Monday...in media res....
My MacBook Air developed a nasty cough, which copious doses of moonshine leavened with honey did nothing to cure, so today, I took the journey to the Geek Squad at Best Buy in Sierra Vista, about 30 miles, rather shorter than the trek to the Genius Bar at the Tucson Apple Store. After my nearly 2000 mile jaunt, I'm not yet ready to face that longer trip to Tucson, though I do love that place.
Also on my shopping list were a visit to a veterinarian, Walmart, and a grocery store. By the end of my stay in Sierra Vista, in addition to those items, I went to Lowes, a gas station, and a car wash.
First, Best Buy. Over the years, BB has come to realize the need to cater to us Apple aficionados, so Mr. Mac was handy. By the time I decided to go to BB, I'd reached the limits of my computer fixit skills, so Mr. Mac and I discussed my options: 1. go home and try a malware program or 2. fork over $200 for a contract. Deep in the recesses of my little mind was the notion that perhaps that other Judy Pearce had a BB contract, as we'd done business with them in Columbia. Hmmmm...Mr. Mac looked it up and sure enough, Judy Peace did indeed have a BB contract which covered three devices and there was a slot for me. Mr. Mac knew I was not that Judy Pearce, as I told him ho I'd forged Mother's signature all over Wise County when I was building the house. Left my MacBook and ventured to item #2....
Veterinarian: Tobey is on three heart meds. I don't buy them in large quantity lest the little stinker decide to die. And it's not a bad idea to have a relationship with a vet, even one 30 miles away, which is still closer than the one in Abingdon. A vet needs to see him, even though I have his medical records with me (though god knows where my own reside so I might come a cropper and the local medics will know nothing about my health), so we have an appointment for Thursday.
Walmart: My goal was a one burner, electric hot plate, something which my abode lacks (which I knew) but I want to be able to do some basic cooking, using the cookware from my camper. None left at Wally World, so I headed to Target, which had two left, although soon it had only one.
An aside: While the days here are in the 50s and low 60s (wonderfully pleasant), the car starts to heat up, and I start to worry about the little stinker, but I need food (immediately because I'm more than peckish) and to supplement the Bisbee groceries. Bisbee has sophisticated eateries, but pedestrian groceries. I find some semblance of shade in the Fry's parking lot and dash in, around, through.......though not finding anything immediately edible for myself. Grrr........
So: I forgot to check Walmart for a slatted shade for the door for the abode. My guess is that this addition dates from....a while back....and the door blind is dusty dirty and will no longer go up and down, except at about a 100 degree angle. I cannot sleep, knowing of such slovenliness, so off to Lowe's where, after seeing another customer with a tape measure, I had her measure my arm from the tips of my fingers to my shoulder seam, which was what I'd used to measure the old blind, given that my own tape measure was tucked away in the camper. 29 inches. Perfect. Bought the blind. And Tobey is allowed in Lowe's, so no need to stuff him in his carrying case which looks like a weird purse thrown over my shoulder.
Gas and car wash nearby. My car is green; I'd forgotten.
Then back to Best Buy. By then Mother had gotten a notice saying the device was ready, so she emailed me to tell me that one of us needs to change our name. Device had indeed been infected with a nasty virus, which slipped through but Apple had put in a patch so while it hacked me around, it had not spread, and Mr. Mac had no trouble dosing it with RAID and killing it.
Back home. Walked, exercised, had dinner.....
Tomorrow, I'm going over to the Guild to begin a tutored weaving project. Wednesday morning is book club: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Saturday is the Guild holiday get-together.
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