Thursday
we had a Tea Party event at La Nopalera, going with my friend, Peggy. I thought
parking would be an issue, as I have had ‘problems’ there in the past so we
left home quite early. Peggy asked me to save two seats, as we expected a full
house. It actually did turn out to be a good-sized group but at first, Justin and
I were alone in the room. We had great service that way!
The
conversation was lively, no speaker scheduled due to the debates taking place
later. The ‘powers that be’ are yet deciding upon the changing of the boundary
lines for the districts so the leader urged us to keep up with this. There is
one man from Clay County government thinking of throwing his hat into the ring
if and when the boundaries are re-laid. The woman in whose district Justin and
I reside, being on the ‘wrong’ side of Hwy.17, is fighting the redistricting tooth and nail. Hers is a gerrymandered district from Jacksonville to Orlando. This
will hopefully change and we will have a new or different representative.
Justin
and I listened to the beginning of the debate in the car as we drove home from
La Nop, hearing the UNF Chorus singing the National Anthem. Imagine that---sung
without any screeching! One of my friends who is in the music business wrote on
Facebook about how well her students and fellow teacher did with the Anthem on
national TV. I let her know how I told Justin, when the anthem was sung, “Now
that was just beautiful!”. And it was! We sat together in the family room to
watch the debates, both of us thinking all did well. I am rooting for my
guy who is still in the race but Justin is leaning a different direction. UNF
showed nicely on the TV but I only saw one person in the audience that I
recognized.
Friday
morning was my breakfast with friends as The Club for which I took my car
rather than walking in the rain. Not that I was concerned about my hair, but rather,
about sitting in wet clothes in a cold restaurant. We had four people around
the table but no game playing, so my name for the gathering is catching on! I
am cool with that, too, love the visiting!
Oh,
I have to back-track a bit---I had gotten an invitation to partake of birthday
cake for the owner of The Club, as a surprise, but it was Wednesday night. Since
I have choir rehearsal at that time, I had to send regrets. About 6:00 pm, just
before Justin and I were having dinner (I made scalloped potatoes and ham for
us), Robbie called to cancel choir. Oh, an unexpected free evening! We ate our
dinner early anyway, since everything was ready to go, and then later we
watched Jeopardy! When it was over, it suddenly occurred to me that I could
have gone to the birthday event. Since it was now 8:00 pm, I assumed the whole
thing would be over as Happy Hour usually wraps up at 7:00 pm. Rats! But, at
Breakfast Club, one of the ladies told me that they did not even serve the cake
until just after 8:00 so I could have made it! Double rats!
Back
to Friday: Justin went to work on Fleming Island, using his own car, with my
driving to work days over for now. It turned out he spent about four hours
in the car, making two trips to St. Johns County for getting a permit. He said,”Driving
is exhausting!” and he is so right about that. At least for the eyes and the
brain, and maybe even the butt.
Thursday
we bought the ingredients needed for Justin to make a recipe he found on-line
involving pork, apples, and cabbage. He wanted to make it for Friday’s Dinner and a
Movie,
but this is not going to happen until Saturday evening. Since he was not
cooking on Friday, he made plans to go to Mandarin for Game Night with his pals. But, I
did not go hungry as he brought home some leftover food that his step-mother
had given him. He had four half-sandwiches and a partial Caesar salad. The chicken
salad sandwich I ate was fantastic, and I would have eaten another but half was
enough! I think there were grapes cut up in the chicken, and perhaps even
chopped nuts. Man, that was good!
Saturday
as I mentioned I have three ladies coming over to watch “Midnight in
Paris” and have dinner. That’s all I have planned for
the day unless something else happens…you never know! Sunday is church and
Bible study, and in the afternoon, another movie, “Red Tails”, which I understand
is poorly directed. The movie is a good enough story to hold its own, but the
directing is shoddy. One critic asked, “Did Lucas have a stroke or something? What’s
happened to him??” I will try to not notice the flaws and take in the great
story!
The biggest news is that today is Mom's birthday---she is 87! Her plans for the day include going to dinner with a bunch of people from church for their Dinner Club. I hope she has a perch dinner to celebrate. When Justin came home from work, we sang Happy Birthday into her answering machine which will have hopefully sung her to sleep! Happy birthday, Mom!
