8/19/2013

weekly update 8/19/2013

This is my first update on a Monday morning rather than a Sunday evening. I think this will work better for me, but we'll see how it goes.

I really wanted to see the meteor showers that had been hyped. I thought they were to appear after midnight early Monday morning. At 1 am, I drove out to Fort Pulaski where I would be away from the parking lot lights of the condo, and waited to see something spectacular. It didn't happen. Maybe there were too many clouds to get a good view, or perhaps there were too many light in South Carolina (wasn't I supposed to be looking north?), but for whatever reason, I didn't see a big star show. I even tried again on Tuesday night, but I didn't leave the parking lot. I still didn't see anything so I just gave up. So much for my attempts at science.

I'm still struggling with the smartphone. I was back at the Verizon store twice this week to have some questions answered. I think I'm getting better - at least I've learned how to pick up a call now if I hear the phone ring (hint: you don't HIT the green phone icon, you SLIDE it). And I'm having a great time with voice activation. Spell check is a little harder, and I'm very used to the auto correct that Apple has on the ipod touch. It's different on the galaxy phone.

I generally watch the weather apps for both Savannah & Rochester. It seems as if it's been pretty cold up in New York. While I'm having record setting highs - 97º - it's barely been out of the 70's there. It has been warmer in my air conditioned condo than it has been in Rochester lately. I keep a steady 74º inside. That doesn't seem seem too cool, but actually, when you come in from being in the heat outside, 74 seems quite cool indeed!  I think Rochester will be warmer this week.

For my Savannah friends who are elsewhere for the summer - the Whole Foods Market opened at Victory Drive and the Truman this week. I need to avoid driving there because traffic has been bad. Its directly across the street from Verizon, so I wasn't able to stay away this week, but I'll be steering clear for the next few weeks.

Saturday night was Ladies Dining Out night. The four of us who are still here for the summer met at The Melting Pot, a fondue restaurant. It's a chain, but we haven't been there in quite a while. Since so many are still gone from Savannah, it seemed to be a good time for fondue with not as many crowding around the pot.

Sunday I did absolutely nothing. I mean, I usually do nothing, but this was slow even for me. I didn't even open the door. I just stayed inside and watched old Natalie Wood movies on TCM. Maybe it's all the rain we've had lately, and that's been A LOT, but I just couldn't seem to get up and move.