19 Days!!!! A GREAT morning with an incredible friend!

WELL.....I got up earlier than usual this morning.....as I had a "date".....! Yep.....this old sagging hulk of a guy had to meet his former student/his associate (former) HS Band Director/ and a great friend.......for some morning coffee. Goldie and I TRY to get together at least once each month......but it never, never happens. We are both so busy with our own Lives....that it is very difficult...sometimes impossible.....to even find two hours where we can "gossip" and chat like two old hens. BUT....this morning we managed to do just that........drink some VERY strong coffee and sit and talk for two hours....without coming to a period. For a change, we met at the local coffee shop in the city center of F'town........and those two hours were waaaaayyyyyyyyy tooooo short to get everthing discussed and all our problems of Life resolved. Oh well.........maybe we can get back together before the 1st Lady and I leave the state for the Winter.

Returning to the stick/brick the 1st Lady and I began to gather together beside the truck the many items that we have been wanting to dispose of.......when the city-wide fall clean-up week arrived. And....THIS IS THE WEEK!!! So, we hauled a truck load to the city "dump".....as they were called decades ago when I was a kid(don't ask when!). But....it was GREAT to get rid of all of those things that we have been trying to hide behind the house..........we missed the spring cleanup time because we were still gone for the Winter......even though it was actually Spring.

Then this afternoon I began to take care of the winterizing of TheHowserHouse on wheels.....emptying the fresh water tank, running the gennie for an hour to keep it "fresh" and I also ran the a/c at the same time to put a load on the gennie, added a few drops of distilled water to the two Trojan-105 batteries, and some other little tasks.

Mowed a few leaves that were beginning to stack up on the patio.....the mulcher helps soooo damned much in getting rid of the leaves QUICKLY. And...that is the important thing.

Tomorrow I have to run down towards the bootheel of the state for a meeting....and then will stop in Cape G. on the return to order some prescription sunglasses with the progressive lenses in them. Need them before heading to the Egyptian Sahara and all of the tombs, temples, and Pyramids in 19 days....!!

This evening.......the 1st Lady prepared Beef Stroganoff fo dinner.......is that spelled correctly???? Not certain the "spellchecker" is familiar with that word....haha! Anway...this was a wonderful meal.......ummmmm.....soooooo damned good!

And so.....another day has come and gone. Fall is chilling down......tonight it is predicted to be down to 37 degrees........is winter arriving tooooo soon??? Who knows......quirky weather!!!
But.......who really cares because......

LIFE IS GREAT!!!!!!.....And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!