Ted drove to Dallas to check in at the Dallas Morning News before we take off. He tried to rent an Enterprise car because that is actually cheaper on his expense account than the mileage the company has to pay when using a personal car but they had NO cars within 100 miles! So he drove the Expedition. While he was gone I did things around the house and made some more preparations for departure. He came home around lunchtime on Tuesday.
Wednesday was our annual cardiology appointment. Mine is to monitor me due to my DVT and PE from 2017 and Ted’s is because our PCP said anyone 76 should have a cardiologist! So he started going with me! They want us both to have a stress test and ultrasound plus a vein exam for me but it will wait until September. She also asked for latest blood work that I have but Ted does not so that too will be done in September. We had a PA this time and she was amazed at Ted. She questioned his BP and we said usually it is always in the standard 120/80 area. It was 113/79 with no meds. She questioningly said "I see he only takes one antacid a day" his only medicine. Both our EKGs were fine.
Ted’s friend John bought a 28 gauge reloader so he came to see Ted’s and learn how to use it. They took us to Joe’s for an early dinner because we took them there once when we invited them to the theater and they had really liked it.
Friday Ted went shooting in Huntsville on Friday at Tal’s club and then shot in a tournament at his own club on Saturday. It gave me lots of time to get things done. Ted was home in time to get ready for church and one last Mexican dinner with Terry and Carol. They will be gone by the time we return. Still no definite decision on where yet.
We developed a drip from the drain in the soffit onto the deck which means we have an AC clog somewhere. We put Clorox down the pan drain, plunged the guest bath drain where the main AC drains and used the wet vac to suck whatever out of the soffit drain, all to no avail. We just had our spring inspection done. Two weeks ago the AC went off and we determined a door in the housing was not closed and locked properly and normal vibration caused the safety sensor to lose contact. That was an easy fix. Now we have this new problem. I wonder about paying for these inspections when they caused one problem and didn’t catch the next!
Well we are off! Yesterday was spent making several trips to first get the MH to the campground and then several more getting frozen and cold food into the refrigerator/freezer, clothes, meds, toiletries, paperwork I will need, etc. Last trip was to HEB to finish up on food. I went to bed before the news and was out like a light!
We took off and left Nancy in charge of the AC guy. He said everything has been done properly and the water dripping onto the deck is normal runoff. It hasn’t run off in 20 years from either this unit or the old one! Like my SIL Bill said ‘If it didn’t leak before and now does, something has changed.” There’s a float in the pan that would shut the AC down if it filled. I will just keep my fingers crossed.
Construction has been a PIA! Here we are descending into Lake Charles off the bridge over the Sabine River.
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