The Outhouse

We didn't get indoor plumbing until the summer before I was a senior in high school. So going to the bathroom in less than ideal situations is nothing new for me. Yesterday was one of those days. I didn't think about not having a place to stop to use the restroom. My two cups of coffee, glass of water and bottle of Coke finally caught up with me while at the cemetery in Dunnegan. Thank goodness there was an outhouse! It wasn't in bad shape, just some spiders and webs and not too many of those. And since I don't have a sense of smell, that wouldn't have bothered me either. I really didn't care! I think I probably would have just squatted behind some trees if the door had been locked. I was that desperate! I will remember next year to make sure and take a pit stop somewhere along the way.

I sent some research off to China today. We received a query at the gen. library from a diplomat in China who was helping a cousin do some research and found our website. He wanted some obits and some copies from one of our collections on the archives floor. Last year we had researchers from England. We are definitely noted around the world!

I also had a conversation with a loyal supporter from California. He has donated several books on Polk County families and also donated all his research papers he used in compiling the books. He just finished a book and today we got his papers. He called because he couldn't find a folder that contained names and money and thought maybe he had inadvertently mailed it to us. It wasn't there. He emailed us later and told us he did find it. I sure know how he feels. I seem to be losing, or is it misplacing, more and more things all the time. Senior moments are becoming senior minutes!