Today, RQS had to go home after a weekend at my place, and things started off relatively normally for a Monday. Both RQS and I would get showered and dressed, and I would drive her to the train station to go home. And our routine followed along this path until I got home.
For the next 2 days (as I write this), the one functional "Big Boy" locomotive UP#4014 would be available for viewing at the Steamtown National Historic Site. And then, UP#4014 could be serviced by both Steamtown and Union Pacific personnel until the end of the month, when UP#4014 would make its way to Philadelphia for America's 250th anniversary. If I had made my plan to drive to Scranton, PA immediately after dropping RQS off at the station, RQS would not be able to communicate with her family - she had left her cell phone charging in my bedroom, and the earliest I could get it to her would be Wednesday. If I couldn't get it to her then, it would be another 11 days before she'd have her phone in her hands. (You can imagine what it would be like if you couldn't return phone calls for 2 weeks!) So, I decided to drive to her place before I'd be affected by rush hour traffic jams.
It was a perfect day for me to wear a summery dress with a denim jacket - the weather was warm enough for a nice dress, but cool enough to want something to keep me warm after the sun goes down. So, I figured that I'd get to RQS's place by 3 pm, surprise her with her phone, and then have a couple of tacos with her before driving back home. And the dress was the most comfortable thing I could wear when walking to the taco shop.
But back to RQS's place....
I used my keys to enter her building then knocked on her door. It was the most pleasant surprise she could have gotten. A couple of hours later, we were eating tacos, and I was ready to drive home. And that's where the 2nd forgotten item was left in the wrong place. She forgot to take her keys when she want to the pottery studio. Luckily, she has a neighbor who has broken in to her apartment (with permission) in the past, so that she could get into her apartment.
I'm glad I could have been there for her today, and that her neighbor was available to help her as well.
