Picked up Dave at the south Bellevue Way Park & Ride this morning
on the way to a noon meeting and coffee at Crossroads Mall. Robin Lynn meet us at the meeting. We were not the most socially skilled group
to ever get coffee at QFC, but we did it in our own inimitable way. I bought them coffee and a donut while I had
water and a donut. It was kind of funny,
I don’t even know how to buy coffee. Lea
got a raspberry mocha and they got plain coffee. For plain coffee, you have to fill your own
cup from a thermos urn. When the clerk
pointed towards the urns, I thought she was telling us to get out of the store
and that was rude… or more nearly… she was being helpful to the clueless!
It was a full car on the way from the meeting to the mall. Robin Lynn has a service dog that is the size
of a small Golden Retriever. She sat in
the front seat with the dog in her lap.
Lea and Dave sat in the back. The
trunk on the new green Thunderbird is the same size by volume as the last
Cougar, but it is a bit deeper in depth and does not stretch so far
forward. That slight increase in depth
makes it a lot easier to put my wheelchair in the trunk.
Robin Lynn left us to go shopping at the mall. Lea felt poorly and sat in the car while Dave
and I talked for another 15 minutes. I
drove Dave to the Alano Club, dropped Lea off at the apartment and had a nice swim.
By the time we left the meeting, the morning fog had burned off and it
was a pleasant Fall day on the Eastside
with the Fall leaves turning beautiful shades of orange and red as the trees
turn from Summer’s green giants to Wintery stick figures.
I am grateful for sunny days, new friends, a deeper trunk, coffee,
donuts, a mall that makes a wonderful “third place” to meet with friends, a
vigorous swim, and fall TV shows.
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