Just a Monologue

Just a Monologue

Is anyone still up? It's only 9:30 here on the west coast but back home in Connecticut sensible people who have to get up early should be in bed.

I had such a good day I just have to talk about it. I got up at 6 a.m. and found an easy way to do an article and post it by 8:30.

After that I went down to campsite 40 to visit Vick and Loreen who came Friday for a long weekend. They have a wonderful trailer with the front part furnished comfortably for people, and the back half is for two horses and their food and gear. It is pulled by a truck-tractor that Vick handles like a pro because he is a professional truck driver. He used to do long hauls but now, in semi-retirement, he just drives a gravel or cement truck when he feels like it. They say they live in a 'line-shack' on acreage near town but their rig is impressive.

Loreen is younger than Vick, and she is a professional gardener who has a contract at San Diego's wonderful Balboa Park. She is such a strong, tall, smiling and beautiful woman she reminds me of the Vikings. She is gifted in many ways - one being her expertise and artistic ability with a camera. She clicks at just the right moment. She also likes western stories and poetry as much as I do, and we have shown each other our prize first editions by western authors. Talking to both her and to Vick is such a pleasure! Vick and I could go a few rounds about politics, but I stopped his ranting about Hillary and Obama by declaring that we should 'throw the bums out' every eight years no matter which party they represented. And Loreen agreed with me when I said that if there were a middle-of-the-road party I would join it. It's a good thing we have so many other common interests to talk about.

When I came back to my trailer I got busy and did a lot of chores I have been putting off. Recently I took out one side of my dinette and also the table, and used part of the space for the nice refrigerator my daughter no longer needs. I found a way to install two wooden wine boxes I found at Costco so that they made bookcases under the window near the refrigerator. They had been in my bedroom and were not very assessable. Most of my books are reference books for when I want to write about history. With the books gone from my bedroom, I cleaned and rearranged things making it much neater and easier to clean, and I still had plenty of beds for my cats so that they all won't pile onto me.

Next I changed my bed and prepared my laundry for washing tomorrow at the laundromat in Live Oak Springs. I do it once a week. I called in four prescriptions for meds that will run out next week. I washed all my dirty dishes and put them away and I haven't make any more, so that now my kitchen area is clean and shiny for a new day tomorrow.

For the last dirty chore I took my pickup and collected all the cans and bottles people had tossed into the garbage cans. Aluminum was $1.70 a pound last time I was in town. There's no sense in letting that get away.

After that I took a good hot shower. Before Loreen and Vick left, he fixed the showerhead so that the pressure is a lot better. Since Carmen no longer takes care of this park, repairs like that, and hardly anything else gets done. I pick up trash that is blowing around, but there is a lot of heavy work that needs doing. Until this week we have had cold temperatures and high winds, so we haven't had more than one or two campers on weekends, and there were none during the week so there hasn't been much work to be done. But now we are getting lovely warm spring weather that might bring more horse campers, and Chief Elliott had better get someone on the job.

So that was 'My Day" and I feel good about it for a change. See you tomorrow. Good night.