Almost ready to head out

April 24, 2007
Peoria, AZ

Yesterday was a productive day. We had dentist appointments in the morning (cleaning plus some perio work for Geri on a problem tooth we hope to nurse along until the fall), then ran a few errands (bank, Post Office, Home Depot, grocery). I had to run to W.W.Williams, the Phoenix Detroit Diesel dealer for some parts on order.

The Post Office was a fun experience. This summer, we're using the "Premium Forwarding Service" to have our AZ mail sent to our South Dakota mail forwarding service. We're doing this because you can't do a vacation hold for >30 days. Last year, we used a "temporary change of address" (same form as when you move, but with an end date) but that didn't work well since the PO couldn't handle our full address (street + suite + box number). Well, the one postal clerk on duty didn't know how to account for the "premium" service, the manager was little help, and the growing line behind me was getting restless. He finally figured something out after about 15 minutes. Was I glad to get out of there!

Sandy Thompson arrived in the afternoon, on her way back from California seeing Dave off. We had an adventure at UPS as she was shipping his bike box back to PA. It weighed more than expected (54 pounds), but the issue was the dimensions. The clerk measured it wrong, and it came out at twice the expected price! We made her re-measure and got it back to the right $$$.

We had a quiet dinner at home and called it an early night because we all needed to get up early. Sandy will leave for the airport around 8 AM, and we'll keep working on getting the house ready for our departure.