This morning I woke up and was thrilled to find it not raining. I took a shower at the comfort station and had a Luna nutrition bar for breakfast. Then I headed for the Mazda dealer in Asheville. While they were looking at my car I had lunch with my son Brandon and his wife Poppy Kay. In the end, the mechanic said there was nothing wrong with my air conditioner after all. He said sometimes the condenser drain freezes if you run the a.c. for an unusual length of time (as I did on the trip through New York.) They had it for more than three hours, but didn't charge me anything. I was very grateful.
Now I am back at Malaprops Bookstore and Café. This afternoon I am going to meet up with a friend I met at the retreat who lives nearby.
Writing: I need to resume my writing. I think I should plow ahead with The Elements of Academic Writing,and let I Just Want to Be Happy rest for a while. I'll see what Glenda and the editor at the Cape Cod Writers Conference say before going back to that. I may have a poem emerging too. We'll see.
LATE ADDITION:
I forgot to mention earlier a wonderful experience. Tuesday evening at sunset, I was driving back up the mountain from Asheville and passed several cars pulled over on the side of the road to watch the beautiful sunset. As I passed one car, a young man gave me a little wave. So I waved back and drove on. But then I stopped and backed up. Something didn't look quite right. They weren't looking at the sunset. I asked if he was OK.
"Not really," he replied. "Can you help me push start me car?"
Rather than push it, I offered to jump-start his car with jumper cables. He liked that even better, I was happy to help, and the young man and his girlfriend were extremely grateful. I am so glad I backed up and asked.
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