Up Early For A Return Trip To Lowes

Bill at Lowes March 13, 2020, ten months before his stroke of January 12, 2021. He was so healthy then. We both thought we would live like this forever. How quickly thing change in life. Appreciate what you have now because you never knew when that life  you take for granted is snatched away from you And then you're a sad puppy for the rest of your life like I am now.

 Up early again this morning to take that weak sauce pond pump back to Lowes. 

Oh I really like to travel early (6 AM) down Route One.

No problem returning the pump and receiving credit on my credit card. The Return clerk asked no questions. Good. I was ready this with answers.

After that successful transaction I decided to roam around the store to see what was new. Bill and I used to go to Lowes all the time. Bill loved the lumber section of Lowers. I like the smell of cut wood and of course, all those gorgeous men up early to get their contraction products. I miss those trips to Lowes with Bill. Always reminders like this that make me sad how much I miss Bill. But I keep reminding myself that Bill is no longer suffering and is a much better place now, waiting for me to join him. 

I was pleasantly surprised by all the new products. The store seemed refreshed. Maybe it's because of the competition with Amazon. Whatever the reason, I decided I will make more early morning trips like this to the wonders of Route One. For the past several years my forays out of Casa Tipton-Kelly have been to Food Lion, Peppers Greenhouse, and Restore Thrift Store and once a month to BJ's in Millsboro. It's not until Pat comes down that I vary from my tight radius places I visit and spend money. 

In Lowes I found a disco light. I've been wanting for some months now to find a disco lamp to replace my dazzling bling Christmas tree in my upstairs window to show off to my neighbors. Who knew I only needed a light bulb? It's on now and it is exactly what I wanted in that window. I've always like the sparkly colors of a disco bulb. Makes me feel good.

Up Early For a Trip To Lowes

Lowes early this morning. Check out the prices of the golf carts! Some people down here in southern coastal Delaware have money, not me Wow!

 I was up very early this morning for a dawn visit to the Rehoboth Beach Lowes. 

Yesterday the clamp that keeps the hose on my pond pump failed. I stripped it when I was tightening up the hose that became detached again. I've always had trouble with that hose because it does't fit evenly on my pond pump. I ordered new clamps from Amazon last night but in the meantime I wanted to check out pond equipment in person. Amazon is great but the one drawback is that you can't check the item in person.

I know Lowes has pond equipment but I haven't been there in about two years. Mainly because where Lowes is located is a high traffic area, very prone to accidents. And I don't want to get in an accident folks. I plan a smooth exit from his world and being in an auto accident isn't in my plans. And another reason was that there is a new traffic pattern around Lowes. The times I've ridden by Lowes on the notorious Route One (Coastal Highway aka Coastal Speedway) and I just can't figure out how to get into Lowes now. Last year when my California friend Glenn M. was visiting, he drove me and Pat to Lowes but he's such a good driver that he zipped right through that new round-about I can't remember how he did it. I need to drive through that Jetsons design roadway myself to know how to get to Lowes without a lot of traffic riding my bumper. 

Last night I checked to see what time Lowes would open and I found it it was 6 AM. Okay, I can do that. 

I got up at 5 AM, did my bathroom absolutions and skipped breakfast to arrive at Lowes. 

Success!

There was hardly any traffic!

I got through the new traffic pattern and the roundabout. I only had one glitch, I entered Lowe's parking lot with the arrows painting on the road pointing the wrong way. Whoops! I don't know what I missed there but I'll have to look for what I did wrong the next time I go to Lowes.

What a pleasure it was to travel down Route One without the heavy summertime beach traffic. Then to go into Lowes which wasn't packed with people. The only other people I saw there, besides a few sales people (which were very helpful by the way, unlike the unhelpful way they were the last times I shopped there a few years ago) were old men like me. Really OLD MEN, and they all had mobility problems just like me. Ah, I felt right at home. No more pitiful glances from the "regular people" as I shuffle around stooped over like I do now. Oh yes, I get those pity looks. I'm there now. Don't cry for me Argentina though, it is what it is. I'm old and going downhill faster that I would prefer. But I still have some life in me, especially early in the morning when I'm at my most energetic. It's noon now as I type this blog entry. After I'm finished and posting this blog I'll have lunch and then I'm off for my two hour plus afternoon nap. This is a nap I need because that nap. I have to recharge my batteries because they are drained after I have lunch every day.

I found a solution to my pond problem. I couldn't let my pond fish go a whole day without aeration in their home. I got a new pump that fits my pond house. I hooked up my new pump with my pond hose when I got home. It works and the waterfall is back and my fish are happily swimming around in the water below the waterfall. I could even use the sound of falling water as white noise. Now there's a thought.

When I returned home from Lowes the traffic was picking up already. I made it home safely and this is where I will stay until next Monday. I don't fight the summertime beach traffic. 

Have a great day!