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Got up at 7:00 and got ready to go... breakfast, coffee, shower, dressed, final packing of things that had to be last minutes. Put down food and water for the cat, and locked up and called the Uber.

To my shock the difference between a share and an Uber X was about $20! So despite misgivings I did share, and ended up waiting while the driver dropped the other person off. But even so Imade it tothe station on time.

They called the train, and I went to get on line to board when a porter offered to have me use the elevator. Maybe I looked overburdened or something. But of course I said yes, and managed to get ahead of most of the line, and get a window seat facing forward.

The trip was good up until we had mechanical failures and waited a good long time not moving while they were fixed. We ended up being about an hour late getting in. I ate lunch on the train of course, had a stromboli and a diet Coke. mashfanficchick called and we talked for a bit.

After I got to Depew, I called an Uber to the Tops where Linda was to meet me. Pleasant surprise, it wasn't near as expensive as I feared.

I met up with Linda at Tops and did some shopping. Not much, since I can get Instacart down here. I called middle Brother, he's fine, and went swimming Tuesday.

Then we drove back to the cottage and she helped me in with my stuff

I put my food away, and made dinner, then hooked up the computer. I forgot to bring a two to three prong adapter so I had to plug it in to the kitchen, but, the WiFi borrowed from the Mullanes seems to reach this far.

I Teamed the FWiB briefly, to make sure it would work, and it does.

That's really all for now. I'm quite tired and still have more to do, like see if there's a bed that's made or if I have to find the sheets.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. Linda.

3. Made it here.

4. The WiFi reaches.

5. Uber.

6. Bed soon, I hope.

Started out with a therapy session at 10:30. That was good. Then I had breakfast, and coffee, and showered and before I dressed I used the dry shampoo I got last night. My hair looks... OK, not really great, but better.

Anyway, then I played solitaire for awhile, until it was time to leave for my eye follow up exam. I took the 44 bus to Main and 39th, and then the 13 from Roosevelt. Which is absurd, before the reorganization of the Queens buses I could have walked directly to the 13 and taken that straight there. But anyway, I got there, and they examined me and said I was healing well, and could stop most of the precautions, go down to three drops a day for one week, then two for one week, then one for one week. But I still have to use the sunglasses for a month. Bummer.

Then I took the 12 bus back, as an experiment to find out where it goes to now. I discovered I had to get out either at Parsons Blvd, and on Main Street at 37th. Either one means a longish walk home, but I guess Parsons is better. That's where Oldest Brother's nursing home is.

Anyway, I went to 37th and walked home from there. Stopped at the little coffee shop that we went to when the cousins were visiting Oldest Brother before he died. The coffee shop is very nice and I had said I would go back. I had a lavender cream latte.

I got home with about half an hour to spare before I left for my meeting in the Bronx, so I puttered online.

At 5:15 I took the 44 bus into the Bronx and transferred to the 50 at Lafayette, because again due to the bus reorganization, the 50 no longer stops at 35th.

I had my usual two slices of pizza and went to the meeting. It was very good, we had a newcomer. Hopefully she comes back.

After the meeting was over, M drove me to the bus stop and waited til 9:00. Then to get home I took the 50 to 31st in Queens and transferred to the 25 for one stop to get to my stop, I HATE THIS REORGANIZATION!!!

Got home and Teamed the FWiB, We talked for a bit less than an hour, so that was nice.

This morning the Kid texted me to see if I would like to get together this weekend, so I'm going to call her in a bit to see if there's any plans yet.

I texted RK and he's willing to feed my pets while I'm gone. I also got an answer from Carrie M, that it's OK again to use the WiFi from next door.

Now if only my computer would be delivered!

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. My meetings and the people there.

3. My eye is doing well.

4. My friends.

5. The Busy Bee coffee shop.

6. The Kid.

Got up around 10:00 and had breakfast and coffee. I puttered around online, and that's about all I did for awhile.

Eventually I went to the bedroom and played solitaire for awhile, then finally I started reading. I finally finished Cat Among the Pigeons around 6:00.

I called the laundromat to find out what time they were bringing my laundry and they said 8:30.

Then I puttered online some more until 7:00 when I Teamed the FWiB. Sadly, D&D was a no go. So the good part of that is that we were able to talk til 8:30 when, as promised, my laundry showed up.

I brought it in, it was only $25, I think they accidentally undercharged me. But maybe not.

Then I had dinner, and called mashfanficchick about tomorrow.

I played solitaire until pet feeding time, and now here I am.

No sign of my laptop showing up yet.

Gratitude List:

1. The FWiB.

2. Good books.

3. Clean laundry.

4. Only $25.

5. Air conditioning.

6. Fudgesicles.