12/18/2022

 

Weekly Update 12/18/2022

This was a week for visiting friends. I went to June’s house for lunch and to play Rummikub. I met John for lunch. I visited with Sylvia and Charles. The cookies I’d baked seemed to be well received. The holiday season seems to be a good time to get together to friends.

There was a lot of interesting sports this week. The World Cup is now in the history books. I watched the matches early in week, but could only watch the first half of the final match before I had to go out Sunday morning. I recorded the match, but I knew how it ended, and who won, before I had to chance to watch. The Bills game Saturday night was horrible. I never know which team will show up. The turnovers and penalties should have cost them the game. The Dolphins played their little hearts out. But, the Bills were able to pull it out in the end. That clinched a playoff spot for the team, but if they don’t play better than that, they won’t be able to go all the way to the super bowl. The Lions and the Jaguars had very good wins on Sunday, and Houston very nearly pulled an upset on the Chiefs. Races are getting tight.

Saturday night, I had been offered a free Electric Cart tour of downtown Savannah. A friend of mine who does golf cart tours at Bonaventure has recently started to give tours in Savannah with small, golf cart sized electric cars. She invited members of BHS (and some former member as well) to accompany her as she drove around looking for classic holiday lights. That was an interesting way to see the sights without having to drive myself around.

Sunday, I had been invited to have “lunch” at Anne and Andrew Nedd’s home. It wasn’t lunch; it was a full blown meal. But wonderful. I had not been to their home before, and I thought it was very nice. After our turkey dinner, Anne had Christmas crackers. We enjoyed popping those and seeing the treats inside. And, of course the crowns.

I no sooner finished stuffing myself at lunch when I met Denise for an early dinner. We had tickets for The Journey, a re-telling of the Christmas story that I’ve attended a few times in the past and really liked. Jane was supposed to go with us, but she fell and broke her hip on Wednesday, and she won’t be mobile for several weeks. Just Denise and I made our way to Bethlehem to pay our taxes and see the baby Jesus. It is still a very impressive production

Adrian, of course, is perfect. They are getting ready to spend Christmas with Jack’s family I Vermont, and Adrian will miss waking up to see what Santa left under his own tree. I doubt that he will go without!