Thursday 02/20/2025
I wanted to go to FOPAL for one little thing, but have no car. Joanne had urged me to use her Subaru and I did, for that short trip. With that done and the car back where it belonged, I had an uncommitted day ahead.
The day was uncommitted because I had planned to spend it across the Bay at Shustek doing artifact work. However I have decided to give that up. I’ve been meaning to cut back on my volunteer workload, but not sure exactly where to cut.
Yesterday, I realized that I couldn’t go to Shustek because the Prius is still at the dealer being de-rodentized. (No progress report today, either; must call tomorrow.) When I said this aloud, Joanne had said, well, you can use my car. I guess I drove it well enough Sunday night that she trusts me, but I demurred. Not wanting to impose, not wanting to be responsible for somebody else’s car for a whole day. But then, thinking it over, I realized that, at that exact moment when it occurred to me I couldn’t go to Shustek, my immediate reaction had been: relief — I was glad not to have to go.
And that answered the question of, where to cut back my volunteer stuff. I could cut out the weekly day of artifact work. I would get basically an extra day a week, what a gift! I’ll continue being a docent, which is much less of a time-suck. Well, it’s three hours per tour: changing to my red shirt, driving to CHM, giving the tour, coming back.
So today was an unplanned day, except for an hour going down to FOPAL and back. I spent most of it reading. Took a short walk before supper, during which I saw a Waymo (driverless) car cruising a local street. They are supposed to be extending their service to this area, and this car would have been on a test run.
Codgerville 