I called Denise Grimm hoping to set up an appointment
with her to talk about restoring the barn and how to
get funding for that. She is so busy that I only
reached a recording; I left a message. I shall call
her again tomorrow.
We went to the DVM to get a title for our "new" jeep,
but couldn't get a title because the seller had signed
in the wrong place. I called him and told him that
and before I could really finish he said that he
would be out this evening to sign in the correct
place and fill out whatever forms were necessary.
And, indeed he showed up at 6 PM and signed the
papers. He wouldn't stay..just signed and left.
On Tuesday the insurance adjuster came to look
at the smashed old jeep. He said it wasn't
worth fixing and promised 1800.00 for it, but
we had to give him the title which Robert
couldn't find. They took the car and Robert has
to mail the title when we get one and they will
send the check.
Wednesday we went to Cafe ...... where a group
of ex-NCAR-SCD employees meet every Wednesday.
This week Buck, Vince, Bob Biro and Dave Fulker
joined Robert and me. We had a pleasant lunch.
The first start of conversation at one end of
the table became an "Organ recital" so Dave,
Robert and I started another conversation and
eventually the others did, too.
The oxygen concentrator was picked up late in
the afternoon, finally. We really were tired
of paying for something which was not even
plugged in. Much telephoning to insure that
Russell would be up at his cabin and ready
to empty it out.
Allison came to visit and stayed to eat lunch
with us; she had her own because she eats gluten
free. We had a good talk. It was really great
to see her. I miss my Salina friends so much,
especially now seeing the trauma they are living
with every day.
On Friday Connie came and we had lunch at the
Boulder Cafe. It was great, good food, not too
noisy and all-in-all a good place for lunch.
After lunch we strolled the mall. I wanted to
go to SmithKlein Gallery to look at paintings.
I'm anxious to replace some of the "art" we
have with some local and original paintings.
As soon as I walked into the gallery I saw
one that I wanted. It is lovely. Aspens in
the early autumn, very bright and cheerful.
It was pricey, but I got them to lower the price
by about 30% and that made it affordable.
It is now hanging in our living room. The
frame isn't one I would have chosen, but it
goes with the frame around the "Fishermen" which
is hanging next to it.
We spent Saturday and Sunday up in Salina. On
Saturday we had an 11 AM appointment with one
of the volunteer managers. We wanted to be
there so we could get more help in the barn.
That worked and the volunteers worked hard
for about 6 hours, stopping briefly for
lunch, provided by Julie Luckey.
At 5 PM we went to the meeting at the schoolhouse
to meet with the county to see what was in store
for Salina this winter, among other things.
Salina is so destroyed it doesn't seem possible
that a road can be built such that it can be
plowed. Many places there is no road; a path
for 4x4 only.
Looking at the mess that was left, I told Marti
I would be up to help in the morning. We agreed
I should show up at noon. She, of course, was
there well before me and had made a good start.
I sorted out some of the canned goods and then
attacked the carpet with the vacuum sweeper.
I went over it once thoroughly and then once
again, just to make sure. It was so dirty
with detritus from hiking boots. They live
in a sea of mud.
Robert and I ate lunch in the car when I was
finished. He was sick-tired and needed those
calories. Lunch seemed to help. We then
drove home.
We were both tired. We slept until 9 AM on
Monday, having gone to bed about 10 PM. We
had to stay up after dinner and dinner wasn't
ready until 7 PM.
So...that was our week.
