Maggie and I were about a third of the way on our walk this morning when a coyote came off a side trail to the one we were on and stood watching us. We had no where to go but backward as there was a fence on each side of us. He stood there and stared at us for a long time as we stood stock still. Neither Maggie nor I wasn't moved a muscle for probably two minutes. The coyote turned and went ahead of us behind some storage area for RVs. We got to the turn and I decided we didn't want to go along the back of the lake as planned because it looked like that's where he was headed. We took a short cut through a section of RVs and saw him trotting along parallel to us down a slope next to the lake. He ran into some bushes in front of the cabins there. I saw a ranger and told him about it and he went looking for the critter. Discretion being a good thing about now, I turned Maggie away from our usual walk past the bushes that we saw the coyote enter. We came around a corner and got to a large grassy area where a woman and her kids were playing. The woman shouted at me that there was a coyote following me and was close. I turned around and sure enough he was loping along getting closer and closer. I hurried over to where she and her kids were thinking that there would be safety in numbers. The coyote veered off and went into some bushes across the street Maggie must have looked quite appetizing today.
Last night I tried to get the new geneology program figured out and gave up. I cancelled it and paid Ancestry to get back on to their user friendly site. I spent a couple hours playing around with a friend's family line and just had the best time. Unlike our tree, there were no dead ends right away and the discoveries were exciting.
It took about half and hour at the post office to get the forwarding order cancelled. I had to stand in line to get to a clerk, she couldn't help but supposedly summoned a supervisor as she sent me to the end of the counter. I waited and waited. Finally another clerk walked by and asked if she could help and I told her I was waiting for a supervisor. She went and found one. He came out from the back right away, understood what I needed, and took care of it. It took some time, but he even contacted our post office and told them what he was doing and was going to fax paperwork so the cancellation could happen sooner rather than when they got the paperwork through the mail. Who knows how long that would take. I was surprised, although Roger said he wasn't, that they couldn't fix the issue on their computer here that is linked into "the system." He had no problem finding us, but apparently you have to be in your own zip code for that supervisor to enter the change for you - after he checks your ID. He kept apologizing that he wasn't in the right zip code. So, hopefully, our mail will now stop coming here.
In the Sprouts store today I got a bit of a "comeuppance." I've been hungry for strawberries and just haven't seen any that look at all good. I was going through the containers turning them over and looking for the most ripe ones I could find and said to a woman doing the same, "Boy, it's hard to find some that look half way good." Her retort was, "Well, it IS winter" as she gave me the "you dummy" look. OK, I've been told. Put me in my place, for sure.
No towels at Target or Kohl's to match the new rug. Back to BB&B later this week and hope they have restocked and we can reach them.
Sunshine and 75 today - a teaser. Looking at three days of rain this weekend but until then will enjoy the sunshine.
Laundry and a haircut tomorrow. Whoopee!
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