fossilfreak | Another Catch-Up Post

Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, vol 1 p. 560

196.4 miles

cloudy

372 recordings of 29 types, 8 old SVU, 32 old CPD, 23% clear.

Friday (the 18th) was, of course, Renaissance. I decided I was interested in the travel seminar about Panama. So many places I would like to see, so little time.

I got there early and picked a good seat along the wall, so I could see the screen and wasn't blocking any one else. About 15 minutes before the class started, a woman sat next to me, said "Jan? I'm Jean N." I remember her from years ago, at St. Philomene and in the neighborhood where she still lives. But it has been years. A quick catch-up says that she was widowed a couple of years ago. She wanted to know if it gets easier. Her future trips, with friends, will be to Greece and Portugal. It was great to see her and I'd like to get her into WPAC. I had some thought of asking her to the Newcomer's Dinner, but in the end, just as well I didn't, because I didn't feel like going on Monday.

After the interesting presentation, I had my usual tuna bahn mi for lunch at the movie place. The seats are so awful, I really need to remember to bring a seat cushion. The movie was "The Edge of Tomorrow." An alien war movie. Tom Cruise was great. I enjoyed the whole thing, except for the seating!

At the discussion, I misquoted Shakespeare, "the coward dies a thousand deaths, the valient only taste of death but once." The teacher had never heard it! (Later, when I corrected the quote in email, he thanked me for raising the level of the discussion above his stupid jokes.)

In the evening I wanted to see the new tiny theater so drove 10 miles out to the wilds of Citrus Heights to see if I could get in. I drove back and forth looking for it, but it was dark and I couldn't see the sign for it. There was a homeless man sleeping right next to an alleyway I drove down looking, and others here and there, and I finally gave up and came home. To a spirited argument about "You should have used a smartphone, you should have used Google Maps." I did use Google Maps, but I still don't see what a smartphone would have done to help me see the sign!

Saturday was fairly calm. I did a little digging and picked three oranges. I started polishing a three-candle candlestick and it turns out to be a lot harder than I had realized. I plan to take it to Roni and if Monica wants one, I have another one. (How come I have two? Were they my grandparents'? )

I got about 12 pieces into the puzzle, by sheer perseverance, trying every piece in every place.

I was using the picture frame on a 2014-15 picture disc that ends just before my Camino. I decided to go through the pictures on the computer and get rid of some of the fuzzy ones. Lots of good memories. I'd also hoped to rotate some but that doesn't work.

Sunday at Mass I saw Laurie and invited her to go to see "Lady Bird" with me. This is a movie set in Sacramento, semi-autobiographical by the Sacramento native who wrote it. Laurie really liked it, I thought it was good (but I'm not actually a big "coming-of-age" fan.) Nice to see all the local sights.

Then in the afternoon I did go to the Citrus Heights theater who did "The Complete Works of Shakespeare (abridged)" It wasn't the one I saw on the 1st with the Reduced Shakespeare Company, and the seats in the still-under-construction theater are uncomfortable, but I enjoyed it up till close to the end, when they were supposed to do Hamlet but instead started a very dull stretch so they could have an intermission. I left then. However, I do want to see their December play, and some of the ones next year (except for Twelth Night. I am SO DONE with that play!)

Monday I made a quick trip to the Commissary before the cleaners came. I also had a chance to talk to the neighbor, and it turns out my neighbor on the corner (who never lives there any more) also has a backyard leak. On that topic, the plumber called to check on my job, and yes, I'm still happy.

I won all the decorations I could with Fishdom so am going to not play for awhile until they make the new aquarium. (A resolution that has been tested a bit... I can play Herman because there are rewards... I lose slowly, but I get goodies, too. Leo, I'm not playing until I get lots more diamonds.)

I had filled out a form to be on a mock jury, and they want me! So I'll be doing that on Sunday December 3rd. Nice! There's $125 in it for me!