Slowly Erasing Donna

I have spent the last two weeks having Donna’s name removed from bank accounts, the title to the house, her name off the land lease, the power bill, etc. Last Friday a woman from the ALS Association came over and picked up a few small things for their loaner closet. Someone else is coming over tomorrow to pick up a lot of the mobility supplies and home occupational therapy devices.

Those things were all esoteric, just names on paper or in computer files, today was a big one, I took all her clothes, coats, visors and shoes to Goodwill. I walk by the ratan hutch in the living room and look at the pictures of her to see if Donna is fading out like Marty McFly in “Back to the Future.”

Sport, Off-Road, Touring

The Patina Edition of SORT
As of Monday, October 14, 2024 at 2:00 PM pacific time:

Sport Off-Road Touring
1968 Porsche
912 Coupe		 1978 Ford
F-250 Ranger		 1953 Chevrolet
3100 Pickup
First off, all 3 of last week’s cars were Reserve Not Met and that is only the 2nd time that has happened in the 217 weeks I’ve been doing this. Secondly, it can’t happen this week because at least the ’53 Chevy truck is No Reserve.

Here is what last week’s cars sold for, or bid to (if the reserve was not met):
Sport: 1992 Rover Mini Bid to $64,500 on 10/8/24
Off-Road: 2017 Ford F-150 Bid to $40,000 on 10/8/24
Touring: 2018 Porsche Panamera Bid to $39,277 on 10/8/24

Another Post Office Sunday

A beautiful sunny day for top top motoring, even if quite a bit of it was big city surface streets. Checking the upcoming weather forecast I think might just be the last nice sunny day for awhile, like until maybe April…

COVID

Monday before last I woke up in the very early morning feeling like a train had hit me. I ate breakfast and at 7:00 AM as Fred Meyers was opening, I was walking in, in a mask, and purchased a couple of at-home tests and some NyQuil. Got home, followed all the instruction and 15 minutes later I had the COVID.

Best guess nowadays sez I was infected anywhere from 2 to 9 days earlier. That overlapped with Donna in the hospital with me at her side to buying a car only 2 days before. For the first 5 days of I was knocking back that NyQuil. Then I went back to a regular pain meds and decongestant.

So for these last eight days the meds have stayed the same and so have my COVID symptoms, so do I have the dreaded Long COVID? Or just ’cause I’m an old guy it is going to take a while to get over?

Sketchers Slip-Ins

I’m a big fan of working smarter, not harder, so I’m a big fan of no tie shoes. I’ve had several versions of the slip on casual shoe and it was time to replace my gray Sketchers. I’ve seen several commercials touting, “never have to handle your shoes ever again.”

I headed over to the Sketchers website and eyeballed all the Slip-ins. I found a winner in the Summits – Key Pace There is no local Sketchers store, but they are carried by Famous Footwear and there is a store over in Gresham. I made a run over on Monday to see if they had any of my choice and they did. I tried on my usual size 11 and my foot was swimming. Next, I tried on a 10 and that was a lot better. Paid my money and took my new shoes home.

I put them in and walked around the house a bit and while the length was right, they still felt too big. That’s when I noticed the sticker on the box that read, “WIDE.” So rather than drive over and hope for the correct medium width shoe I bought a pair from Amazon with next day delivery. It was more expensive than at the store but it was worth the extra penny at $75. At the store they were $74.99.

When the Amazon delivery showed up, I tried on my new 11 medium and sure enough the shoe was too tight. the width was right but it was too short and crowded my toes. So, I packed them right back up and did the Kohl’s drop off return. After leaving Kohl’s I drove over the Famous Footwear to return the 11 wide shoes. In that style of shoe all they had were wide widths, so I ordered a pair of 11 mediums to be delivered to me at home. They’ll probably be here early next week.

Fingers crossed that the 11 mediums fit or I’m going to have return them and try a 11.5 medium…

Sport, Off-Road, Touring

Pumpkin Spice Edition of SORT
As of Monday, October 7, 2024 at 12:00 PM pacific time:

Sport Off-Road Touring
1992 Rover Mini 2017 Ford F-150 2018 Porsche Panamera
Hands down the longest title ever, at 14 words, on BAT. Hands down the strangest livery on a F-150 Raptor on BAT. Hands down the prettiest version of a Panamera on BAT.

Here is what last week’s car sold for:
Sport, Off-Road & Touring:
2024 Mazda MX-5 Miata Grand Touring 6MT
Sold for $36,115 on 9/28/24