We drove 23 hours over two days through such exciting spots as Hermosillo, Nogales, Tucson, Gila Bend, Blyth, and Santa Clarita before pulling into our garage in San Anselmo. It was really cold (for us and this early in November) but we cranked on the furnace and fired up the hot tub. A quick supper (sour batard bread is a fine meal) then early to bed.
About midnight I heard the shout out: "Hello This is the San Anselmo Police" and was blinded by the powerful flashlight beam coming from the kitchen. "Wake up Alan, it's the police!" Or else a very nice home invasion team. Alan is still dreaming and decides these are the guards from the marina and he needs to move the car. He suddenly is fluent in Spanish: "uno memento" he calls out and then looks for his car keys. I give some advice to put his pants on and go to the back door get them to turn off the d#%&m flashlight.
Finally he is aware that he is in SAN ANSELMO! And the police are at his back door.
Our police department has a free service to patrol houses for residents away from home. They come by several times a week to check the doors and windows to determine if anything is amiss. And since we always leave the back door unlocked (when we are home) the patrol stumbled upon us. So much for that well deserved long sleep!
So we are back, working on two lists: everything for Magic to take back in January and everything for the house so we can be moved out by January. We will get working on those tasks just as soon as the heat kicks in and the coffee warms our bones!
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