Friday, July 10, 2015

Last Days in Sunrise Bay

Well, here I am on Friday, July 10--my last day in Sunrise Bay, Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey.  Hardly slept as the damn new fire detector kept chirping.  However, Walter came over and fixed it somehow.  C.O. guy came later, said all was well, and Walter can pick up the certificate on Monday.
Ray came about 9:00, as I had asked him to, and we loaded his van with stuff for the thrift store. Dropped it off and what a load off my mind.  Later, I practically fille dmy car with junk and took it to the recycle center to dump. An even bigger load off my mind.  Went to the office at the clubhouse and got pool badges and so on for Eileen.
Called Jack Bihlmier to say goodbye and was concerned to hear form his son, Joe, that Jack's in the hospital (SOCH).  It seems he was dizzy and light-headed; they don't seem to know why.  Also called Claire E., who was sorry to hear I'm leaving and we chatted.
Called Horizon and was very pleasantly surprised--amazed and incredulous, in fact--to discover it was a breeze to change addresses and that the premium would remain the same.  Still haven't heard back from Allstate, though, about the tenant insurance or whatever it is.
Said I wanted to take my own car to the Dockside luncheon in my honor and got there at noon.  There were seven there, all friends of long-standing.  They gave me some lovely presents, including a book of postcards with some postcard stamps.  Now I must write them and I will.  We parted with many warm hugs and some tears--I get very emotional at times like this and so do they--and I drove to Bekins.  Couldn't find anyone there, called and was told I don't pay until the stuff gets to California.  Fine by me.
Now I'm in the library and still have more to do on the computer, so I'll close.  Above is only the bare bones of what I did today and if I live through it all, I'll be surprised.
Oh, BTW: yesterday (Thursday), Susan and Walter took me to Uncle Will's on Long Beach Island for breakfast and July K. took me to Mystic Casino for lunch.  In between, I know I worked my rear off with this and that, but I can't even remember what.

2 comments:

Jim Wetzel said...

Looking forward to hearing from you, from the other coast!

Mimi said...

You got it, Jim!

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