Since we stayed inside for most of yesterday, we decided to run some errands and get to the local library to update our computers. I’ve got two updates that will take about 2 hours each and then some smaller ones. Plus, I’ve got to update some aps in my iPad. Looks like another indoors day.
We rushed out in the morning so we could get to Brandy’s Bakery and Restaurant. If we could get there by 8:00, we could save $1.00 on the ‘special’ and that’s our kind of bargain. Nice restaurant and the meal was very good. Since the library opens at 10:00, we planned to drink lots of coffee and read the paper. However, the restaurant filled up after 9:00 and we left a bit earlier than we had planned.
Thus, another errand before the library. As we drove around Flagstaff, we noted several Mom and Pop breakfast restaurants with lots of cars around them. Unfortunately, we are here only 6 days and won’t be able to take advantage of them. Alas: too many restaurants, too few days. We usually eat out one breakfast per week and we are meeting with some friends on Tuesday for breakfast. We don’t often get to Flagstaff where they live and, ironically, during the 6 days we spend here, they are in Ames, Iowa. Wouldn’t you know?
The library was a very nice library and we found a table near a window with views of the yellow aspens shedding their leaves. The library is right next to a park where people were having picnics, kids were playing tag football, young couples were sitting on a wall talking. I hooked my computer up to receive the updates and they began to churn away. Oops, I lost the connection. I hooked it up again and it churned again. Oops, there goes that connection again. Not only that, but it was incredibly slow. We kept working away and the updates kept churning but I had to keep monitoring the connection. Finally, about 3:30, I moved to a different table 15’ away and, sure enough, no disconnects and the updates were done in jig time. I should have moved much earlier.
Time to go home.
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