7/4/2021

 

Weekly Update 7/4/2021

The news I’ve been waiting for for months! I no longer have to refer to Sarah and Jack’s offspring as The Baby or Blob – he’s a real person with a real name: Adrian Everett Venuti! And he is just perfect! He was born July 1 at 6:05 pm. He weighed 8 lb 6 oz and was 22 inches long – a tall guy! He has a little hair. Sarah and Jack have been very kind and have been sending lots of photos and videos, but they asked that I don’t post them for privacy reasons. And I’m good with that. I think most of the readers of this blog have received pictures already. I am over the moon with happiness!

Everything else this week paled in comparison! I did the usual: City Hall, DH, Green Square. I had to fight with the Instant Ink program I’d signed up for when I installed the printer several years ago. They are supposed to send ink when they sense that I’m getting low. I should think that they could also “sense” what cartridges I’d need, but that was becoming a big problem; they send the wrong ones on more than one occasion. So I canceled, and I think they did something to make the printer inoperable. The Web Services light was on, and I didn’t know what that meant. After almost an hour on the phone with a technician, I got it going again, but I’m still having a few issues. Does anyone who works in “costumer service” at a tech company understand that some of are very old, and need to have things simpler?

I’ve continued to eat out a lot. I met my neighbors from MP, John and Dave, for lunch one day. It was good to see them again. And, I went out for Thai food with Kay. That was great! I haven’t had Phat Thai in a long time, and this was a restaurant Kay knew about. It was wonderful.

I watched quite a bit of Wimbledon this week. Unlike the French Open, this is not being broadcast on The Tennis Channel, but is on ESPN, so I can watch. I also watched England win their EUFA match against the Ukraine. Thanks to Harry Kane, it was a win.

On the Fourth of July, there was a lot going on. But it turned out to be a boring day for me. In past years, I’ve gone to Colonial Park Cemetery to participate in the DAR program. I got there promptly at 10am this morning, and there was nothing! There was not even a wreath or flag at the tomb of Button Gwinnett. There were a lot of tourists wandering around, and I wanted to tell them all that Button Gwinnett signed the Declaration of Independence, but they’re all reading the markers for Hugh McCall, and the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1820. After that disappointment, I wandered over to DH, thinking they might need extra help on a holiday. I forgot it was Sunday, and they don’t open until the afternoon. So, they certainly didn’t need me. A boat parade was scheduled for the afternoon, followed by a concert of patriotic songs, but that didn’t start until 3. It was another hot day, and I just didn’t feel like wandering around, waiting for something to begin. I went back to the apartment and took a nap. Tonight I’ll watch the 1776 video that I always watch on the Fourth, and maybe eat ice cream. But it was surely not the busy day I’d expected.

I've been published!  I submitted a brief article about my search for Dessie and John to the BHS newsletter editor.  She must be desperate for things to write about, because she revised what I'd written, and I'm the main story in this quarters' edition.