So AFTER I made a reservation for a flight on the 19th of April I realized the lunar eclipse fell on *my* Mercury the day before the flight, of more significance than it might sound as flying from Silver City involves a three hour drive to the airport first.
OK. So first my bnb couple ask on Monday morning if they can possibly stay another night. Of course, I say, my eyes turning into dollar signs the way Bluto's (?) used to in the Popeye cartoons. But aren't you getting ready to leave, they say. No problem, I say, I don't need to leave till the evening, I'm all ready basically and all I have to do are last minute things.
So I wave them off at 10 am on Tuesday, eclipse happening overnight Monday, and immediately strip the bed and wash the sheets because friends will be spending the night on the 20th, while I'm away. Sheets out of washer, into dryer, towels into washer. Have said will drop off cats at kennel between twelve and one. Quick sweep of floors, dishes washed, sheets out of dryer and onto bed, towels into dryer, clothes I'm planning on wearing on trip into washer. Need to go to Walmart for grapes and jerky for plane and decide to go on way back from Kennel, four miles past Walmart on way out of town.
Get Pretty Boy into real live cat carrier easily. Grab Good Girl and manage to get her into cardboard what you bring animals back from shelter in when you don't have a real carrier carrier. Holding two top flaps down when she pushes up against top and as I have no strength in left wrist forces it open and hides behind washing machine. Wait ten minutes to see if she'll come out and for reasons unknown to self decide to take Pretty Boy then and take Good Girl on way to ELP. Kennel closes at 5:30.
Drop off Pretty Boy, harden heart and refuse to look back, go to Walmart, do shopping, take home. Take towels out of dryer, fold and put in guest bathroom, remember must spray non-native plants with Deer Out as when deer realize house is unoccupied will leap fences and devour any green. Decide to spray right that very minute as realize if put off again will remember as pulling car out of driveway. Spray all outside non-native plants. Start to load toiletries into wheelie bag. Look at clock and realize need to get skates on if to get Good Girl to kennel by closing time.
See Good Girl outside on back patio, pick up and toss into car, close door. Realize need to crack window, open door a chink to get arm in, Good Girl escapes and runs away. Go back in house to put clothes in dryer, realize didn't turn on washing machine. Turn on washing machine. Look at clock. By time clothes washed and dried, kennel will be closed.
Do a walkaround of house, collect all necessary cords and cables and chargers and put in computer bag. Clean out litter boxes. Water house plants. Out clothes in dryer. Look at clock. See Good Girl on front porch, pick up, throw in car, drive to Kennel. Arrive at 5:15. Carry squirming Good Girl into kennel, drop off, take one look at Pretty Boy lying docile in shoe box bed, drive back to house. Open dryer, roll up clothes and put in wheelie bag, take off for ELP, heading past kennel for first time.
Get to ELP, find hotel, repack bag, leave a lot in car. Sleep, get up, drive to airport, told at check in desk have missed flight and will have to go on standby for next. Decide to go to gate anyway, allowed on, bag checked. Flight to DFW fine, flight to LGA fine. Now have to take bus to US Air terminal for final hop, go through security again. US Air refuse to take home-printed boarding pass (accepted by American on both other legs), have to go to desk. Official pass accepted.
Get to Logan, luggage lost, appears with no name tag, told must always have name tag on luggage.
Picked up by T, get lost, find selves at bus entrance to South Street Station, $50,000 fine. Drive into parking lot, drive out of parking lot, no fee except being asked why took wrong turn. Now in downtown Boston rush hour traffic, home in only 90 minutes.
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