Didn't Connect the Dots

It was nice to sleep in a little bit yesterday after our busy weekend at work. We decided to get caught up on some necessary shopping for paper products and toiletries, and what better place to do that than at Costco. Our search showed the nearest Costco in Newport News, about an hour away from us. Great! There also was a Sam's Club and Walmart Supercenter on the same street, and only a couple blocks from each other. Off we went.

The direct route to Newport News was through Yorktown, and not too far from Williamsburg, but we decided to save that for another trip. Besides, if we bought any food, it wouldn't last through a sightseeing side trip. We arrived at the Costco parking lot around noon and - it was empty! We never connected the dots for yesterday - Monday, Memorial Day, major holiday, closed. What a disappointment. From there, we went down the street and, surprise! - Sam's Club was open (and of course, the Walmart next to it was open). Thank goodness it wasn't a wasted trip. We went through Sam's Club and got all but a few items that are unique to Costco, and picked up some other items at Walmart and went on our way home. The real discovery yesterday was that it really isn't far at all to Williamsburg and Jamestown and we will be able to do multiple trips to them. The distance is about the same as it was for us to go from Happy Jack to Flagstaff in Arizona.

Josie decided that it was time she got a page on Facebook, so we spent a good part of the afternoon and evening setting her up with that. All was going well with that effort until I spilled a drink on her computer. Wow. What a disaster that could have been - and may still turn out to be over time. We performed all the recommended action - turn off, unplug, turn on it's side, remove as many components as you can, use a hair dryer on cool setting, and let it dry in the air conditioned room for 24 hours. We tried it out this morning, and it seems to be working OK - for now. That's not the way we want to replace computers. Anyway, she was able to finish up on my system so she is ready to go.

The summer has arrived. It was 96 yesterday, with about 85% humidity. It felt like it was 110. We are at 82 already this morning and it is only 8:30. We aren't sure yet what we will do today, but there are a few honey-do's that we need to get done, so that's about it for now...