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Down to the wire!

All sorts of happenings (and mishappenings) over here! This is our last weekend down on the Chattahoochee. The “storage” movers come on Monday, Chuck graduates on Tuesday, and the final round of movers come on Wednesday. The cleaning lady comes on Thursday morning, inspection is Thursday afternoon, and then we are out of here Friday morning!

Currently, I’m most annoyed at Craigslist and the vet clinic. I’ve “sold” our washer and dryer about 3 times this week, but the buyer always backs out before even seeing the damn things. It has to be gone by Sunday, so I dropped the price and am carefully waiting to see which of my two pending offers comes through at this point. I’m tired of being stood up!

As for Annie – I heard from the Japanese quarantine services, and apparently she needed to be vaccinated for rabies TWICE after the insertion of her microchip (she’s was vaccinated once after they put it in.) The poor thing is practically glowing with antibodies already (and I have the blood test results to prove it), but I got an emergency appointment for Monday afternoon. I can only hope it still counts! It’s too bad I can’t trust the vet to know what they’re doing and I’m having to scramble before we leave the state… oh well. So long as I get her into the country, and she doesn’t have to stay locked up for 6 months after all this effort, it’ll be good…

BUT! I am excited to be moving on. There’s a lot that needs to happen, but I am ready. Plus – Chuck and I head to Europe in 10 days!! Woohoo!!

Both homes getting some sad kitty weather tonight… Hope everyone stays safe!

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Welp!

I just bit the bullet and bought a new Toshiba Satellite laptop computer. I’ve had my trusty Mac for almost 8 years now, and it’s finally slowed down enough where I need to say goodbye.

Unfortunately, I can’t justify the cost of buying another Mac (at more than triple the cost of the Toshiba!), so I hope I can readjust back to the Windows PC system without too much frustration. I’ve always had PCs at work, so it should be fine, but I really love my Mac for everything else. I’ve read such great things about the Toshiba Satellite though – maybe I will fall in love!

R.I.P. Shirley Temple. Loved your films growing up, even if I didn’t always appreciate the way my Mom tried to recreate your trademark ringlets on my head. I still drink your namesake beverage when I’m truly looking for a good time, even if they make fun of me at the bar 🙂