Like “Things.” I have a ride up to Flag, a ride back, and places to live.
Johnny drives me up Friday AM and drips me off at the main entrance. The surgical nurse gave me directions to the registration desk. She also took my medical history and gave me instructions. Matt is a nurse in the hospital will stop at Walgreens pharmacy right on the return home and drop me off @ Duff’s spare bed room where I will stay till next Friday. I had been checking Craigslist for rooms and decided that I would add being passive and let the rooms find me as I posted my own listing. Sunshower emailed me 2 days later stating she had what I needed. Yesterday I called her and conversed w/ my radar on as I’m sure she was also. I followed her directions to her house and she answered the doorbell. Her self given name is Sunshower. She is an artist of 2 dimensional images. She showed me her house and the room that is available for my rental if we pass the acceptance test. Another boarder has been there for 3 years. She chooses to help the short timers and gets to start the conversation. Nice southwest architecture. Comfortable and decorated w/ her art. Degreed artist, 65yo. I am paying $600 for a month.
Computer did a mandatory update that I missed seeing which saved and shut down causing a break in creative stream. Time moved to beerthirty.
I’m letting go of this now and might pick it up in the future.
There is always a charged keg in the kegerator and usually bottled beer piled on top. Shop closes @ 5:00. The staff joins in for relief from a days work. Several locals join in ( I include myself as local) for fun and laughs. I feel part of the group.
On Monday I saw several rigs sporting mtn bikes @ Picassos. I saw a likely looking group of men at a table outside. 2 days ago they were at the Bean when I was there. I chatted w/ them goofing about riding. Tonight I encountered them again @ PJ’s. They are from Durango. I talked w/ them again. One asked me about my riding and I told them a little. One of them started remembering me for a ride @ Phil’s World in Cortex. Turns out that guy was the one who emailed me an invite to ride w/ his group. Tonight there were 2 others on that ride. We described it correctly to know the real deal.
I took over their 6 person table when they left as that was the only open table. A large group of guys descended upon the adjoining table and overflowed to mine. I was asked if they could ask me to move. They were there to watch a hockey playoff game. I was good. I found an open table for 2 within spectator range of a big screen viewing a baseball game. My server told me they wanted to buy me a drink. I asked her if I could rain check it. She said that she would let them buy the beer I already had. She knows that I drink max of 2 beers as do several of the other servers. I thanked them on the way out with chuckles all around.
This will prolly be the last 2 handed finger pecking writing for a bunch of weeks. Surgery is Friday. Duane of the broken shoulder that I drove to the emergency room last Friday is also in a collar bone sling which is a step below what I will wear. He said he will have surgery to repair his shoulder which might put him in the same intensive sling. We will sit on the Bean front porch, my right and his left shoulder as a conversation piece to people entering the store.
48 and windy outside. I turned the furnace on until I crawl under the covers.
I have my new stickers.