Oooooh Noooooo!

Wellllll, things got off to rather an inauspicious (sp?) start. You know how we set the clocks back last night and got an extra hour's sleep? Well, I did set my clock back, but got 2 extra hours because I FORGOT TO SET THE ALARM. Soooo, as I arrived at the ferry at 6:32 am, to find the boat 20 yards off the dock and going, I had that sinking feeling many of us Islanders have felt once or twice, and dread. I wanted to get a photo of the boat, just off the dock, sailing into the beautiful sunrise, but I was too busy banging my head on the steering wheel and, umm, praying. Yeah, praying. Loudly. So this was T-minus one day and counting. The object was to get Maddie's dresser from a storage unit full of furniture in Marlborough, put it in the vessel, drive the vessel back to the Cape and have it fully serviced at the Jiffy Lube. Now, in order to make it back Sunday night and finish packing, etc., it was: put the car on the noon boat, fast boat over, rent a car, drive to Marlborough, get dresser. (Had to call Maddie to describe it. She was good enough to say that maybe we were having all of our bad luck at the beginning of the trip!) Then, back to drive off the Subaru (saving $25.00 drive-off charge), take Subaru to the good folks at Jiffy Lube:

I went the extra 2 bucks for the Bosch Wiper Blades, for Amanda, in case of the unlikely event of precipitation in the San Francisco area...or Tahoe.

Parked the Subaru at the boat- $10.00 per calendar day. Took the last boat over, getting the first boat back. Parking-$20.00. It's a wonder anyone visits the island...

Talked to Sean today, hotel is set in Tulsa. He's with the Cirque in Ft. Wayne, Indiana tonight. Luckeee!

Anne Meara says they'll be in LA when we're there! Hope we can do lunch. We miss 'em.

We're off on the 7:45 fast boat in the morning. Objective: Brooklyn, Halloween Parade and dinner in the Village, and to Jersey to spend the night. We'll let you know how it goes...