9/18/2022

 

Weekly Update 9/18/2022

This will give you an idea of what an idiot I am: Last Sunday, when I went out with Kay, one of my hearing aids wasn’t working. I thought that maybe I hadn’t placed it in the charger correctly, and that the battery was dead, but Monday morning, it still wasn’t working. I was ready to go to the Beltone shop to have it looked at, when I decided that maybe I should try to work with it myself. I got out the tiny brush, and sure enough, all it needed was to be cleaned. I’m glad I didn’t embarrass myself by having the professionals look at it! Monday was also the day my house cleaner came, so I told her that story. She now knows what she’d dealing with as far as keeping things clean here go.

I gave tours at Davenport on Wednesday morning. The first people in the door were wearing Buffalo Bills hats and shirts! I couldn’t let that go, so I went right up to them and started to recap last week’s game. We chatted about what a great season we think this could be. That was fun. There aren’t a lot of Bills fans in the South.

Thursday I had errands to do. I got the oil changed on my car, and I got my haircut. For TNF, I didn’t watch the game. I would have, but I don’t have Amazon Prime, and I don’t want to pay for another tv streaming service when I pay Comcast a million dollars for all the sports channels they have. It makes me rather angry that I pay for sports, and yet the NFL is so greedy, trying to get more money for broadcast rights, and Amazon is so greedy thinking people who don’t have Prime will pay for it just to watch football. I’m very lucky that I have enough money to do or buy anything I really want, but this is my line in the sand, I guess.

Friday was a very busy day. I left the apartment at 9 am and didn’t get back until 5. It was just like having a job! I met Helen and Jane at Whole Foods for coffee and chit chat. Then I went to The Learning Center because my friend, John, was having a display of his art in the gallery there. The opening was Friday, and I wanted to be there for him and to see his work. I went downtown because it was Constitution Day, and the copy of the constitution that is owned by the Georgia Historical Society was on display. Of the only three copies in existence, one is owned by GHS. It’s not available to be viewed frequently, so I wanted to see it. There was also a drum from the Revolutionary War, and the dueling pistols from the Button Gwinnett / Lachlan McIntosh duel, where Gwinnett was fatally wounded. Of course I would want to visit that! Then I met Vicki, Larry and Patsy, and others for lunch. They were in the city to finalize the adoption of Patsy, after seven long years of waiting. It was a great day for them. But I was exhausted.

So, Saturday, I stayed home and did nothing but watch college football. Sunday, I met Kay for breakfast, and then stayed home and watched the NFL.