I'm worried about tonight. Sunday night is a late night. That could be hard if I don't get more sleep.

I've got an email from an eBay customer. She found a problem with a skirt she bought. I immediately sent her an email and refund her money. It doesn't happen often, but sometimes I miss a problem. It's a bummer though that it happened. I was hoping to use that money to pay down bills.

Hah! That's funny! I've been waiting for my one thousandth feedback from eBay. It just went to one thousand. It was the lady who found a problem with the skirt. The feedback was positive. She wrote it when it arrived, before she noticed the problem. Funny that was my 1000th feedback.

I don't know what most people would be doing with being given extra hours in the morning. I picture others being really decadent with their extra time. Me? I'm cleaning the kitchen and bathroom floors and really thrilled to have the time to do that. There will be these little spaces in my apartment that are clean!

While doing housework this morning I've been listening to the TED talk series about food on Netflix. They're making me feel really guilty about what I feed my grandchildren when I'm there. Logan and Christina both like chicken nuggets and cheese and goldfish crackers and lately they've started doing breakfast cereals (the kids ones that are all sugar). I've never felt good about feeding them this stuff, heck, I even feel badly microwaving their food, but the other side is that while they get better dinners, this is what they expect for lunch and I haven't taken the effort to train them that they'll need to eat something different when I'm around. I guess you always end up feeling that you're doing something wrong. Now that they're getting older it should be easier to sneak in healthier foods.

I'm updating my spreadsheet of how much I owe who and when payments are due. I know I spent more this month than I should have. I'm kind of dreading seeing the result. Huh. It looks like the balance on my chase card didn't change. That's impossible! Isn't it? I've checked every way I can. Near as I can figure I wrote down the balance last month after I made the payment... And I'm still in the months chase gave me interest free. That's the only explanation I can figure out. Shoot. It's bad. My overall balance has been steadily going down every month. Not by much, but going down. This month, it went up. That's depressing. I know I bought some things for work that I'll be reimbursed for (with the reimbursement check going directly to my credit card). I think still, the best you could say is that I might have "maintained". Probably though the debt went up. Man, that's depressing! I have to somehow get more up on eBay to get more money to clear this up!

The orange county buses changed their schedules today. I've been trying to figure out what time I need to leave home to go to the yoga center. I'm getting really frustrated! Google maps apparently doesn't have the new schedules in yet. So no matter what address I try to go to, they say I either can't get there or can only get there by train. The new OCTA trip planner (which is prettier than the old one) osn't recognizing my address, makes me enter a street crossing of alondra and pioneer and then apparently doesn't use the la buses. It's telling me to go a couple of miles to catch bus 30. The LA metro site (metro.net) does give me a bus route to take, but I have no faith that they have the new orange county times in their system.

I'm now trying to figure it all out using bus schedules. This (reading bus schedules) definitely isn't my strong point! They only list times for certain stops so you need to know which of those stops are before yours. That's hard for me. At least I know which buses I need to take! I'm thinking about printing out or buying the whole orange county bus book, but I'm not sure why. I have a horrible time, looking at the picture they have of each bus line, really knowing where it goes.

Near as I can figure I should leave in about 15 minutes and that should definitely get me to class in time. I think I can even catch the 55 up 17th street. Going home looks awkward though the 55 won't be running and from the schedule I think the 43 is running a shorter route. It looks like they have only one stop anywhere near the yoga center and I'm not sure where that one is! That should be interesting with google maps not pulling up OC bus routes! Oh well, maybe I can catch a ride to harbor and Adams. It's definitely stopping there!

At the bus stop there's a teenage boy here with his scooter. When I pulled up I said hi. He didn't say anything. A few minutes later he asked me if I knew when the bus is coming. I look it up on my cell phone and tell him it's supposed to be here in one minute. After we both laugh about that, I tell him the bus drivers get in trouble of they run early so they're normally a couple minutes late. He asks if he can borrow my phone to make a call. He calls someone and tells someone about his efforts searching for a job. After he gives the phone back to me, he says these phones must be pretty expensive. I tell him I bought this one on contract with AT&T so it wasn't that bad. I explain that I need a phone that does so much since I'm an apartment manager. He's asking questions about being an apartment manager; if you get a discount on your rent, if I need to do maintenance too. I explain that I get my rent free, but don't get any money. So, I have to work elsewhere to pay the other bills. I also explain some of the work involved. The bus comes. Our conversation stops as we go off to our different seats.

