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The big 41...
Dec. 28th, 2017 08:58 pmWow, what a day this has been.
Galina agreed to help out a friend who needed to be dropped off at a hospital (not MD Anderson) at the Texas Medical Center this morning and prevailed upon me to postpone picking up my meds until today, but we did not realize until last night that our good deed would entail a 5:45 am wakeup for me. I dropped off our friend and found myself orbiting MDA at around 7:30 am.
It turned out the MDA pharmacy opens at 9 am.
Had I been driving Natalie's Honda, I would have gone to ground in a coffee shop until 9, somewhere, but Galina had agreed to drive our go-to handyman Victor to Natalie's house to effect some repairs, and since Galina does not drive a stick (or claims not to, as our first car was a manual, which she drove perfectly well), I ended up driving back to Seabrook, swapping cars, and then heading back to MD Anderson.
When I stopped to get gas, I noticed one tire was perilously low, but when I pulled up to the air pump, a sign informed me it was out of order. The second air pump I stopped at had had its quarter slot jammed up with something, and a third was simply missing the valve hardware at the end of the hose. I considered buying a can of tire inflator, but the instructions said the contents had to be at 60°F or higher to be effective, and the gas station office was cold, so that was a no-go.
So I ended up driving to MDA at low speed, and I made it. I got my meds, found a gas station with a functioning air hose, and headed on home.
Galina got back shortly after 8 pm. A bouquet of roses, candy, and shrimp gumbo greeted her.
A heck of a way to spend one's 41st wedding anniversary, but there you have it.
Cheers...
Galina agreed to help out a friend who needed to be dropped off at a hospital (not MD Anderson) at the Texas Medical Center this morning and prevailed upon me to postpone picking up my meds until today, but we did not realize until last night that our good deed would entail a 5:45 am wakeup for me. I dropped off our friend and found myself orbiting MDA at around 7:30 am.
It turned out the MDA pharmacy opens at 9 am.
Had I been driving Natalie's Honda, I would have gone to ground in a coffee shop until 9, somewhere, but Galina had agreed to drive our go-to handyman Victor to Natalie's house to effect some repairs, and since Galina does not drive a stick (or claims not to, as our first car was a manual, which she drove perfectly well), I ended up driving back to Seabrook, swapping cars, and then heading back to MD Anderson.
When I stopped to get gas, I noticed one tire was perilously low, but when I pulled up to the air pump, a sign informed me it was out of order. The second air pump I stopped at had had its quarter slot jammed up with something, and a third was simply missing the valve hardware at the end of the hose. I considered buying a can of tire inflator, but the instructions said the contents had to be at 60°F or higher to be effective, and the gas station office was cold, so that was a no-go.
So I ended up driving to MDA at low speed, and I made it. I got my meds, found a gas station with a functioning air hose, and headed on home.
Galina got back shortly after 8 pm. A bouquet of roses, candy, and shrimp gumbo greeted her.
A heck of a way to spend one's 41st wedding anniversary, but there you have it.
Cheers...
