MONDAY MARCH 23, 2015

Good morning! I'm up early to prepare for a busy day. We weren't home until almost 11 last evening, so it was too late for hair washing and such. 

Lynne and I were off shopping by 9:30 ... with a stop for fuel first. That was the first kerfuffle. Haha. I'm not a fan of our local Citco ... years ago, it was a nice clean station with a Subway sandwich shop inside. Well, the new owner mismanaged and the station became grubby. Okay. So back to my tale. I pulled into pump #1 ... swiped my credit card and began fueling. The pump stopped at $7. WTF??? There was a car at the next pump ... the disheveled owner appeared out of nowhere and yelled that I owed his $7 CASH. WTF??? Round and round we went ... he took $7 cash for fuel from the black woman at the pump next to me and turned on the WRONG PUMP for her. Instead, he'd turned the $7 sale onto the grubby pump I had in hand. "You no sapose to be here! Dis cash own-re pump. You mak-a MIS-a-stake."  

Next stop ... my favorite post office; the very friendly and efficient Grand Island. Sherry weighed the huge parcel and quoted $30.02 postage to Pennsylvania. I mailed two other eBay parcels but had to notify the buyer of the shipping price by email. 

So, off we went to the bank, Hobby Lobby and eventually, the downtown Eustis post office. (The buyer paid ... so the big box was lugged in for mailing.) It was pouring rain, with a definite chance of heavier rain ... so in I went. The Eustis post office clerk weighed and measured and said "That'll be $50.75."  WTF??? He explained to me why my parcel couldn't go "Parcel Select" ... that would be for online purchase only. (???)

So, Lynne was surprised to see me lugging this big box back to the Kia. LOL. Off we went, back to Grand Island's post office, and sanity. $30.02 paid = parcel sent. 

Mark made roast beef panini sandwiches for our lunch! Delicious. After that, we met Randy at the bowling alley for some laughs and two games! Lynne was the winner today! We decided on bar-food and beer at the alley's bar. 

Les, paying Lynne's gutter ball fine ... LOL. 

Tomorrow morning, Les & Lynne begin their drive home. It's been great having them visit! Tonight though, it's wine and relaxing!  Ta ta.