At the Disneyland bus stop now. The bus that just pulled up, the lights saying what route it is are very dim. I walk toward it. I think it's the 83, bit I want to make sure. It is the 83, not my bus. I turn to go back and sit down. A black gentleman in his late thirties / early forties asks me for fifty cents. I'm not sure I have anything, but I dig in my bag, find it and give it to him.

Sitting next to me on the bench is an older lady with a walker. She asks me for two dollars for food. I look to see if I have it and give it to her. I know I'm on my crusade to pay off my debts, but every time someone asks me for money it feels like god is asking. I have so much. Sharing / being able to share is a blessing.

I've got my earbuds in, listening to music and I'm typing this blog into the phone (I so love the new blogger interface!). I can still hear though. I heat the lady with the walker asking a gentleman for money. He gives her all the change he has, which isn't much. Five minutes later I see the black gentleman who asked me for the fifty cents ask someone for money.

Here's the bus! Off to class!

I wasn't sure how I was getting home from class.  I've been really hoping I'm not taking the bus home.  That would be too late.  The good news is that Jaitri is here!  She'll probably take me home!  I can relax now and enjoy class!

9.6.12

Saturday - 6/9/12 - fairy pixie day!

6/9/12 - Saturday

Today's fairy pixie day at the one park in orange. Christina and I do this together every year. It's a grandma / granddaughter thing for us. I'm excited. We haven't gotten to do much alone lately. I fell asleep last night without finding a costume for today. So, that's what I'm doing now.... Searching for. A dress to wear. Christina gave me green fairy wings for my birthday. So, I've got that part covered.

Really wanted to wear beaded dress...  so excited it fits me!
And, really does make a great fairy costume!

Opted to make an evening dress into a fairy costume.  More comfortable.  Bummer.  Once I figured out what to do with the neck strap (how not to use it), I really like the dress.  It looks great on me!  It's a shame to cut it up.  I search again for another dress, but don't find any.  This is it!

I'm making raggedy edges, kind of like a tinkerbell fairy look.  This dress is great for that as it has a see-through darker outer layer and a non-see-through medium green inner layer.  After many different tries, I've hit on something I like.  Im making the see-through outer latyer longer and then the inner later shorter,  leaving almost 4  inches of see-through jag.  I've also found I like the inner and outer layers to be differently jagged.  All done!  Just in time too!  I need to pack everything and get out of here!



6.6.12

6/6/12 - wednesday

6/6/12 - Wednesday

I've got so much to do today. Rent payments for here were due to be paid by yesterday. That means I have to prep a deposit, make out 3 day notices and do a lot of other paperwork. I've also got to pack for a sleepover with my grandkids and figure out what I'm giving my grandson for his third birthday.

I figure I'll just work down my to-do lost from most urgent to least. I'd love to leave early and take the alternate route down to Avalon. It would be nice to spend some time on the beach! I doubt if it's possible today, but I'm still going to try.

I'm really proud of myself that I'm doing all my business reports this morning. In the past, I might have put off some of them for a few days. I think this whole experience of riding the bus and doing things differently is somehow teaching me to do things as soon as they can be done, rather than the latest they can be done. I hope that's true anyway. I'm seeing more and more how the things that I've put off or set aside are weighing me down.

Ak! It's 11:00! I need to leave in a half hour! I'm not packed for tonight at all! I still have a couple of reports to do. I'm going to have to put them off until I get back. I got the most important ones done though! Putting them all in the mail now!

I feel like I'm missing something. I've packed everything for tonight I had on my list. I even found a little led light toy for Logan. Glad I keep some things around for presents! I need to fill my water containers and get out of here!

My phone's ringing. It's one of my tenants. I answer it. I don't have time for this. He's got a computer problem. There's a pop-up window he can't get rid of. I'm trying to be polite, and help him, and get off the phone at the same time. I got him out of that window, but it went into another. I finally tell him I have to hang up or I'll miss my bus. Saying goodbye can take forever when you need to be somewhere else!

