Road Trip Report #02, July 22, 2010, Atlanta

Thursday, July 22, 2010
Atlanta

We needed a garage clicker to get into or out of the Cohen house. I mentioned to Sari that I’d like to install a garage keypad so the kids, as well as Laurie and I, could get into and out of the house. On our way home from biking yesterday I spotted a Home Depot (pronounced deh-po) and ran in with Stephen to pick up a keypad. Naturally, there were choices so I selected the one which I thought was a sure-bet to install based on my previous survey of the opener. Tonight when Sari and Stan were preparing dinner, I thought it would be the perfect time to install the keypad so I asked Stan what 4 digit code he wanted to use and he pulled another new keypad out of a drawer. I had just ripped open the bullet-proof packaging of mine, and the one he already owned was the other one. Surprise! So after installing mine I went to Home Depot with my tale of woe and now have a store credit which is easier to carry around than a keypad nobody needs.

We went to watch Stan play baseball in a league at the JCC. It was a great game but the visitors got a grand slam at the last minute and that was the end of that. Stan personally got a few outs and scored two runs. Everyone was so appreciative that we brought the team spirit and cheered our home town heroes.
It was getting dark so this is the best image I could come up with of Stan at bat.

I rode home from the game with Stan and I’m telling you I installed that garage keypad in the nick of time because the opener in Stan’s car just stopped working. He can still open the other doors but the button for his garage door has totally failed. That is an amazing coincidence. Because they loaned that door’s clicker to a neighbor Stan can conveniently close his garage door simply by getting out of his car and using the wonderful lucky new keypad. They are so happy with the new keypad they told me I don’t have to fix anything else around the house.

Laurie and I spent the day with Bill Stewart, our friend, designer and Steve's former college roommate. We made lots of progress picking out a few final things for our house and we enjoyed spending time with Bill.

We are packing for Nashville, our laundry is finishing in the dryer and we’re out of here Friday morning.

Regards,

Steve & Laurie

End of Road Trip Report #02