A Few Inches Of Snow Overnight, More To Come

8:38

It's still pitch black here at 7:00, a chilly 23º.  and on this historic day, the vote on whether to impeach the President will take place.  Hypocrites will be lining up to vote.  I sit here waiting for the light, hoping it will come soon.

Yesterday was a bizarre day, funny in retrospect although, at times, it was maddening.  I was up and out early because I had an appointment with my dermatologist in Jamestown at 9:15, leaving Evie at home, waiting for the carpet installers.  We were supposed to get our carpet from Home Depot a month ago but the carpet and rooms measurements were flawed and wrong so we had to wait for another carpet to be sent from the South.  The guys arrived to install the carpet just as Evie received a phone call from Home Depot telling her that the measurements for our den were incorrect once again so that they would not be able to carpet our den.  The guys were flummoxed and apologetic, unlike Home Depot who only seemed to want to assess blame and showed no sympathy for us, with a screwed up installation once again. 

The guys got busy, moving furniture, and happily put our old couch and loveseat on the back porch because Helping Hands was coming to pick our donation. About 10:00, when they were supposed to arrive, Evie received another phone call, this time from Helping Hands, telling her that their driver had not shown up so they might not be able to pick up the furniture.  This, then, was what I arrived home to, no furniture pick up, a carpet installation only partially being done.  At this point, all Evie could do was a laugh. I had my lunch, warmed up pizza, sitting in the kitchen with Evie because there was nowhere else to sit because our furniture was stacked in order to lay the carpet.

When all was said and done, the furniture was eventually picked up and we love the carpet, both downstairs, and the upstairs hall and steps.  By 3:00, the carpet was down except for our den and our couch and loveseat were gone. After everything was finished, Evie got busy cleaning the corner of the downstairs where are new couch and loveseat, which supposedly will be arriving this morning, will go.  I started bringing downstairs many of the things we took upstairs and we hope by this evening, our downstair will be back in order.

Fortunately, Linda and Ron called earlier in the day to see if we wanted to go to the Seezurh House for dinner.  It made for an easy night for Evie after a nerve-racking day.  She did not have to worry about dinner, just enjoy the late afternoon before we were picked up at 6:30.  The Seezurh House was practically empty, just us and one other table, depressing because we don't want to see this place closed.  It's been our go-to destination for a beer and burger for thirty-eight years.  Three of us had beers and burgers (Evie grilled chicken sandwich, her go to), the best around in our estimation. We talked about our preparations for the holidays, our families,  avoiding politics for once. We were home by 8:30, in time to watch a couple of Colbert's and part of an SNL before going up to bed.