Another hot, glorious day! I began the miscellaneous varnishing, and Roy put some of the hardware back on and straightened up the boat for the survey.
Around 3:15, I left to go to Boat/U.S. First I went downtown to check the mail and was delighted to receive a birthday card from Carol, Rick, and Meghan. First one this year. Also received a letter from Steve. He had checked with the phone company to find out why our calling card had been cancelled. Turned out someone had used our calling card number to make calls to Germany and the Netherlands! So now one mystery has been solved, but another one has been created: Who got hold of our calling card number and how? We've never written it down, and we certainly haven't given it to anyone. Nor have we ever made any calls to Europe. I hope when the phone company re-issues our card, they give us a new code number. We certainly don't want to pay for someone else's long-distance calls.
We haven't received state income-tax forms from California, so I went to the copy place next to the post office and made copies of my 1992 return, whited out the amounts, and ran three more copies. I'll just change 1992 to 1993 and use those forms.
Always before when I've gone to Boat/U.S., I've had to walk to and from Military Circle or Janaf Plaza, a distance of about 1 1/2 miles, so today I was resolved to take the bus. Rode the #20 to Military Circle Shopping Center and stayed on the bus, expecting it to continue east on Virginia Beach Blvd., as the schedule showed. To my dismay, the bus turned left and headed back to downtown Norfolk! Got off at the first stop and began walking in the direction of Boat/U.S. Needed a few groceries, so I crossed the street to Farm Fresh and bought them. To my surprise, a bus came by just as I got back to the street, so I got on it and rode to Boat/U.S.
Wouldn't you know--the young clerk who's supposedly handling this order hadn't gotten the price of the paddle-wheel, so he couldn't collect the money. On top of that, the store didn't have any of the other stuff Roy wanted, so it was a wasted trip. I should have phoned before I went over there.
It was 6:20 when I left the store. There's a bus stop right in front of the store, and I expected a bus to come by around 6:30, but when I got to the stop, the sign said the bus stopped there only between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m.! So I had to walk to Janaf Plaza after all. At least it wasn't raining this time. Both previous times it had been pouring. Today was sunny and warm, but I had the two bags of groceries to carry.
Got to Janaf in plenty of time to catch the #15. In fact, it was 10 minutes late. But then I began worry about its tight connection with the #8. The #15 is supposed to arrive at the transfer point at 7:15; the #8 is supposed to leave the transfer point at 7:15. With the #15 already 15 minutes late, I figured there was no chance of catching the #8. Oh well, there'd be another #8 at 7:45, so I'd just wait patiently, right? Wrong. Fortunately, a little voice said, "Check the schedule." Oops! After 7:15, there isn't another #8 for TWO HOURS! I wasn't about to sit on the bus bench for two hours, so I figured I'd have to take a cab. Would probably cost about four or five dollars. But when the bus stopped at a light, I went up and asked the driver if she could phone the dispatcher and ask the #8 to wait for me. She did, and it did, so I got back to the boat on schedule after all. What a relief!
It was 7:40 when I reached the boat, 9:00 when we ate supper, and 11:15 when I finally got to bed. Way past my normal bedtime.
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