Sherri's First Day

Oh my it is time to get up again. Even with all the encouragement of my fellow Dreamers it is getting so hard to go to work now. What is it with the final months that make it so hard to concentrate on working here? Yes the alarm went off and I slowly pulled my self out of the bed and onto the floor...wobbled over to the coffee maker and flipped the switch to get the process going. I wonder how many times I have done that over the past 45 years. Gosh it must be several...ya think. I know we use to have one of those peculator coffee pots and then we went to the electric self contained coffee makers...do you remember those times?


I got that going and then wobbled into the bathroom to shower and shave...you noticed I wobble everywhere now with my leg hurting me... I am a wobbler. It really is starting to feel better now that I am off of it most of the day. I have excused myself from going out into the press room and this has helped me reduce the swelling some what. OK... shower, shaving, dressing, prepared lunch, fixed coffee, found my wallet and keys....I am off for another day at the office.


I spent most of the day doing reports and answer questions as usual and then ate my lunch and got in some journal reading. I am so far behind on all the journals I don't know if I will ever catch back up. I love to read about everyone's travels especially while I am at the office because it takes me away from here and puts me in a happy place. Keep them coming Dreamers.


OK I told you that this was Sherri's first day on the road. She just traveled today to Marshall, where she will be staying while she is working in Hallsville...which evidently is so small they do not have accommodations for temp folks. I don't think that Marshall is that far from Hallsville so all is well.


Upon arriving in Marshall, Sherri found a motel and went in to get a room. She told the clerk at the desk that she wanted to be on the second floor and she did not want an adjoining room. These are two things that she has always been very adamant about. She does not feel safe on the first floor and she does not want a door that adjoins another room. OK that being said these are the two wishes she conveyed to the clerk. All the paperwork was made up and she took off to her room...which she found to be on the first floor...and low and behold it adjoined the room next to it. Well this was just too much for her take at one time so she dropped her stuff off in the room and headed back down to the front desk to register her complaint. She explained once again to the clerk that she wanted on the second floor and no adjoining room. The clerk apologized for the misunderstanding and changed it all to full fill her wishes.


Back to the room Sherri went to get her stuff and make the move to the new room...whats this the door is locked...Oh I have the new card but it is for the new room and not this one...the card to this room is in the room with all her bags . Gee I will have to go back down to the desk and get a card for this room so I can get my stuff and then go back and get the card for the new room...oh I already have it...So she heads back down to the desk... the clerk sees her coming and knows that we have another problem. OK, says the clerk I will make this card open that room and you can get your stuff out and then you can come back and I will make it fit the new room again. Sherri gets the card heads back to the locked room and retrieves her belongings. Back to the desk to get the card for the new room and then up to the second floor and gets into the new room. All is well...second floor no adjoining door...life is good...for a short time. Toilet runs will not stop...OK shut the door and ignore it...Takes a shower the shower does not drain...OK this can be corrected in the morning. This is the first day...stay tuned for day two.


My job went on an on and on and finally 5:30 rolled around and I was outa here. Time to go home to that empty 5ver and fix supper and then I get to chat with all my friends. This is the best part of the day. I fixed me a breakupper and ate...before I knew it, it was 7:30 and I wondered why work can't go this fast. I jumped on the chat and everyone was there chatting and all my problems just faded away...just like that. Got me two bowles of ice cream and really enjoyed the evening with friends.


OK that about sums up my exciting day. I will end this entry today with some more pictures of Canada and our 17 state tour.

Arch on the backside of Mackinaw Island Michagan

This is a view of Fort Mackinaw from the back side

Sherri and Dortha take in the view from the balcony of the fort

We left Mackinaw and headed through Canada to Niagara Falls. We took the Maid of the Mist tour which was fantastic

We stopped and had lunch after the tour at a cafe on the river over looking the Canadian Falls

I will have more on the falls tomorrow and a good story to tell you about the guys trip to Fort Erie. They got lost Somewhere in Time.