Tuesday Travels (Okay, Travels = Errands)

Costco Gas, Costco, Cub, Wright County Compost & Recycle, Buffalo Eye Clinic, and Target were all on our list of places to visit today.

We hit Costco Gas in Maple Grove when there was no line at all, a first for us, and were delighted to pay $3.00/gallon for gas. That’s the best price we’ve seen in a long time. Costco Warehouse was not as busy as many Tuesday mornings, so our shopping went quickly. Cub takes our U Care card which is issued by our Medicare advantage plan through United Health. Our Cub groceries were free to us this week as we had earned money for healthcare activities during October. That saved us $90.00 out of pocket.

Wright County Compost & Recycle is where we take excess cardboard. We had cardboard from our snow tires and recent Amazon packages that would not fit in the regular recycle for curbside pickup. When we got there the place was empty and we were able to drive right in and drop off within a few minutes. Then it was to Buffalo Eye Clinic to pick up my new glasses and Joe’s new sunglasses.

Lucky for us Shannon was free to help us. I wrote about our visit with Shannon last month. Today we learned about her dog, Brodie, he is a sweetheart. He was a stray she came across and even though he was tagged, tracing ownership ended in a dead end. Brodie is 9 years old and loves Shannon. They are both a gift to each other. Shannon shared a video of Brodie. He loves to take her slippers (when she is not wearing them) and he keeps one in his bed and another in a chair he likes to sit in. He doesn’t chew them – he only moves them. He moves her other slippers too into other parts of the house. I always enjoy hearing about people’s animals!

Our last stop was Target to pick up something for Megan. Now we are home and Joe is out walking Pan in the neighborhood. They usually walk five miles a day. It is getting dark earlier (around 5:00pm) which puts a crimp in both Joe and Pan’s plan for today as it was 4:30 pm when they left the house. They like to go out and walk on Hwy 20 to a dirt road about two miles away. Then they walk up the dirt road for another half mile. When they return to the house, they have a five-mile walk. I asked Joe to keep it in the neighborhood today because there are sidewalks so he thought he might walk five loops of the neighborhood which will give him five miles.

My plan for the evening is to catch a few episodes of Medium on Amazon Prime Video and get to bed early. I am still recovering from my Shingrix vaccine this past weekend. I’d rather feel achy and tired with a sore arm than to get Shingles!

For those of you considering retirement. I find I enjoy a day of errands. The nicest feeling is that none of the errands must be done in a hurry. I can enjoy the scenery on our drives, and I do not have it playing in my head that I must get everything done because tomorrow I must go to work. It is a very free feeling. Also, not being in my head in anticipation of the work to get done, sure frees up a lot of energy to enjoy the world around me.