10-30-21 And that’s a wrap!
I am home finally after a very full and fabulous day. It began with an alarm to get me up and organized for our ABC Halloween Zoom. I had 8 masks ready to switch out on a regular basis as we talked. It was a lot of fun and so great to see everyone’s costumes. Several couldn’t make it but it was a good visit and laughs were had as always. There were also sad and touching moments as several shared the tough times they are going through. Several of us stayed on longer sharing and caring. It struck me at one point that I was grateful to be able to picture each of their homes in Santa Barbara, California, Biggin Hill, UK and West Linn, Oregon as I had spent time visiting each of them. I find comfort in being able to visualize where my friends are, to picture in my head the renovations and gardening they are doing, to have pet their dogs and cats and laughed with their kids. I truly am blessed by those moments.
When we were done I made my lunch and rested on the couch for a bit. Then it was time to get outside and get things done! When I had gone out this morning to grab my bin of masks out of the shed I had to bang on the locks to open it as they were frozen! I was worried that I had waited too long to get my Shelterlogic built as I needed to dig it to level and now the ground may be too solid. I had fortunately waited until it softened up. I spent the rest of the afternoon putting the walls and roof on the shed and raking leaves, organizing my metal locking shed and putting away lawn furniture. It would have been much easier with two people and at one point I got frustrated but persevered. It was very satisfying in the end.
I invited my neighbour to dinner and the hockey game. She couldn’t make it to the game but I made a nice meal to share and we had a good catch up visit. By the time we were done I made it to the game between the first and second period. There was no score yet at least. It seemed a fairly even game against the Nanaimo Clippers but it wasn’t very interesting until the third period when we started scoring. The game ended 4-1 with an empty netter in the last 21 seconds. It was fun to hear some of my Vancouver Island friends had been following the game on the radio.
Once I finally got out of the parking lot, I headed to the Firehall where the wrap party for The Shape of a Girl was being held. As i entered I was told it was last call in 5 minutes and would I like a drink. I said a red wine, not a Merlot would be lovely, 9 ounce. After a short but nice visit with everyone, I was given my tab to pay and found out my one glass of wine cost 20.70! It turns out I was drinking $360 Pinot Noir! I do wish I had known that in advance to avoid the sticker shock. I would also have paid more attention to it as I chatted…
triumphgal 