Hurry up and wait. How many times have we all had to deal with this?
Today Juan and crew (of one) finished up the repairs on the house. Place looks great, it echoes because it’s so empty, and dammnit, if I’m gonna sleep on the floor I may as well sleep on the ground camping in Baja…..I’m ready to go!
But wait Batman…your time in Gotham isn’t done yet. You gotta pay your dues. So here I wait, being held hostage by my insurance company. In fairness they’ve done this in pretty short order and I’m hoping to be on my way this weekend.
Enough whining. Today I went to see my on-again, off-again, on-again family doctor, Dr. K.C. Shin. Doc Shin and I saw each other for a lot of years and they drifted apart…well, he left the business for a while, but came back right around the corner from my house. I went in to see him about getting my regular prescriptions refilled prior to hitting the border and I’m glad I did. He’s a good chap and is deliciously envious of me going on my adventure!
As I was leaving Walgreen’s (filled the scripts) I saw an older gentleman hobbling along with a walker. I said “Good afternoon” as I swung my leg over my bike and got ready to leave. I thought he wasn’t going to say anything, but surprised me when he said “I wish I could still do that”. We spent the next half hour talking about my upcoming adventure and his past adventures on a fishing boat in Alaska and afterwards in the Navy. His name is Dwight and he was a delight to chat with. He made me feel pretty good about this trip. He said to never look back and regret the decisions made. I like his outlook.
The countdown is on…
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