Finalement Arrivé

It took two trips, but we have finally arrived back home - lock, stock, and barrel. I went out a bit early this morning for a quick 20 miles or so on the levee. By the time I was back and showered, there were four of the Psych office staff ready to get to work. We had two working on the dining room table, one in the study, and another kind of floating around thanks to the wireless network. There's a fax machine on my end table, two computers on the dining room table, a desktop and printer in my study, file boxes on the window seat, a couple more printers here and there, and a wireless telephone. I made a big pot of Starbucks coffee to get things started, but even with the extra caffeine, it wasn't until after noon that The Wife had things under control that we could head back to Jackson for the final time to retrieve the cat and a full car load of "stuff."

Over the past two months, it seems we have duplicated a lot of things, most of which I personally consider to be entirely unnecessary anyway. We clearly have at least twice as much laundry detergent, cleaning supplies, paper plates, etc. as ever. We even ended up with two hair dryers, two vacuum cleaners, two shower heads, and innumerable varieties of bath gel, bug repellent, etc. The house, which a couple of weeks felt remarkably clean, neat and uncluttered, is again a bit of a mess. Regardless, it's good to be home, even if I do have to trip over a few file boxes for a while.

On the way to Jackson this afternoon, The Daughter called to say that her laptop was having serious trouble. Sounds like it can't find the hard drive. Not good. She was going to let some guy she knows take a look at it, and we also had our tech guy give her a call, but AFAIK, no dice. The last resort is to bring it to tech support on campus and see what they say. Could be that the hard drive has gone south, but that seems to be such a rare thing nowadays, that I wonder if it could be something else. We shall see, I guess.

The Baton Rouge Fall Century is this weekend. Now, doesn't it just figure that I'd leave Jackson the Friday before the Fall Century, which starts just a few miles down the road and goes right past the house? As it turns out, I'll be "leading" the winter training ride this Sunday on the Northshore. We had a great ride last Sunday. This weekend it looks like the warm weather will continue, and there will even be a reasonable chance of rain. I'll be doing the Giro Ride tomorrow anyway. After the last ten weeks, the security and predictability of routine will be welcome.