Weekly Update 1/15/2024
There were some pretty boring football games on this week. The college national championship lacked excitement when Michigan trounced Washington. The NFL games were lackluster blow outs, and I’d expected better from the teams that made it this far. At least the Lions games was competitive. And we still haven’t seen the Bills.
The Saturday night playoff games from Kansas City was available only on Peacock tv. I already am a subscriber but I’m not sure how that happened. I know I signed up for it a very long time ago when it first came out and was free. I still don’t pay anything for it. I had thought about not watching the game in protest, but convinced myself that I didn’t actually subscribe JUST to watch the game, so they didn’t get anything from me. And I want to see what the weather looked like. The game was so boring that I wouldn’t have missed it if I’d not been able to watch.
Weather everywhere this week was bad. Schools here closed on Tuesday and Friday. I even opted out of driving to CH on Tuesday because we had been advised to stay home if we could because of rain and high winds. I was quite happy with my book, my food and my tv. I binge watched the latest Harlan Coben series on Netflix and just stayed in. We’re in for frigid temps this week, with some nights dipping into the 20s. I’ve already brought my few plants in from the porch.
As able to get to two lectures this week. One was at CH, about an archaeological dig at Fort Pulaski. That was the same day as a lecture at TLC on Bishop Stephen Elliott, the first Episcopal bishop of Georgia, who served at St John’s, the church associated with Green Meldrim House. I was able to see that later because, since the pandemic, any talks that I pay for are available online following the event. I did go to TLC one evening for an author talk by Johnathan Scott Barrett, a local author who recently published Ship Watch. This novel is set in Savannah. I have not read it yet, but I’m sure I will soon.
In my continuing efforts to get better organized and to toss out stuff I no longer need or use, I took a load of junk to the Goodwill and I took a lot of jars, cans and bottle to be recycled. Georgia is still in the 19th century and in denial that re-cycling is something that needs to be done. They do not make it easy. I could take my soda cans and glass to the local fire station, but the cans and plastic had to go to a dedicated center not close to where I live. I take my plastic bags, Styrofoam containers and cardboard to Publix all the time, but the other things I’ve gathered and made an effort to keep them out of my trash.
Adrian and Annie continue to delight me. I am so grateful to Sarah for sending me photos and videos almost daily. They are enjoying the snow, playing with toys they got for Christmas, and visiting museums and fun places.
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