Yesterday was Errands.
As you’re all of course aware the Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite dropped yesterday, and it was in my mind to arrive at Best Buy in Augusta and Acquire One, since my old-in-computer-terms Asus tablet is trembling on the edge of the True Death.
Alas, the Best Buy in Augusta had no A7 Lites in-stock. They would have been pleased to order one for me, but yanno? I can do that myself.
So, onward!
Our next stop was Ellsworth, where we picked up the tambour clock that we had dropped off for repair in March, and and which I have missed DESperately every day it was gone.
Having driven to Ellsworth via the high-speed (where road construction is underway on both sides — welcome to summer in Maine), we opted to drive home via the low-speed (that’s Routes 1 and 3 to you), arriving in good time at Belfast, where we had a lovely under-the umbrella lunch at Nautilus at the harbor. Steve had the haddock sandwich and I had the portobello with melted cheese on toast, both pronounced excellent. There was green wine on offer, but we sadly declined, since there was still some driving to do.
Funny thing about Belfast harbor yesterday — there were no seagulls. No, not one, even though there were french fries in play.
We drove home, decided that the grocery shopping could be put off until today, and shared the piece of limoncello cake we brought home from Nautilus. Then Steve put the tambour clock back into its place in the living room bookshelf, I logged into B&H Photography and ordered myself a tablet, and we reconvened in the living room with a glass of wine, to finish reading Network Effect to each other.
In a few minutes, it’s off to the grocery store, then a story conference, then all story all the time for the Next While. I hear there are authors who never have Deadline Crunch, but those authors are not us.
It rained overnight; I’m not sure how much, and the weatherbeans today threaten us with roaming violent thunderstorms, armed with hail, so that will be exciting, and the more reason to do the grocery shopping early.
Everybody stay safe.
Sounds like a (mostly) delightful day, with Murderbot providing comfy entertainment once you returned home.
I am so excited to be able to visit again in September, although I’ll be on the “moose side” of the state where the family camp is. Maybe we’ll pass each other at a gem show, if I can find one during my visit.
What a great day off and sorry about the tablet.
I have a cell phone that’s dying and I’m trying to hold on until the next blackberry or blackberry-adjacent drops. It’s taking *FOREVER.*