11/17/2019

Weekly Update 11/17/2019

It’s been cold everywhere this week, but I feel it more now that I’m a Southerner. I did get out to walk a couple of times, but it turned rainy along with the cold by the weekend, so I didn’t even do that.

I met Jane Monday morning before the weather turned bad. It was the holiday and we went to Skidaway State Park to walk. We went someplace a little different, and we went later than we usually do, but this worked out really well. Because, there was a man there from the Savannah Astronomy Club, and he’s set up a few telescopes and was watching Mercury as it’s path crossed between the sun and the earth. He allowed us to take a look, and it was really fascinating. Not only did we see Mercury, but he also pointed out to us a huge sun flare (it didn’t look huge, but was probably many miles as it rose from the edge of the sun). That was a nice bonus to walking!

it looked a little like this, but this is a photo I got off the web. The planet that I saw was smaller, but it was still very interesting

There was a Victorian Society lecture on Tuesday that I went to. It was presented by someone I was familiar with, Jonathan Stalcup.  He gives architecture tours in Savannah, but have never had a chance to hear him speak. It was great. There were two lectures on Thursday – one at the Jepson Art Center, and one at the Georgia Historical Society. It was cold and raining and dark, and I couldn’t decide which to attend. So I stayed home.

The annual HOA meeting was Wednesday evening. I don’t care any more about listening to the management company and the Board members congratulate themselves on a fine job (which, although it’s getting better, it’s far from fine). New Board members were elected, but again, I don’t care at all. I didn’t go to the meeting. I went to Barbara’s and celebrated her birthday with June and Debra.  

Because the weather was awful on Saturday, no tourists wanted to walk through BC. I didn’t even stay to hand out maps- I simply locked up and left. In the evening, I drove across the street to the High School for the Beauty and the Beast musical performance. I appreciate the SCT so much after seeing this production. It wasn’t that good.

Because I had not been at BC on Saturday, as I was scheduled to be, and because I knew there were no volunteers available Sunday morning, I went to open and stay for the first shift.  I set the alarm off as I opened, and the police came.  No good deed goes unpunished, I guess.  Then I went to Coach’s to watch the Bills game. At least there was no baiting the opposing players or helmets being used as weapons during this game. TNF was horrible. It’s a game, idiots, and you’re paid a whole lot of money to play it! Get over yourselves!