6/11/2017

Weekly Update 6/11/2017

I did very little this week. And what I did do, was mostly at BC or DH.

Jane and I took our almost-weekly walk at BC. She had heard some interesting stories about the cemetery, and wanted to walk through. I can do that, plus add a few stories of my own! I was scheduled to give a tour to a special group the next day, and I since I would have to spend more time with them than my usual hour, I wanted to check out a couple of other interesting sites that I don't usually get to include. I enjoyed doing that, and also met a few other tourists who appreciated listening to me when I was telling Jane some of the things I knew. But when the tour on Wednesday showed up, I realized that they did not speak English! They were from Montreal, and their leader had to translate everything I said into French. That was first. Also, since they were late in arriving, all my efforts of the day before in finding interesting things to show them was not useful, as I barely had time to get them back to their bus before the gates closed at 5. Luckily, I'm a wonderful guide and pulled it all off with great aplomb.

On Sunday, I opened, BC, then went back in the afternoon for a normal Second Sunday Tour. And as soon as that was over, I quickly went home to take a shower (I'd been walking around in the high-80s temps and was covered in bug spray – I needed to shower!) and then went to DH. They were having a fund raiser, and I'd been asked to help serve the refreshments. As I was getting dressed, I realized that my white shirt had some black streaks on it and looked awful, and I didn't have another white shirt to wear. I think I got by with a beige colored blouse, and I hoped I looked like “staff”.

jazz in the garden at DH

The rest of the week was spend mostly in front of the tv- watching either the French tennis tournament, or House of Cards.