4/18/2021

 

Weekly Update 4/18/2021

For the first time in more than a year, I had a visitor! Jan Waggoner drove over from Alabama to spend time with me. She drove all day Monday, and arrived too late to do anything that day. But it was so great to see her and visit with her that evening. I had spent the day getting ready – a little housework, some shopping, and I baked cookies.

Tuesday, we did some sight seeing. Since she’d never been to the Mighty Eighth Museum, and since its in Pooler, we started there. I like that museum, and she seemed to be impressed. Both her parents served in WWII, but not in the Air Force. She had that connection, however, so it was great to be able to learn about the role the Mighty Eighth played in the War. After that, we went to the Power Plant District to walk around a little. This has only opened since the last time she was in Savannah, so it was new to her. We had drinks at a rooftop bar above the Marriott, watching the river. No big container ships went by when we were there, but it was fun. For supper, since we’d been immersed in British history at the museum, we went to Churchills for pub fare.

Wednesday, I gave tours in the afternoon at DH. She decided to stay at the apartment and read her book and get caught up on digital media stuff. When I got back home, we went to Jim and Nick’s for barbecue and then to the Chocolate Bar, a new restaurant / bar in Pooler that serves all types of martinis (mostly chocolate) and desserts as well as meals. Since we’d already eaten a big meal, we just had a drink and split a chocolate cake. It was wonderful, but we couldn’t even finish it. I see many visits to this place in my future.

Thursday, I dragged Jan with me to Green Square to meet my friends there. It was nice to be outside, sitting in the square with an old and some new(er) friends. Our next visit was to the SCAD Story Experience. That’s a multi-media show that tells of how SCAD was formed, and what it continues to add to the community today. We also quickly went into Betty Bombers just to look around. Because we’d eaten so much yesterday, neither of us was hungry yet, but I wanted to build on the WWII information we’d learned yesterday. We got back in the car and drove out to Pinpoint Heritage Center. This is another museum she’s never been to. Just as we walked in, a tour was beginning, so we got right to it. Varn and Sons Oyster Canning factory was at this site from about 1926 to 1985, and employed the descendants of the slaves that lived in the area. We stopped for supper at a restaurant out that way, the Driftaway Cafe, a place I haven’t been to in a very long time.

One thing I made Jan do in the evenings is watch Netflix. Because I live alone and I’ve been through an isolating pandemic, I amuse myself by watching a lot of TV. She had never seen The Crown, so I made her watch a couple of those episodes, and I also introduced her to Jack Whitehall’s Travels with my Father.

Friday, she got up early because she wanted to be on the road for her ten hour drive by 8 am. I got up too, but as soon as she was gone, I went back to bed.

Because I spend so much time being inactive, the days with Jan wore me out. I spent Friday and Saturday just staying in, reading, watching tv, playing games on the iPad. By Sunday, I was ready to go out again. I started at Massie Heritage Center. They had a new display about medicine in the civil War that I wanted to see. It was small, but interesting. The unfortunate thing about it, though, was I wandered through the museum WITH MY ZIPPER DOWN. Such class, Wilma!

After that, I went to a social gathering with the Victorian Society Group. We met in Gordonston Park, which I had never been to, because it’s private and a resident needs to sponsor an event. Many in the Society are also in the group that meets for drinks on Wednesdays, but others others I haven’t seen in more than a year. It feels so good to (almost) be back to normal.