1. When Debbie and I are both home in Kellogg, I have my bottles of medicine, pill box, laptop(s), blood pressure monitor, blood pressure record sheets, books I'm reading, mail I need to tend to, and other things that occupy my day to day life in the bedroom on a card table by my bed.
Earlier this summer, once we realized that Debbie was going to have an extended stay in New York, I migrated out to the living room where I began working puzzles, setting my fantasy baseball lineups, reading, writing, listening to music, paying bills, sorting mail, and doing other day to day things.
Today, I undertook the task of decamping from the living room and rearranging things in the bedroom in preparation to returning to my former routine.
2. I also got out our file box and organized a pile of papers in the living room I hadn't tended to.
Once in the file box, I realized I could dispose of all the records I kept over the years of work done on and tires purchased for the Sube.
I received word a couple weeks ago that someone somewhere purchased the Subaru (for under 500 dollars -- that's all I know) and so today I let go of over two decades of records.
In the process, I indulged myself in some nostalgia.
I let those records transport me back to Eugene and the years of terrific service we enjoyed at Euroasian.
In Greenbelt, I took the Sube to a local Sunoco gas station and not only came to trust the guys who worked there, I enjoyed what seemed to me a rare thing, having close to full automobile repair and maintenance service at a filling station. At one point, the Sube's clutch needed to be replaced, a job too big for the Sunoco guys, but adjacent to the gas station was an auto repair shop and the Sunoco guys sent me over there and their work, too, was great.
Over the last eight years, Silver Valley Tires maintained the Sube, replaced brakes and tires, and cared for the Sube's suspension. For larger jobs, I went to a Subaru shop in North Hayden, but it closed and recommended its customers go to Silverlake Automotive and I was very happy with their service.
So I took time and remembered the people who worked at these places, how intelligent and thorough they were in explaining things to me, and how they kept the Sube running well for over 200,000 miles and for twenty-one years.
I might have closed the book, but not my affection, on the Sube today.
3. I've been slowly working to get the house looking pretty good for Debbie's return.
I realized, however, that I wasn't satisfied with the cleaning supplies we had on hand.
So I ordered sponges, SOS pads, a 12 pack of microfiber cloths, copper coated scrubbers, and magic erasers along with detergent pods for the laundry and dishwasher.
The delivery of these goods came around dinner time and I'm going to wait until Friday morning to put them in action. I'll clean the bathroom, continue to clean the kitchen, including some of the walls, do some interior cleaning of the Camry, and tend to whatever else comes up, hoping that these products will help me do a satisfactory job.
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