10/28/2018

Weekly Update 10/28/2018

I met for Happy Hour at The Atlantic with the lunch bunch group (and partners) on Monday night. I had been there before and enjoyed it. It is, however, just what they advertise to be – a neighborhood meeting place. For meeting a few neighbors it’s great; for large groups, it doesn’t work as well. We weren’t all able to sit together, so I didn’t get to chat with as many as I would have liked. But the food was very good, and the wine was nice.

I’ve been meaning to go to the Sorrel-Weed House for a long time. It is supposed to be the most haunted house in Savannah, but because it’s not on the CMA entrance pass I have, I’ve never been. I knew I wanted to go, I knew I would have to pay, so I decided that Halloween time was a good time to try it. Since I’m inclined to dismiss paranormal activity (I don’t deny that it’s possible, I just have ever experienced anything myself, so I’m skeptical), I probably should have just gone on a daytime history tour, not a ghost tour. Many of the people on the tour with me were really into it – taking pictures and videos, hoping that they’d see or hear something after they got back to their hotel rooms. I was more concerned that I would trip and fall in the dark, as they kept it spooky.

Saturday night, I went to chicken coop warming. (Is that what a house warming for a chicken coop would be called?) A friend of mine who lives in Savannah has four hens, and she built them a new home. As soon as I got close to the coop, I had memories of the chickens that our family had for a few years when I was very small – the odor is overpowering, and not to be forgotten! I’m not an animal person, but I thought I’d go. What’s not to like about a glass of wine with friends?

 At least I didn’t have to watch the Bills lose this week. I can put it off for a day. Surprisingly, I watched a few World Series games. B-O-R-I-N-G! And the Red Sox won. Now I’ll have to listen to my neighbor, Mike, tease me about Patriots for the rest of the NFL season.