5/12/2019

Weekly Update 5/12/2019

I had to wait until Friday for Dave and Lisa to arrive, but I didn’t spend the first part of the week idly. Last week my printer died. I thought about replacing the HP with a Canon, because HP ink cartridges are expensive. But the new printer I bought uses less expensive ink, and I like HP products, so I got another cheap HP printer. But, I couldn’t get it set up.

That’s a problem. When Dave and Lisa lived in Savannah, we would sometimes do “crafts” for holidays and they were always fun. I wanted to do a craft for their visit, and I’d saved enough empty toilet paper rolls to create an entire Tottenham Hotspur team. But without a printer, I couldn’t get copies of the faces or the players, or of the uniforms. I went to the MP clubhouse, but (as always at MP) that was not easy. Because all 220 units send residents to work on those computers and printers, and some of those people are even less tech-savvy than I am, it never works well. And it won’t print color (thereby saving the HOA a ton of money in ink costs, but kinda useless). I was able to get the prints I needed after a lot of time wasted on those swine computers and printers. I was able to make the whole team, and I thought I did an adequate job.

Dave and Lisa got here on Friday in the early afternoon. We had a little to eat (very little, but they’ve been here before and know that my desire and ability to work in the kitchen is very limited), and gallivanted around the City. I had opted out of DH, but we did go to The 90, so my Friday schedule was not too disrupted. A lot of friends knew that we all were there, so many were delighted to see Dave and Lisa. After that, we (and Kay) wandered over to The Rail, another favorite pub of theirs from when they lived here. A couple of pints of Guinness there, and then on to Tequila Town for Mexican. And margaritas. Great fun, each place. 

Dave worked to get my printer set up. It’s lucky for me he was here, because I never would have been able to do it myself. It took him quite a while. But now, I can print again, and also from my phone and iPad - that will be useful. He also checked my computer because I’ve been paying Norton for protection since I bought that laptop, but whenever I searched for it on the laptop, I couldn’t find it. He found that it had not been installed. Good work, Staples! I won’t be buying any more stuff from you! Dave saved me a lot of money since I didn’t have to go to Yeah Tech to have everything done. 

Saturday, Dave, Lisa and I went downtown early to sit outside at the Galleria coffee shop (I’ve mentioned about how bad I am in the kitchen, and they wanted a good cup of coffee, not the slop I make in my Black and Decker) on Bull Street. I amazed myself by doing the most perfect parallel park EVER, right on crowded Oglethorpe Avenue! I was so proud! After that, we met Kay at the Visitor Center because we all had tickets to the Savannah For Morons trolley tour. It started off kinda lame, but when we got to the Presbyterian Church, and they talked about the Forrest Gump feather, one of the morons jumped out of the bus and ran into Chippewa Square with his white feather at the end of a fishing pole. We all laughed so hard. And it just got funnier and funnier. There were two guys who worked together to be “guides”, and they would often don wigs to become a character such as Julia Roberts, James Oglethorpe, or General Sherman, and would hop off the trolley to perform in the street or square. The tourists that were not on our trolley, would either laugh hysterically, or gaze with puzzlement, not know what was going on. We had a stop at Ghost Coast brewery to refill our to-go cups, and that added to the party atmosphere. I thought that was the best trolley tour I’d ever taken. Then it was on to River Street to enjoy a Wet Willies and watch the tourists. From there we went to Perry Lane Hotel because friends of Dave and Lisa bartend there, and that was another chance for them to say hi to people in Savannah they knew when they lived here. Connie and Jim also joined us, and John and Bonnie, so it was a nice gathering there. Then Kay, Dave and Lisa surprised me by taking me to dinner at Vic’s. That’s a favorite restaurant of mine, but I haven’t been there in a long time. It was very special and nice. The food was wonderful, the company was better. Thanks to my best-ies!

Sunday was quite relaxing. I even had time to go to the pool and swim my laps in the morning. The only duty that I did not cancel for Dave and Lisa’s visit was my tour at BC, and I did that. I had to rush through it at the end however, as it was beginning to rain. We had planned to go back to City Market to listen to the music at Ellis Square, but the rain made that seem not as enjoyable and we skipped it. I went to Publix, where I “forgot” to take my wallet (really, I did forget!) and poor Lisa had to buy groceries for us to have dinner at the condo that evening. We played board games, ate, and watched some tv. I am the hostess with the most-est, am I not??

In other family news, Rachel Flynn graduated from Columbia College in Chicago on Sunday, Hannah had her dance recital, and Sarah and Jack have had a purchase offer accept for a house in Penfield. I’m so proud of these young women that I love so much! But I don’t know how I got so OLD!