FRIDAY

 We had the T.O.P.S. brunch yesterday in the gathering room at my place. I got there at 8:00 and Sharon (on left in the first picture) and her husband, Louis, were already out front. I brought all the utensils, plates, napkins, and other items and the gals all brought the food.  I also brought tomato juice, plus the vodka our former leader, Lolly, had given me when she moved away. We're still friends on Facebook and I sent her these three pictures. On the right is Louisa, who is not a member and hasn't been for four or more years. Actually, she used to live in SO-FI, when I first moved here, but I always found her snide and nasty. Why she was invited is a mystery and it pissed me off.

In the picture below, Bev is in the back on the right and my good friend, Lora, is on the left. That's Louisa again in the front left, next to leader Lennie, and seated are Mary Ann and Cheryl.

Here's Cheryl below; she's the one who picks me up for T.O.P.S. every Friday:

I wish I had gotten better pictures, but I was too busy. 

It was great that Kim, the "assistant community directory" (oh, give me a break) had the K-Cup coffee machine put on the counter, moving it from its usual place in the main office. 

We had decided not to have a regular meeting, but we did get weighed in and Bobbi and I won the biggest loser bucks, each having lost 1.2 pounds. Lennie had said last week we'd tell stories about our husbands and I was annoyed when she first opened a paper with prayers from several different religions and asked each of us to read one. WHAT?? Her husband may be the retired pastor of Trinity Lutheran, but this is a secular group. Luckily, before the paper reached me, all the prayers had been read. I would have passed, anyway.

We then did tell some anecdotes about husbands--that is, three of us got a chance (how we met hubby and so on) until it was Sharon's turn and she absolutely would not shut up. I was glad when Cheryl got up and started clearing the table while Sharon was still talking; I did, too and soon, so did most of the rest of the group. Incredibly, Sharon still held forth on while this was going on. 

Everybody cleaned up their own and packed up, then we said goodbye. I stayed longer to wipe the table and counter and pack what was left of the utensils and so on. Before I left, I went up to the office and thanked Kim and Soyant for their help. 

Home and Ellen called to say Mike was flying into San Francisco today--YAY!--but she wasn't sure what time he'd be in. I don't know if he's coming directly from China or not. We agreed that he would probably be tired, as he'll have to drive here for several hours, so I'll wait to go to Ellen's tomorrow.

Took my lunch to the middle and ate there while starting No Bad Parts, the book Carolyn has sent. It's absorbing and I think might be life-changing. After, I took a short nap, then went over to Von's for provisions, then to CVS for ZZ--Quil.