Sunday

 A dark and rainy-looking Sunday too, but I looked at the National Weather Service (I really hope we don't lose that!) and it's just gonna be dark and that's it. 

I looked up what I need to get my passport and it's fairly normal stuff.  I need to make an appointment at a post office and I need to Xerox some things, and have a packet of papers for the appointment. Too bad my old passport is so old, I'll be applying for a brand new one as far as the system is concerned, but I'm gonna Xerox it too, just to include it. 

The whole process might take months, but as my plans are now,  I have plenty of time. Naturally I want my papers in order as soon as possible, but without plane tickets and a travel itinerary I have no reason to get an expedited passport. 

I caught up on my Torah reading last night, and on Friday I'd gone into the audio files and gotten straightened out on the pronunciation of some words that was stumping me, on page 34 in the Hebrew work book. Whew!  And, I found I could pick out the name of Pharoah in my chumash; it's actually "Pear'oh" in Hebrew. 

Oh, and I did a good cornet practice! I can play "El Condor Pasa" now, from the Simon & Garfunkel version. I heard tons of Simon & Garfunkel growing up, as they were one of the many groups that my father bought records by, ostensibly for my older sister but in reality for himself - and played them a ton. Dad being a WASP was a real deadbeat and not suited to raising children, but through the accident of his loving music and we kids being in the house and thus exposed to it, and my eyes being messed up so I paid extra attention to the music, I'm the musical one now. 

I really had plans of retiring in New Orleans, having one streetcar route to take me most everywhere I'd need to go from the VA to the Social Security office to place I'd shop or busk. But after looking into it more deeply, the crime rate alone is enough to avoid the place. Add in the racial divide (although as a pale-ish person I'd probably come off as "French" at worse and thus come out OK there) and the far-right politics and it's a big No, thanks. Now add in hurricanes. It's only a matter of time before there's another Katrina. 

I packed All The Things(tm) putting everything in boxes to go by FedEx or FedEx Ground Saver which where for a little more money than the post office would charge, they send it through the post office. I did this because this way the things could go out today. And 3-4 things went into bubble mailers that I was able to mail at the post office by putting them into the one box with the larger slot, in the drive-through. 

I did a study session at Paris Baguette, found some shipping stuff on the way home, got here and offloaded the stuff and the trailer, and headed right back out. I was almost out of Simple Green and Windex, and got a gallon of each at Lowe's. Then I went to Ross and really lucked out. I found a pair of sweat pants that aren't the ne plus ultra but are pretty decent and good for this cold weather. And a T-shirt, and an amazing find, a pair of Crocs "Bistro" shoes in my size. Those were $30 and they're usually $60+ and that's if you can find them. These are a find because they're great shoes for everyday schlogging around and if they get wet, no problem. 

I got back here and put things away and made an interesting and delicious gluten, egg, and mushroom soup. Yum!