I'm off the phone and rushing out the door. It has to be really close on if I'll make the 128 or have to do the trek to the 460 stop on my own.

What I learned from the last time the 128 passed me is that I think you need to get to the same side of the street as the bus stop as early as you can. The bus isn't likely to notice you trying to wave it down if you are on the other side of the street. Once I get to alondra I cross the street. I don't like taking the time, but I think it's better.

There's the bus! It's coming! I'm not quite to the stop yet. Do I stop here and wave it down and have it not stop or go for the bus stop and have it possibly not stop because with the scooter, bus drivers don't recognize me as rushing to the bus? I decide to head as fast as I can to the bus stop. 

I'm here... Right as the bus is passing. How depressing. I missed it. I'm waving for it, just in case. The bus driver must have seen me! The bus is pulling over up ahead! Yay!

At the stop for the 460 now. Taking a few moments to put on sunscreen and drink water. You know, I've just realized I wouldn't have had to fill all of the water containers for travel. One or two would have been fine for the trip and since I've got bottled water at Avalon I could have refilled them there. That would have meant less weight to carry. I'll have to remember that. Now that I'm here I'm also rethinking catching the 128 bus to catch the 460. It is nice, special to be able to get on a bus near my home and not have the mile plus to the bus stop. On the other hand, today is a lovely, sunny day and I've proved that I can leave at the same time, scooter to the 460 stop and still make it (though without much leeway.). I guess it needs to be about how I want to spend that time. Do I want to have less scooter transit and spend the extra time here at the bus stop or spend the time getting sun and exercise? I hadn't thought about having a choice this morning. I just knew I had to catch the 128. Hopefully from now on I'll realize I have a choice and make the right one for the day.

At Avalon, trying to finish everything up so I can leave. Putting together the deposits. I even found a Mylar balloon that says "party" and filled it with helium. I feel better now, bringing two things for Logan. I'm afraid I overfilled the balloon, but it seems to be ok. Hopefully that means it will stay up longer. The kids like playing with balloons.

Oh no. A tenant's calling! I need to talk to her, I left her a phone message earlier in the day. I need to leave too. I answer the phone. We're done with the conversation and get cut off. I'm happy for the end of the conversation. I need to get to the bus stop! Ouch! She's calling back. It feels rude not to answer. We just talked so she knows I'm near my phone. I answer. She just wanted to make sure we were finished with the conversation.

Finally! I'm on the way to the bus stop. Thank goodness it's right here!

Ok. That's just frustrating! I got to the bus stop right as the bus passed! I tried waving, no good. What do I do now?! I know there's an alternate route I can take, but I think it gets me thee a half hour later. I can wait for the next one of this bus too.. That gets me there 44 minutes later. On a normal day I'd just acknowledge I missed the bus and grab another one... But today's Logan's birthday and they're having a party for him at 7. I need to be there!

I've never asked for a ride because of a missed bus, but I decide to go back to Avalon and see if any of my tenants are out. If some could give me a ride, I could just get a ride to somewhere in front of the bus and then get on the bus. Dara's friend is here, he's been working on her car. I ask him if he could give me a ride. He says there isn't room because he's taking Dara somewhere. I'm trying to think of what to do, and trying to look up bus routes, when they start clearing out his car to give me a ride. How nice is that?!

I told them the idea of just taking me somewhere in front of the bus and dropping me off. We're following the bus route down xxx. I've got google maps up on my phone with the bus route showing on it so i can know when we should turn But, we've been going this way a long time and haven't found the bus. I think he's frustrated at having come so far. There it is, up ahead! It's right before the turn. We decide to cut over to the street it's going to, then they'll drop me off at the first stop after the street the bus comes up.

It worked! I'm on the bus, Mylar balloon and all! I will be there in time for Logan's birthday! I'm relieved, grateful and thrilled!

Dang! Riding the scooter to their house with the Mylar balloon trailing behind me, it hit up against something and popped! I didn't know Mylar balloons could pop! Maybe it was because it was overfilled. Oh well! At least I'll make it there!

4.6.12

6/4/12 - monday

6/4/12 - Monday

I'm awake. What time is it? I bet it's close to 3:15, the time the alarm's set for. Yep. It's 3:03. I should go ahead and get up. I've got a lot to do. I can't seem to do it though. I lay back on top of my bed. Next thing I know my alarm is going off. I've got to get up now!

