I didn’t go on the bike ride. I guess I was a bit hung over and woke up late. And I was afraid of the heat. Lame excuses though – I needed the long ride. No long rides yet this year, and the death ride is in less than a month. Sigh. And I’m a bit – how do I say – not at my race weight.
But I think the real excuse was the 8:30 am call to Karine. Wow, we have not talked in a long time! It was nice to reconnect with her. Such a familiar face, from soooo long ago. I’m looking forward to seeing her in southern France. We won’t stay with her, but perhaps will stay nearby. She was excited to have my Mom visiting us there at the same time. She loves my mom.
We were a bit rushed after 45 minutes on skype. We did do morning math again. 2 for 2, but it was less fun today. I have to make them more fun, or we’re not going to want to do them for very long. That’s my job. Fun dad.
Anyhow, I got a lot done today, at least. Long to do list. Crossed off a few of the smaller simpler things that have to be done in advance. Ordered a new passport, so I don’t run out of pages. Called the VW dealerships in WA and CA to see about returning the car. And then filled out more of their paperwork to advance the return process. Made a doctor’s appointment. Made a dentist appointment. Did a writing assignment left over from earlier this week.
Anika tried to get ebooks of the Fred books. Stan said no, in the most polite way imaginable. So…we made our own. YOU CAN’T STOP US, STAN! Rigged up the camera and flash on the tripod, set up a jig, and started flipping pages. 2 hours later we had all the books beautifully scanned, cropped, compressed and bound into nice ebooks. So that’s a good 15 lbs we won’t be schlepping around the world. Thank god.
