Hi all:
Another adventure begins. Dawn and I arrived Fort Myers Wednesday, Nov. 4. The "great ice maker flood" of September has left its aftermath in terms of mold/mildew smell in the kitchen, and a layer of plaster dust pretty much everywhere else from the drywall being replaced. The wooden legs on the recliner are stained from where the water stood on the floor. The first batch of ice from the ice maker was coated in a layer of gunk. Pretty much everything needs a scrubbing. There is a new cabinet the kitchen, and a new vanity in the bathroom. Both of the old ones were ruined from the water and humidity.
We unpacked our essentials, then made a list of stuff we needed, both groceries and cleaning supplies, and set out on errands. We also fetched our mail from the private mailbox place up the street, and I had several packages waiting for me, including a repaired watch, an AC adapter for my Microsoft Surface RT tablet, and my new Amazon $50 tablet computer, which I'm trying out and may use as a replacement when (not if!) the Surface craps out on me. Our "lunch" that day consisted of a stop at the Love Boat Ice Cream Parlor! We bought $20 worth of cleaning supplies and a few other misc. items at Target.
For dinner that night, we had chicken burritos, salsa, and chips. With the Internet and basic cable running, we watched a little bit of Netflix and some TV, but then turned in early. We were both tired from driving from Tifton, Georgia.
Thursday 11/5
Errands this morning, and Dawn came along also to get acclimated to the geography. We stopped at Planet Fitness to get my membership switched over, and turned out they could not (or would not) do the switch, so I ended up getting a new "black card" membership, which will now cost me $20/month instead of $10/month, but now I won't have to worry about switching every six month. FM will now be my "home base" location, and the black card will get me into any Planet Fitness in any city for unlimited use, and I just needed to write a letter to the Planet Fitness in Janesville to cancel my membership there so that I'm no longer billed the $10/month here.
Also, this morning, we found out the washer/dryer unit in the apartment is broke. The washer washes, but will not drain or spin. So a call to the landlord is bringing a repair person to the apartment next Tuesday, 11/10. In the meantime, we had a load of soaking wet clothes to take to a wash-and-fold laundromat, which cost Dawn $13.50.
We treated ourselves to dinner at Pincher's Crab Shack out on San Carlos, Blvd. I had a pound of the large stone crab claws, and Dawn had deep friend scallops. Delicious. Man, I have missed those crab claws, but must make them only an occasional treat, as they are $40 for the one-pound dinner. Maybe just weekly .., ha ha. We bought a half of a key lime pie at Publix, and brought it home and each had a slice for dessert.
Friday 11/6
A few more errands this morning, but in the afternoon I left Dawn on her own, and went to Planet Fitness for a much-needed 2-hour workout, then to the CVS pharmacy for some refills, and also got my flu shot while there. For dinner, I made some chicken quesadillas, and we had fresh salsa and guacamole from the farmer's market that morning. They were delicious. We split the rest of the key lime for dessert.
Saturday 11/7
Today, we just finished breakfast here at the apartment, and now are going to a residence at the "Reflections" community up the street on Cypress Lake Drive to look at a Yamaha Clavinova piano for the apartment. At some point today, my plan is buy a nice piece of fresh fish at Publix, and tonight pan sear it and top it with a homemade mango salsa, with beans and rice on the side and perhaps a fruit sorbet on the side. Beyond that, the day is clear so far.
We see Wisconsin's little November heat wave has come to an end. It's been unseasonably hot here (upwards of mid-90s) these last three days, but by next week is supposed to return to normal lower to mid 80s, with 60s at night.
Take care,
Bruce & Dawn
Great first report!
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