I've still got all my reports to do and a deposit to get ready. I don't know how I'm going to get it all done in time. I should have quit typing way earlier last night so I could do all my reports then. I think this is what you call a "learning experience.". I've now had it reinforced that I want to be totally prepared for the morning the night before, and that there's a time I'm going to fall asleep no matter what. So getting ready for the morning has to happen before that.

Well, I did it. I've done everything I needed to do for work: occupancy report, maintenance request, preparing and copying the checks for deposit, various emails to management. Everything's done except sending the bills to the main office. It's late. I need to get ready and go. I stuff the bills and the rubber stamp I need for them into my backpack. I'll can do them later, at the yoga center.

Rushing now to get myself around: brushing teeth, brushing hair, finding and steaming clothes, packing water and tea. I'm ready to leave! Wait, I can't find my earbuds!

For some reason not being able to find my earbuds has me totally thrown. I new to leave without them, yet here I am searching. Why aren't they here? They are always right here. Wait, that's right! I ride home with Mary on Friday. They could even still be at Avalon.

I take off for the bus stop. It has to be the alternate one this morning.

This is so funny! Friday there was a car parking in the grocery parking lot as I passed by. He parked near the street for awhile in the dark I thought he was waiting at a driveway to pull out. The funny thing is that same car is there, parking in the same place when I'm approximately in the same place too. Deja vu from Friday. Which means I might not make the bus. It was a miracle I made it on Friday. I'm hustling as much as I can. Still, my knee hurts a bit and my hustle may not be that fast. It's been forever since I've had to take the later bus. I don't want to start today!

There's the stoplight and I haven't seen a bus. Maybe I'll make it! Shoot! There's the bus! It's got a green light! I'll never make it! I don't believe it! It stopped at a green light! It's waiting a full cycle! I'm going to make it! How amazing!

On the bus I'm wondering if that's their normal procedure to stop and wait. I don't think he was purposely waiting to give me time. Maybe there's a turn arrow at that light? I don't think so though.

Anyway, I'm on the bus and very, very happy. The sign language lady is here. She's a steady rider now. This time she's sitting with someone else. They're involved in very animated, silent conversation.

My chiropractor wants me to call other yoga centers and arrange meetings with him and the teachers. I think it's a great idea and, of course I'll do it. I think the universe is laughing though. Me and my declaration that I need to do things for me, help me before I take on anything more for other people. This isn't something new though. We talked about this ages ago and I owe him work. So it'll help clear my debt, which is good. I warned him this is a busy week for me so nothing much may happen this week, maybe just information gathering.

My boss is coming over to Avalon at 2pm to move some furniture for me. I'm going over early to clean the place up a bit.

I don't know if he knows about me doing the year without my car or not. I know I haven't told him. I know I can still do a good job, even without the car. I don't want to spark any worry in his brain though. So, I haven't told him. I might have told his parents once when they were over. I don't know if they mentioned it to him or not. Anyway., I've folded my scooter and placed it in a little nook and moved my backpack over to a more inconspicuous place near my desk.

He sent a message saying he was going to be here later and got here even later than that. It's no problem. I'm very grateful for his help! He came with a lot of extra furniture for us to have on hand here

Now, though, it's almost time for me to leave and he's still here. I'm not sure what to do. If I get on my scooter and ride off it makes the fact I'm doing something different very obvious.

Thank goodness! He left 10 minutes before I needed to leave! I didn't have to decide about leaving or staying!

The 43 is late. For a second I thought it was Friday. That's when it's schedule normally screws up but, it's not. It's Monday and it's just late.

The 43 was late enough I might have misses the 460. When I get to the stop there is a Japanese gentleman there immaculately dressed in a taylored business suit and freshly shined shoes. He's doing something on his phone. I think it's so funny that the two of us are here waiting at the same bus stop. Him in his immaculate business suit. Me, with my yoga clothes, purple hair, scooter, backpack and well worn jacket.

I think his being here means I didn't miss the bus, though he might have shown up at the stop right after the bus passed.

Well, it's been over five minutes. I must have missed the bus. I sit down on the sidewalk and prepare to pass the 1/2 hour or so until the next bus.