2/7/2021

 

Update 2/7/2021

The game:

Of course I was disappointed.  But the Chiefs played a horrible game and deserved to lose.  

I finished putting the Nutcracker jigsaw puzzle together. Ishy sent me a 1000 piece puzzle, and I’ve been working at it since Christmas. I’m very used to doing puzzles on my iPad, and they normally take about 20 minutes to complete. This one took me more than a month!

On Monday last week, I got my COVID shot. I’m not convinced it’s going to help, and I’m also not convinced wearing a mask (or two), or staying six feet away from people, helps. If that was true, all the people at the Trump political rallies would be sick or dead, and they’re not, and everyone who followed the science would be safe, also not true. But this fell into my lap. St Joseph Candler, the hospital that my doctor is associated with, called and left a message for me to call their Hot Line to schedule an appointment. I could not think of a reason not to do this. I asked a few questions when I was there, and the biggest concern I have is that it doesn't prevent me from passing the germ on if I’m infected: it only protects me from getting a serious case of the “flu” if I should get it. I want to feel secure to give friends hugs, to go out for a drink at The 90, to watch football at a Sports Bar. But, the same as federally mandated seat belts, which do not protect others against my poor driving habits, but only protect me from more serious injury should I come across a driver even worse than I am, I decided it was better to do What I Can. My arm was sore for about a day, but I had no other side effects. I’m scheduled for my second dose in two weeks.

While I was out that day, I got my hair cut. My hair looks terrible, and I don’t know what to do about it. The last cut I had was at the Great Clips near me in Pooler, and it was a horrible cut. My hair stuck out all over the place, no matter how I tried to blow dry and style it. I felt I would have to pay a kings ransom to find a hairdresser I liked, but in one last ditch effort before I resorted to that, I went to the Walmart. I liked it right away, but we’ll have to see how it grows out. In a related story, I was out to lunch and I saw this lady eating there. She had a very nice cut – short, neat, just what I want. I didn’t know her, but that often doesn’t stop me from talking (ask anyone in Savannah who has a Bills sticker on their car, or looks lost and I stop to ask if they need directions) and I asked her where she got the cut. She told me that she goes to a Great Clips a little further out from Pooler. I may have to try that.

I had three zoom meetings this week, and three lunches out.

Mitchelville, SC, near Hilton Head Island, held the Freedom Day program. Mitchelville is a town built during the Civil War for formerly enslaved people, and there is now a park that holds annual events. I have attended in past years. This year, because of the pandemic, it was limited to a zoom slide show which told stories of families who are still active in the community and are descended from the first free Black people who created the town. I also attended the Coastal Museum Association monthly meeting, although I’m technically no longer a member. When I resigned from the Board at BC, I was no longer eligible to be the representative to CMA. Nonetheless, their record keeping is not up to date, and I was welcomed. I am trying to become an “individual” member, but they have strict guidelines for that process. I would hope that my former membership would allow me to continue, but I'll have to see. I also zoomed with The Learning Center. I haven’t been to any lectures or programs there since last March because of the shutdown due to COVID. This meeting was interesting because they are trying to get ideas for a remote book club. I used to like this book club because they seemed to chose a variety of books, and interesting ones: history, biography, current events, science, etc. as opposed to the mysteries and novels that the library book club opts for. I hope something comes of this brainstorming session. I’ll have to see about that, too.

On Tuesday, I met former neighbor from MP, June, for lunch. She moved about a year ago, so she’s been gone longer than I have. Again, because of the isolation of the pandemic, I have not kept in touch with her as well as I should have. I met my Green Square Group on Thursday at a cafe instead of the Square because Jane had to have her car serviced at the Subaru dealership close to the luncheonette. If you put food in front of me, I’ll go anywhere! And on Friday, I met Beth, another friend that I don’t see enough of. So I went out three times, and I also enjoyed Kay’s company when she came over to visit on Saturday. We sat with our Bloody Mary and G&Ts and ate crackers and cheese. It was too cold to be on the porch, so I’m glad I had the jigsaw puzzle finished and we could sit at the table.

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You may notice that I have not posted many photos on recent blogs. That’s because I’m pretty sure no one wants to see more screen shots of the zoom meetings, or photos of what I eat for lunch. And another thing I think COVID has taught us, is privacy. No one can be within six feet of anyone else, no one knows what your face looks like or if you’re smiling, and I don’t think people want to have their pictures taken and posted on the internet. So, the photos will be fewer.