We had outings 5 days in a row. Wednesday we went to Houlihan’s to get Danita’s free entree. Thursday was a neighborhood party because they got new furniture for the clubhouse. Friday was a neighborhood hot dog and hamburger grill. Saturday we went to an outdoor concert in Catonsville, followed by an ice cream in Historic Ellicott City. This morning we went to First Watch to get Danita’s free breakfast. We got a lot of other stuff done last week. I got my “Real ID” driver’s license all squared away. In addition to all that, Danita took her dad to his last PT appointment. I had 3 doctor’s appointments. My urologist decided he wants to look at my bladder again. That’s certainly not my favorite test, but as he said, it eliminates all the bad stuff.

Our printer stopped working after 8 years of faithful service. It was time for a new one. It took almost an entire week to get the new printer up and running. I bought a Canon color laser all-in-one. I’ve always had good luck with HP printers. Their physical printers are good, and their drivers are excellent. Unfortunately, HP has fallen behind the competition, so Canon it was. This is an extremely well-built unit. In other words, it’s heavy (60 pounds) and large (18″ cube). We decided to move furniture around to make a spot for it. When it arrived, it was quite an effort for Danita and me to get it upstairs and on the furniture. It comes with a 3-year warranty. If we exercise the warranty, we have to have the original box to ship it in. The box became a nice sized table with the addition of a table cloth. The day it arrived, the only thing we did was to get upstairs and on the furniture. Most of the installation was easy, but as expected, configuring the “scan to computer” option was cumbersome. Fortunately, that only has to be done once, and I am supposed to be an IT guy.

We leave for Italy in two weeks. The travel prep list is taped to the door. For the next two weeks, we’ll be busy scratching things off the list.

I hope this finds everybody doing well.