Friday #4

One of the really frustrating things to a computer idiot like me is that I try to do something like but in the British pound key and it somehow appears in the wrong place on the screen and then freezes the screen up!  The last two "publish" requests and the reason I am on Friday #4 is because the screen froze up and I had to abandon #2 and #3 before I was ready.

Anyway, a coke is 2 pounds 50 pence, which is about $3.25!

Back to why I am so happy.  I am booked into the Yotel tonight.  Little rooms with beds like train berths.  There are about 30 rooms at Heathrow, and as you walk along the corridor you see there are two steps up to one room, and two steps down to the next.  This is so the bed in one room is actually underneath the bed in the room next door!  There is a little bathroom attached, and I was so happy to be looking forward to a night spent there and out of the Windsor House Hotel I could dance a jig for joy.  This is an adventure and I don't expect everything to be absolutely wonderful every minute of every day, but the Windsor House Hotel sucks the big one!  They asked me to fill out a performance card as I was leaving and I was able to say truthfully that the people were helpful and I would tell my friends about the hotel.  I DIDN'T write down exactly what I would tell my friends, but if you are ever going to London and want an anti-recommendation, just ask me.  You had to walk sideways to get from the toilet to the show in the shared bathroom two hallways away, there was never any hot water, the adaptor got so hot I was afraid of an electrical fire, the two flights of stairs I had to go up and down to get to me room were so narrow and windy I was afraid of falling, and it was noisy.  One the bright side however, it was right around the corner from Earl's Court underground station, across the street from Barclay's and an internet cafe, and it was clean.

I seem to have a little part of my brain that always has a "what if.." scenario playing in the background.  I first had a real panic about my lost luggage; when that was solved I started being afraid the electrical adaptors would not work and I couldn't recharge 2 phones, IPAD, Kindle, and worst of all that my CPAP wouldn't work right.  As soom as those worries were resolved, I began to feel embarrassed because of no toothbrush (one day only) no hot shower (two and a half days).  Next it was cash availability.  I never had any problem using debit or credit cards, but you have to carry a little cash to and that was not working out at first.  Availability of a room for ths night causes a little angst but I have reserved ahead for 7 nights now so I can let that part of my worrywart brain relax for a while.  One of the worst and most persistent fears is driving on the left-hand side of th road.  I am just ignoring that one right now and enjoying the park.

I am looking back over what I have written and see lots of typos, poor grammar and bad phrasing.  I have given this blog address to my family, Red Hats, and fellow card players.  If either of you is actually reading this, know that I am not leaving all the errors in on purpose but I can't go back and correct anything without losing the draft!

Another thing that adds to my very elevated sense of well-being today -