Daily drudge

The day started out pretty slow. I woke up early and was able to take a short walk before getting mom up. I had a shower and shaved and then spent some time on the net (email, facebook, etc) and then got mom up for her morning routine. She was in a good mood today, eyes open , looking around, talking. Coffee and juice were enjoyable, no fuss, no fight.

I decided to read more in Sande's _Peacemaker_; this is a really good book and I'd like to get through it. I had plans to have the oil changed in my car and run some errands, but Tonya called about 8:30 to say that she would be late because of some problems at her child's school. Carol got to the house around 10:30 (I read Sande's book and took some notes while I was waiting).

Once we got mom settled I took off to take care of errands. First stop was Red's hardware for an extra key for Cory and a padlock for the back door. Then I went to the tax office, but it wasn't there any more. They had closed this office and the nearest open office was in South Pasadena, past the beltway, so I decided to head up to UH to see if I could talk to Felix about a job, but he wasn't there. It looked like a water haul for the day, but I decided to take a run out to the tax office to see if I could get my registration problems fixed. It's a pretty good drive from the UH to Spencer Highway past Red Bluff, but I finally made it out there.

The line at the tax office wasn't very long and, when I got to the front I explained that I had waited late to mail in my registration fees and that, although I had a copy of the canceled check that was deposited on the first, I still didn't have my registration sticker. The lady at the office was understanding and really nice. She printed out another copy of the registration sticker and didn't charge me anything for it - just asked that I bring the other one back to the office if I received it in the mail. I left there feeling as though I'd finally accomplished something.

I was headed to Starbucks on Spencer to grab some Caramel Macciato and a blueberry muffin when I decided to drop in at Schlotzky's and try out their wi-fi. I ordered a turkey sandwich plate and sat down to tune in to the internet but I never could get connected. Needless to say, I was somewhat disappointed. Just FYI, if you're in Pasadena, don't stop at the Scholtzky's on Spencer if you expect to connect to the internet. I took some pictures so you'll recognize the place if I can get them to download to this computer. The sandwich was really good, though.

I drove on over to the library to record all this stuff. I've got to make some adjustments to my day-planner and then I'll head home to work on the back door.