4/11/2021

 

Weekly Update 4/11/2021

I did two afternoons at DH this week. It’s been really busy there because tourist season is really picking up. My scheduled day is now Wednesday afternoons, not Fridays as I did for all the other 10 years I’ve been doing the tours. It hardly matters, so Wednesday is now my day. On Wednesday, I got downtown early enough, but I couldn’t find a place to park in the DH lot. I went to the street, and tried to pay for an hour until I would have a chance to move the car to the lot where I can park for free. The parking app gave me a hard time, and then the meter wouldn’t print a ticket for me after I put money in. I was getting madder and madder (as only I can get) and finally just walked away. I was already to late to guide the first group, and one of the other docents had to lead it. I did find a place in the lot, and I worked on my parking app after I’d calmed down a bit. I hope it works now. But I think I went through this not long ago.

I got to the pool twice this week. My tan isn't progressing as quickly as I would like, but I’m getting a little color. On Tuesday, I was alone for about a half hour, then a mom and two daughters came. Then another group came - a mom, a grandma (I think, I could be wrong), a little boy, a little girl, and a baby. The kids were brats. The adults tried to control them (they made me tired just watching them trying to keep the kids away from the edge of the pool), but seemed to be as interested in taking photos as they were in watching the kids. And sure enough, the girl fell in at the deep end. Luckily, the other mom, and a gardener who was planting flowers, pulled her out.  I just panicked and didn’t help at all. They left shortly after that.

Friday, I was up really early to go pick strawberries. I haven’t done that since Emily was a little girl. There is a farm only about 5 miles from where I live now that has berry picking, and since I really don’t like the California cardboard-tasting fruit that I can get at Publix, I decided to try it. I was only there a short time before I had enough berries for myself and a few for Kay, so it didn’t take long. They really were delicious. I’ll probably go back again for blackberries and blueberries when they are in season.

I got the first pedicure I’ve had in more than year that same afternoon. I don’t like bare toes, but I’m going to have get out of socks and shoes and into flipflops now that the weather is warming up. I tried a new place not far from the apartment, and I was pleased with the way it looks. It would be nice if I could save some money and do it myself, but not only can I not see my toes, I can’t reach them. Leave it to the professionals.

We got a new signal light at the entrance to AP. We don’t need one right now, but we will eventually because there’s so much growth here – housing developments, apartment complexes, retail. Also, there will be a walk light, important for the school across the street. They’ve been working on it for a few weeks, and it’s still not totally operational. I think it’s a good thing.