I actually got in here last Friday night. My neighbor Don was having a party so as soon as I had the truck emptied, I invited myself over. It's always nice to see him and his wife. She and I had a most interesting conversation about being the executor of a living will for a loved one - which we both are. HEAVY stuff for a Friday night.
Saturday was running around town, on two wheels, taking care of some odds and ends. I also had to collect my money for the car I brought down here from the Savannah area.
I ended up leaving Southern IL Wednesday night about 9 pm. Much later than I wanted but it's just the way it worked out. I had booked two pieces on Tuesday coming out of the STL area and going toward FL. One went to the Atlanta, GA area and the other came on down here to FL just outside of Gainesville. I spent all day Wed getting them loaded and then went to Belleville to move my few (I thought) possessions out of Brackett St. This is a vacant property my mother had for sale. I stayed here when I was in town. Very convenient. But it just sold and the closing is June 15 so I gotta get out. I had a lot more clothes there than I realized - mostly winter stuff.
It was 550 miles to my first stop and I figured if I could get even 2 or 3 hours start Wed. nite, I could easily make delivery by 3 PM on Thursday. And that's exactly what happened. Unfortunately my AT&T POS (Piece of S^*t) Internet card was not working so I was unable to look for something to add on out of Atlanta going to FL. I was not a happy camper. I also was not excited about riding around Atlanta rush hour traffic. It is about as bad as it gets there. So after my delivery, I hightailed it (as much as I could at 4 PM) south.
I stopped on the south side of Atlanta, at a motel, where I logged onto their internet. Of course I found several things but ALL of them were back on the NORTH side of town and I wasn't going there. So I continued south not sure exactly where I was going besides towards FL. I ultimately made a left turn in Macon and drove 160 miles east to the Savannah area and dropped in to see my dad Thursday night.
My mother had been in IL dealing with the sale of the property so he had been alone for more than a week. I figured he'd appreciate the company. Besides he needed milk, eggs, and bread.
Friday morning I found a car about 20 miles north of Savannah going to Clearwater, FL - less than 10 miles from my house. So I went and grabbed that and drove the 6 hours down to the St. Petersburg area. I dropped the car that evening on their lot but had to go back Sat morning at 10 am to get my check. At 11 AM Sat morning the guy calls me to say he won't have my check until 1 PM that afternoon. Why does it seem like it is ALWAYS the driver that gets the short end of the stick when something is whacked? I'm going to write a book someday on all my tribulations as a 'Delivery Boy" except that would have so much negative karma that I get depressed just thinking about it. And my life is WAY to good to be bothered with negative crap.
Sunday I did what I love to do best - ride my bike! I went with a couple of friends to the Blueberry Festival near Citra, FL - about 160 miles away. They had a band and several thousand people there, we were told. Unfortunately, the festival was the day before! But you know what? They still had a bunch of blueberries to be picked. and we did!
On the ride back we ran into some sprinkles until we were about 20 miles from home when the sky turned very purple and I decided we needed to seek cover RIGHT NOW. We got off the interstate and were discussing options in a parking lot when the heavens opened up and made our decision for us - Burger King was right there. But, as usual, the storm passed within 15 mins and the roads were dry enuf in less than an hour and away we went.
Yesterday - Monday - I went and delivered the 2nd piece I brought out of STL. It was not scheduled for delivery until Monday anyway, even though I tried to take it to them Friday when I passed thru. They weren't even there. Today was going to be a beach day - gotta get my vitamin D. But I developed a sleeping sickness and pretty much haven't left the house. No sweat, there's tomorrow.
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