11/11/2013

weekly update 11/11//2013

Book Club was on Monday this week. We had all read books by Lisa Genova. She is neurosurgeon as well as an author. Her three books are Still Alice, Left Neglected, and Love Anthony. The books are all fiction about people living with neurological diseases and conditions. Rather depressing. I read Still Alice, which is about Alzheimers. I couldn't help but think about my mother as I read the novel, and also I couldn't help but wonder if I will have the same thoughts and feelings as the protagonist when I get the disease (it's hereditary). Man, talk about depressing. Next month we're all going to bring in a favorite book that we've read. That should be better!

After book club, I stopped to pick up a pizza and went to Donna's condo. Lisa also came over, and we ate and played Rummikub. I didn't win one game, but that's ok. It was fun to be with them.

On Wednesday, there was a free concert to kick off the Savannah Music Fest. The event won't be until March, but I think they were trying to get people interested enough to volunteer. I didn't know what the music was going to be, so imagine my surprise and disappointment when it was a Kentucky Bluegrass group. It was ok, and, although not my favorite genre, I enjoyed it. Nothing says great music better than a fiddle and a banjo!

Another docent at DH needed to switch this week, so I gave tours on Thursday instead of Friday. Being a real creature of habit, this threw me way off. I water Audrey on Friday mornings before going to DH, so I did that Thursday this week. All day Friday, I kept thinking that it was Saturday, and I looked for the SEC games on tv. I think I'm back on schedule now, but I was really confused for a while. Speaking of Audrey, my rubber tree plant, she certainly has grown. I named her Audrey after the plant in The Little Shop of Horrors. I've been in the condo for almost 4 years now, so that's how old she is. Here's a picture of her when she was a baby, and today. She's out of control. The dragon tree has also grown, but not as much as the rubber tree. Audrey has even had a baby!

Audrey in 2009

Audrey today

Thursday evening was the Annual Meeting for the Bonaventure Historical Society. It was held as a famous local restaurant, and it was quite nice. I realized that I knew most of the people there, and most of them know me. Of course, what's not to like - I was eating a huge meal, surrounded by people who love history. 

  

On Friday, I had nothing to do, since there was no DH. In fact, I had meant to go grocery shopping, but I was even too lazy to get out and do that. (I did go walking in the morning. The people here don't know what cold is. I was in my shorts and a t-shirt; they wore hooded sweatshirts and long pants. It was in the 60's).

Saturday I had to unlock the Visitor Center at BC. I was expecting a slow day because this was the day that the Rock And Roll Marathon was being run in the historic district (and since it was 26 miles, many other places in Savannah, but not near the cemetery). Everyone was either running or couldn't get out of the city because so many roads were blocked off. Sunday, I had to give a tour. Everything changed, and I guess that the runners in town for the marathon were ready to relax and just have a leisurely tour, or the people who couldn't get out on Saturday decided to come out on Sunday instead. There were four private tours (that never happens) and five historical society tours all going on at once. I kept running into the other tours. It wasn't my best guided walk through the cemetery by a long shot.

And, of course, even with EJ back, the Bills were disappointing. Coach's Corner, where I usually watch the games, is a Steelers bar. I was glad I had someplace else to be that afternoon, so I didn't have to sit in the middle of huge group of Pittsburgh fans and watch that horrible display. Except for the Lions, I didn't like the outcome of too many of the games.

I'm getting more and more frustrated with the galaxy phone. I think I should have gone with the iphone, but now I’m locked in for 2 years, so there's nothing to be done. When composing an email, it should be such a simple thing to cut & paste, or copy & paste, but I just can't get it. I've been back to the store many times for help, and each teenage customer service rep tells me something else. I'm beginning to think that perhaps the problem isn't as much with the phone itself, but maybe with yahoo. They are always changing, and I don't like the changes, even with the laptop view. I may be going with gmail soon. I have an account there, so I may switch.