Not the trip per se but the final preparation for the trip. Specifically, Marlene just left to deliver Becky to her brother in Coral Springs. She will return Sunday, we will finish packing Monday and Tuesday and will fly out on Wednesday.
The lead-up to our departure has not been without drama. Marlene’s air conditioning misbehaved – again – on Thursday. We believe it is just a relay and a repair guy will look at it Monday. Shutting the unit down and restarting it seems to have rectified the problem, at least temporarily. But it would be good to have a reliable air conditioner in our absence.
Marlene also discovered, just this morning, that her freezer in the garage was off. We found a popped circuit and reset it. But, again, the questions are (1) what caused the circuit to trip and (2) can we trust it to not trip again while we are away? Our working theory is that the heavy rain yesterday got into the exterior outlet (which is on the same circuit), causing a short. I tied a plastic bag over the outlet to prevent that from happening again, if that is the problem.
She will have her neighbor keep an eye on the house while we are away but she can’t expect him to check everything every day. So we have to keep our fingers crossed…