I arrived in Hot Springs, AR for the gun show at about half past noon today. Met my son there, walked around with a Savage 111 Long Ranger Hunter that I was trying to sell at a good price but did not garner any interest at all. That seemed off to me because it was a good price even for a dealer to buy it from me, and with a bit of haggling, I'd have come down from my asking price. After walking around the venue twice, I asked my son if he wanted to get lunch. So, we went to a restaurant of his choosing, we ate and had some ales. Two of his friends who live close to Hot Springs joined us with their toddler son. Had a nice time, food was okay, ale was okay, waitress was fine and company was grand. After that my son took off for home. I decided to go to my hotel and not back to the gun show.
Somewhere on the way to the hotel, I realized I had forgotten something very important in my apartment this morning - my medications. Most importantly of them are my blood pressure meds and Synthroid. Once at the hotel, I called my health plan online pharmacy to get an emergency supply at a local pharmacy. This happened to me last year and they got me what I needed at a walk in pharmacy within a couple of hours. Today I was told that it would take two days to get an EMERGENCY supply. So, tomorrow, I will get up, have breakfast at the hotel and drive straight home after that to take my meds. I had a stroke in 2020 (actually three, one after the other within an hour) and do not want another. Thus need the BP meds. Very disappointed am I for forgetting the meds and thus ruining most of my weekend.
I used to keep a bottle with a week's worth of my meds in my car. Stopped doing that because it gets so hot here. It was 97 today, where I live in SW AR, and is forecast to be 100 degrees tomorrow and above 100, every day, through at least Friday next. Not good for storing meds in the car. Oh well, I will remember them next time.
Then, bored at the hotel, and to make things worse, I decided to go to Oaklawn Casino. They had a
metal detector at the entrance to the casino floor. I asked security if
I could secure my pistol in the security office, the answer was no. I
also alled the security office, same answer. Then the guy asks me to ID
myself while on the phone. I just hung up and left.
Later, I went to MacDonalds for something to eat. Found what looked exactly like a large rat shit that fell out of the last bit of my burger. Oh joy. This has not been my best weekend.
My
only consolation is that there will be a gun show close to where I live
in early August, and I will have two tables at that one, thus may sell
what guns I had hoped to sell today or tomorrow.
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All the best,
Glenn B
