Shutdown Weekend

 Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vol 1 p. 595

7.6 miles

cold and cloudy

 

348 recordings of 41 types, 1 old SVU, 74 CPD, and 46 LMS. 24% clear.

 

This was the weekend of the Schumer shutdown. That didn't work out so well for him. On the 20th I once again (like every day) rejoiced that Hillary isn't the President. There are a lot of things I don't like about Trump, but I do like many of his accomplishments, and I am SO SO SO glad Hillary lost.

 

I went to the WPAC luncheon at the Old Spaghetti Factory (which used to be a steak house where we went at least once a year wth Rich's former landlady, and which later was sued and I was in the jury, could hardly wait until the trial was over so I could check it out. More recently it was Farrell's Ice Cream. I never made it to that reincarnation.) Anyway, there were 91 people there. I had asked my friend Gary (not the Gary I used to have lunches with in 2015, RIP, or the Gary who fixed my doorknob, who was so distraught over his wife's death but got re-married in under a year, but the Gary who was with Darlene) to join me there so I would know someone. In the event, I was sitting with Stan and Faye, so I'd have been OK, but it was really nice to have a long talk with Gary and find out how Darlene is doing. She's moved to Tallahassee with her son, and has a nice section of the apartment all her own. I need to call her one of these days. (I miss her.) Gary was there for Christmas.  

 

I had the chicken marsala and also ice cream for dessert. I know, I know, carbs, but just this once? SO good!

 

Sunday while I was at Mass, the dog snatched the last three mince tarts Roni gave me off the table. Bad bad dog. (And yesterday I caught him sniffing at the last of the dried fruit.)

 

Marty stopped by to give me $20 for Joanna's Girl Scout cookies.

 

I walked to Raley's and got birthday cards for Carol and for Rob, and I found three delightful Valentines for the kids. Then I had to completely clean out my purse including Marty's money, because I thought I had more with me than I actually had. I didn't have to use the credit card, anyway.

 

My yogurt cups came. Gonna try that next with the Instant Pot. 

 

I've been reading a book a day. Joanna's Boxcar Children set came and I read one of those, plus an Aunt Dimity I ran into, and I'm really chugging through the Nero Wolfes.  I'm still reading Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire; Pepys' Diary; Embarrassments by PJ Nel; Shattered, Jonathan Allen & Amie Parnes; Little Women, Louisa May Alcott; and Trio for Blunt Instruments, Rex Stout.