7/17/2016

July 17, 2016

I did get back to the pool this week, but only once. It's been hot everywhere lately, and Savannah is included in the general Great American Heat Wave. Our temps have been in the high 90s for weeks, and it's expected that they continue. It's too hot to even go to the pool!

My downstairs neighbor, Mike, is entertaining his teen-age daughter, Moira, for a few weeks. She lives in Massachusetts, but frequently comes here, and I've met her several times. Because she has a job at Walgreen's at her home, she's been able to transfer to working here while she visits. While Mike was busy on Wednesday, I drove her out to the store on the southside, where she thought she had a position. When she told them that she lived quite a ways away, they were able to offer her something closer to where we live. It was nice to go out that far, though, as I almost never do. I went into the Hobby Lobby that opened quite a while ago. It was my first visit there. It looked just like every other Hobby Lobby in America, but now I can say I’ve been there.

When I wake up in the morning,which is never early, I never get up and out of bed right away. So, Thursday, when I rolled over and began reading fb, I discovered that beginning at 6 am, there had been a large black man, knocking at doors in MP, asking to use a cell phone. If he had knocked at my door, I never would have even heard him especially at 6 am! There were cop cars everywhere until mid morning, and, as far as I know, he was never apprehended. I thought I was safe here; I still I'm safe here. It does make you think, however.

 

Later on Thursday, I met a few of the Lunch Bunch group for a wonderful meal at Aqua Star in the Westin Hotel across the Savannah River. The group was small because many of the crowd are off someplace else for the summer. The ones of us left behind enjoyed one of the best lunches we've had. The chef really outdid himself for us. Connie usually will alert the staff to any birthdays and there's always a treat for the birthday ”girl”. This time, there was a special, free dessert for everyone - chocolate cupcakes, homemade pecan sandie cookies, Leopold’s' butter pecan ice cream, peach tartlet and berries. That was a very special treat!

 

Because I'll be gone for the last two weekends this month, I really loaded up on BC this week. I opened and closed on both Saturday and Sunday, and I had afternoon desk duty with Kathryn on Saturday. On Sunday, about an hour before I was to go back to lock up, a storm came through. I decided to go early; I mean, really, who's going to want to wander through a cemetery with thunder and lightning and driving rain? As I was driving there, the light at the intersection of Route 80 and Bonaventure Road was out. Two police cars went through the light as I was going to BC; 1 more went through as I was returning home. As the traffic was backing up (and apparently I'm the only one who knows that if the light is out, drivers need to treat it as a 4-way stop), there was no one to direct traffic. To top it off, the drainage at the entrance to my building was ankle deep, so I had to slog through that to even get to my car. I've complained, but nothing is done. So slog I must.