Super day for richly colored fall veggies. Never Mind the rain. I got one of those adorable little cauliflower. Also a bar of coconut scented soap, a bunch of flowers, a bottle of chocolate milk. I think that was it.
Yesterday, a kinda had a little panic when I realized that 2 weeks from now – it would be almost time to go to Kona. And, the fridge is “full”. Well, full when you consider that they feed me here at the asylum. And, now days – as opposed to in Carlton days, I do go out to eat with friends.
But, this morning, I made a fine omelet – which polished off the eggs and grated cheese. And, I just finished a nice salad that used up some of my frozen chicken, some of my not-grated cheese, some of my lettuce and the last tomato of the summer and some peas. And, a beer. Which wasn’t in any danger of going bad! (Port CIty Monumental IPA).
And, I thought about my packing. Mc C is going in the Flat Rate Box, with monopod, cheap heavy lens, and wetsuit and mask and snorkel. Bigger problem is my pāpale. (That’s hat to you non-Hawaiians.) The airplane isn’t a problem. It can just set on my lap like a baby. It is the train part. It will sort of fit into to my rollaboard. But the rollaboard will not be with me on the train. It will be “downstairs” in the luggage rack. And mypāpale will surely get squashed. My pāpale can ride “upstairs” with me. But, this leaves the problem of getting off the train in Chicago AKA “The Windy City” and Seattle AKA “The Rain Capital of the Planet” with my dear hat on my head. The pāpale doesn’t fit in a flat rate box. And, the pāpale will be seriously pissed if I didn’t take it back home to Kona. One way or the other, the pāpale will get to Kona. As will I.
Late last night, there was enough bandwidth to upgrade The Airness to Sierra. Not an earth moving upgrade. But, my son-in-law did show me how to make Siri recognize voice command to fire up. SO… Now I can yell – HEY CARLTON at the computer and it is just about as useful as Carlton was. HEY CARLTON, who won the Redskins game? HEY CARLTON, is it cold outside? HEY CARLTON, what time is it? It answers all these questions, just like Carlton would. HEY CARLTON, what is going to happen to long term interest rates if Trump wins? No response. Same as what Carlton would say.
Going to watch the debate this evening with my housemates. I am bringing a travel mug of Kona’s finest for me to drink and some chocolate covered macnuts to share.