12/5/2021

 

Weekly Update 12/5/2021

After all the upsets of last week, I’m back on schedule. That’s just where I want to be. Last week, I didn’t have to go to DH because it was closed on Wednesday afternoon. There was a lot of NFL games on tv on Thursday, so it seemed like Sunday. When I got up Friday, I thought I should be doing housework, because that’s my Monday routine. But now I’m back on track – Monday - housework, Tuesday - City Hall, Wednesday - DH, Thursday - Green Square, and on the weekend, - Kay. I like the regimen!

I had to go out to the other side of the city on Monday, so while I was out, I made an appointment at the Comcast store. I didn’t want to call them, because I don’t like to be on hold for over 30 minutes, and then only be able to navigate through a system of Press One If… and never talk to a real person. So, I made an appointment. The buffering on my tv, particularly for sports events, is intolerable. I had hoped that by increasing the speed of the internet service, it would help. It did not. I have faster internet, but the tv is still a problem – a BIG problem. I can’t think about it now, but will probably have to have a tech rep make a house call in the near future. It’s terrifically annoying.

After Green Square on Thursday, I gathered up my meager Christmas packages and walked them to the post office downtown. The only things I’m sending this year is one present to Allen, and something else (not a present, just a little surprise) to Ishy. Last year, the gifts didn’t get to them until Christmas, or after, so this year I tried to get a head start. I’m trusting them to deliver some time this month, but we’ll see.

Following that, I went to the Ships of the Seas museum. They had a display about the African slave trade between Africa and Savannah before the importation of slaves was declared illegal in 1808. It was not what I expected, but was merely a collection of banners with the slave ship name and some facts about the ship. Interesting and heartbreaking, but I had thought there would be more models of slavers, or something other than just banners. This was in conjunction with the series of lectures I’d attended a few weeks ago.

Then I went to book club at TLC. I haven’t been in several months, but the book this month for the British Murder Mystery Book Club was An English Murder by Cyril Hare, a murder mystery set at Christmas time and written in 1951. It was almost like reading Agatha Christie, and I enjoyed it. I also surprised myself by reading it on my ipad. I very much like to hold a book in my hand, and turn pages, but this wasn’t available at the library. The book club leader had included a link to several free reading services that offered this book, so I chose one of those. Also, it was a not a long book and not a difficult read, so this was a good book to read online.

The UGA / ‘Bama game was a disappointment. How can an undefeated team, with the best defense in college football, play such a bad game? During half time, while there was still a possibility of a win, I went for a walk around BP to look at the lights. There were very few. The little tree I have on my porch is rather lonely, as only a few others have Christmas lights set up.

Sunday, Kay and I went to the cemetery to change the flowers we have there from fall to Christmas. Kay does a better job of making the decorations look nice at Liam’s grave. I just stuck the same poinsettias from last year in front of John and Dessie’s headstones. But, in a happy surprise, the Christmas cactus I have in my living room has bloomed beautifully. I have no idea what I did differently this year, but I am enjoying seeing it bloom.

Kay and I also attended the DH holiday gathering on Sunday. It was held in the garden, and was very nice. Kay has not seen some of those people in a very long time, and I was glad she was able to go.