[Today’s run: 3.5 miles]
I recently purchased something on a government auction website. I was the only bidder and I spent $25. I thought it was a pretty good deal.
After winning, I paid my bill online, as usual. Then I started to get my act together about going to get the item.
I was thinking all along this thing was at a military installation about an hour south of here. So I arranged with my co-worker to cover for me so that I could go down there early in the morning, pick up my item at 8 am, zoom back home and be working again by 10 am. All of that was ready to go.
I called the place to confirm they would be open at 8 am. I got into a conversation about how to get into the installation and things suddenly turned surreal. He said, “You’ll be coming down I-59 through Hattiesburg…” and my eyes glazed over. Hattiesburg is 2 hours south of here, maybe more.
It turns out the item is at the Stennis Space Center down on the gulf coast. It’s about a 4 hour drive one way. Uh-Oh.
So I told him that wasn’t going to work. I need to talk to the lady in charge of the auction and see if there is anything I need to do to slip out of this thing. They have my $25 and that’s fair. I’m OK with just having them throw the thing in a dumpster, give it to a homeless person or sell it again. It is not the kind of thing that is worth driving 8 hours or having it gathered/boxed/shipped by the UPS store.
I tried to call today but the person I need to talk to was out of the office. Stay tuned!