Our part of town was very wet when we got up today, but the rain was not coming down. It did begin later in the morning and then continued off and on throughout the remainder of the day. Last night’s low was just 42 degrees, and today’s high barely reached 51.
My blood sugar jumped up to 193, according to the level check at 7:30 a.m. The increase was likely due, in part, to the raisin and walnut cookies we enjoyed yesterday afternoon while visiting Kalen.
Following our coffee and online brain games for Tuesday, Nancy did a yoga session, since she imagined there might not be a time and place over the next couple of days. I went into the study and got on the computer to update my Flickr account and other social media. I also changed my address for a couple of online accounts.
The postman placed a “vacant” card in our mailbox yesterday, but it may be a week to 10 days, according to the post office, before mail begins arriving at the 8th Street address.
For breakfast we made oatmeal. It might be the last breakfast in the rental. Then we showered and dressed and put the sheets from the bed in the laundry.
The remainder of the morning was spent collecting things to put into the car and take over to the 8th Street house. While we were unpacking and placing things inside, Kathleen wandered down from her house and Seran showed up with Sophie.
Nancy and I left to grab lunch at Mezza Luna in downtown Springfield. After enjoying slices and Caesar salad, we went to Xfinity to schedule the connection for the new house. Someone will come this Friday between 1 and 3 p.m. Until then, I will have the hotspot from my iPhone to connect my computer to the Internet.
We napped when we got home, then packed up another load and took it to 8th Street. Kyle and Ronin were cleaning up when we got there. We put away a few things and brought a couple of items back with us to help with making dinner. On the way home, we stopped so Nancy could get a bottle of wine.
It looks like we may get to make the big part of the move tomorrow afternoon. It is supposed to be clear by then. Ronin will bring his truck, Kyle will bring his Subaru, and Kurt will bring his pickup and, hopefully, a trailer. Whatever is left after the move we hope will be small enough to fit in our Subaru.
Nancy called Kila to see about scheduling the cleaning for Friday and Saturday. And the rental agency gave instructions for dropping off the keys at their office. I emailed back and said we would do that on Monday of next week.
Nancy enjoyed a glass of her newest wine purchase, while I spent more time on Flickr, adding three new photos to the collection. I also packed a few more boxes from the study into the car for transporting to 8th Street in the morning.
Then we put together our final dinner in the rental, cooking up leftover Greek chicken and rice and building a small salad. After we enjoyed the meal and cleaned up, we did our evening streaming.
We started with last night’s Colbert show, which included guest Ray Romano and also Emma Thompson taking the Colbert Questionert. Following that, we watched “Finding Your Roots,” with guests Spike Lee and Kristin Chenoweth learning about their family histories. We closed out our last evening in this place with another episode of the third series of “The Paradise.”
A little more rain is expected before the day ends, but tomorrow appears to be clear throughout. The low tonight will be in the mid-30s, and Wednesday’s high could be in the low 50s.
Tomorrow’s agenda will revolve entirely around moving. Everything might not get delivered to 8th Street before the end of the day, but we hope the big items will, which means tomorrow night we will wind up sleeping in our new home.
On this day in 1920, Nancy Astor became the first woman to speak in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom following her election as a Member of Parliament three months earlier.
February 24, 1811, was the birth date of Edward Dickinson Baker, an American politician, lawyer, and U.S. army officer, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from Illinois and later as a U.S. senator from Oregon. Also known as an orator and poet, and a long-time close friend of Abraham Lincoln, Baker served as a colonel during both the Mexican–American War and the American Civil War. Baker was killed in the Battle of Ball’s Bluff while leading a Union Army regiment, becoming the only sitting U.S. senator ever to be killed in a military engagement.
Today is National Tortilla Chip Day, I Hate Coriander Day, National Steakburger Day, National Trading Card Day, Twin Peaks Day, Whooping Crane Festival, World Bartender Day, and World Spay Day.
