A change of plans

September 24, 2024

Well, I was planning to attend the Asheville Quilt Show this week.

Slight change of plans due to the hurricane brewing down in the Gulf of Mexico. We’re slated to get nasty weather here in Atlanta Wednesday – Friday and Asheville is to get the same mess Thursday – Saturday. I have no desire to drive 4 hours each way in torrential rain on unfamiliar roads. I cancelled my hotel reservations. 😦

Sure, I’d love to see the quilts, demos and vendors (especially the FW guy who is supposed to be there), but I have a lot of projects that need to be worked on here. My school is on break next week and TR has already put hubs on notice to head to the FL Panhandle once the storm passes through. Think I’ll take advantage of having the house to myself for a few days and sew.

Sadie and I have a college visit today. Then, it’s off to the grocery store. We’ve been eating up what we have on hand and I haven’t done any real grocery shopping for three weeks. The fridge and pantry are in need of a little restock before the storm hits.

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Stay safe out there!

Now I can enjoy being “fully” retired

September 22, 2024

In late June, I wrote about receiving my official retirement notification letter from TRS. That letter merely set into motion a series of steps that had to be completed before I would be through the new retiree process. I’m happy to report the final step of awarding service credit for unused sick leave is currently in process and the additional 1/2 year of service credit will be added to my benefit calculations retroactively to August 1st. This means is will have taken five plus months from the date of that letter to get everything resolved.

It’s been a journey. Last week, a health plan drop notice caused momentary panic. Turns out it was a mere formality needed to stop billing notices when premiums started being deducted from my monthly pension check. All is well. Health insurance premiums are being deducted as they are supposed to and we’ve received all the open enrollment information for our 2025 plan choices.

Now, if all the damned political ads would disappear! I cannot wait for this silly season to be behind us.

done.

Be resourceful

September 20, 2024

Sometimes the best laid plans don’t always work out as you intended.

The Asheville Quilt Show is next week. This event has been on my calendar for several months. Originally, I’d planned for an overnight stay in Asheville and hubs would be home to keep the dog. He now has an event with TR next week.

The sticky wicket: What to do with Sadie?

It’s Fall Break for our local school district. Our doggy day care is full. Friends who could keep her are on vacation themselves. The college student who occasionally housesits for us, now has a full-time job. Even Grandma and Poppy are away next week.

I really didn’t want to cancel my trip, so Sadie is coming with me. I understand Asheville is a super dog-friendly city. We’ll see if that is true. I have a pet-friendly hotel arranged AND doggy day care session(s) reserved for her while I attend the quilt show. The weather is also cool enough for her to safely sit in the car if I want to stop somewhere along the way. Let’s hope the 10 day weather forecast is wrong about the rain. We’d both appreciate getting to explore Asheville without getting soaked.