Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Last night we went to bed at 10:30, I got up once at 5:30, woke up at 7:11, Teresa was still sleeping, got up at 7:30 and she asked for another hour so I set an alarm, went back to bed, finally getting up at 8:30.

Laura texted me that two packages have arrived and I went out and found on the porch: an Intex Dura Beam Deluxe mattress (80”L x 60”W x 18”Th) with pump and a sheet in the other package. (Not sure where she thinks she’s going to put this large mattress and does she think we don’t have sheets? She did ask if we had a pillow for her and I told her we did.) The only place I see the mattress fitting is in the laundry room so I opened the door to start warming up the room. After further discussion, Laura will probably sleep in the bedroom with Teresa and I’ll sleep on the coach for a few nights.

We left the apt at 9:45 and drove to nearby Katie’s Kitchen on Wolf & Central. I found a Chicago Sun-Times newspaper across from the cashier. The busboy and at least 2 others helped Teresa with her order. She ended up with Canadian ham, eggs and a side of avocado toast. I had their bacon and cheese scrambler and we both had coffee for a total of $38.85 and I left $7 for a tip. The cashier said the newspaper was left by a previous customer so I took it and left $2 in their kitchen staff tip bowl.

We drove to another Michael’s, this time in Glenview, and while they had different inventory, in the end Teresa didn’t buy anything. (But I did get some technical names for products she uses like “cord end cap closures” and “slider end tubes” and a supplier, “Bead Landing”.)

We stopped in nearby Home Depot so she could compare it to Home Center.

On the way back to the apt I found another place for breakfast, Eggspresso Glenview and another place for supper, Giacomo’s Ristorante.

Back at the apt it took me about an hour to solve the crossword puzzle but there’s one letter I’m unsure about. I’ll see if I can find another Sun-Times tomorrow.

An email from the Illinois Tollway, “As per your selection, Credit card 6623 has been setup as your Primary Card on your Pay by Plate and will be used for Toll payments. Any additional cards available on your account will be used as Backup Cards if your Primary Card fails. If you have more than one Backup Card listed on your Pay by Plate, the Tollway system will select the Backup Card based on the date it was added to the account, starting with the
most recent card.”

I figured out why I had so much difficulty packing up the chairs last night, different size chairs and different size bags. After I put the small chair in the large bag I struggled to put the large chair in the small bag. I got that corrected this afternoon.

Teresa took a nap from about 2:30 to 3:30.

We left the apt about 5:30 and walked down the street to the park. No children were playing outside so we walked 100 yards away to a baseball field where a practice was in progress. We sat in the grass under a tree and soon a group of about 8 people stopped on a path nearby. A few minutes later Teresa asked me what a man was eating from a tree. I walked over and it was a blackberry tree. I picked off handfuls of ripe blackberries for us to eat. We left just before 7pm, with stained hands, and returned to the apt.

I was able to clean my hands but there’s still stains under my fingernails.

Teresa made spaghetti for supper.

We left the apt just before 9am for Laura’s 10:05 arrival at Terminal 5 at O’Hare Airport. I knew my righthand mirror was off when a semi passed me and I was looking at trees. That made me nervous. At the airport I’m going around in a circle for terminals 1, 2, 3 and it was difficult to see what was behind me on my left as I moved to the curb to ask an official for directions. She took my cellphone and entered directions to terminal 5 parking (which was quite a distance away; and scary because I was blind on my right side). Lots of space available in the parking lot and I was able to easily put the side mirror back in place.

We found the baggage claim and sat nearby for about 30 minutes until Laura came out with her carry-on.

We stopped at a payment machine to pay $3 with my credit card for parking. On the way back to the apt I informed Laura that we’ll be leaving at 8am!

Teresa warmed up spaghetti for Laura.

We decided on me giving the sofa a chance and I got to bed at 11pm as the ladies were finalizing their getting ready for bed.

 

FUNNY