MONDAY

Susan picked me up and off we went to the Stone Fire Grille for the Soaring Spirits bi-monthly lunch. Besides she and I (and Gizmo), Gayle, Renee, Narell, and Glenda came and we had a fine, convivial time. I got the soup and salad (and a hazy IPA, natch) and had enough to take the salad home. Got back after 2:00 and did some wearisome financial stuff. 

Ellen called after having been in touch with the attorney, who wants to talk to me about changes in the power of thing, asking that I call her today at 1:30, which I will. 

Had dinner with Kathie, Paula, and Denise. We were surprised when LaVerne sat at the next table without saying hello. Frankly, we're all pretty okay with her sitting elsewhere. Dinner was BBQ chicken, and tasty, although I ordered only a half portion.

Denise had these wonderful glasses, with a light on them; I tried them on and may order a pair: 

Eyeglass magnifer

Denise holding the several lenses that come with it.

Yours truly sporting the glasses. 

George Wimberg called, but I missed it, as I'm having problems with my phone; I'll call him today. Vickie texted me to say Sharon had invited her to the 55th wedding anniversary party, also. Great, as we'll go together and she'll pick me up.

SUNDAY

 As I usually do on Sunday, I stripped the bed, took bedclothes to the laundry room, and did my domestic duty. The closer laundry room to me was already in use, so I had to go to the one in the other wing. No big deal and I've done that before.

Lunch with Kathie, LaVerne, Paula, and Denise, who asked to borrow one of my canes, as she lost hers; she accompanied me back to my place to get it. We also decided at lunch that we'd stake out another place to sit in the dining room.

Went to Bingo at 2:00, but didn't win any. From there, I went directly to Yahtzee with which, I'm afraid, I'm getting very bored. I just hate to hurt the feelings of the volunteer, Cindy, who runs it. She had gotten into the habit of having dinner here after and I didn't want to hurt her feeling by not sitting with her, so I invited her to sit with my gang. That included Kathie, Paula, and Denise--LaVerne was elsewhere--and it went well.

I got three text invitations yesterday: from Susan, asking if I'd like to go to the Soaring Spirits lunch today; Katherine, asking if I wanted go to the BCNN meeting on Wednesday; and Sharon, who invited me to her anniversary party and wanted to know if Vickie and Suzanne might want to come, too. Maybe, we'll see. I said yes to Susan, no to Katherine, because I have an appointment on Wednesday, and probably to Sharon, whom I'll call today.

Interestingly, I saw that George Wimberg called me yesterday; will call him back.   

SATURDAY

A draggy morning, but I did a color wash, then went down to see the dressed up doggies, many of which are therapy dogs. I'm no dog-lover, but have to admit they were darling: 

Above: Tom and his little nurse dog.

This one looked more like a lion than Leo!

An area resident came with her two.

I loved the little "cook doggy" on the right.

 I had lunch with Kathie, LaVerne, Paula, and Denise. At 2:00, I attended the "Trunk and Treat" event which featured Halloween type goodies and a whipped cream/cheezit game:

Yes, participants were given shower caps, then had whipped cream squiarted on their heads. After that, the other players got ten cheezits to throw at them. The winner was the one who got the most on. Above is Marge and those are the ones I got on. The one who threw at Katherine won, though, and here she is on the left, below:

Katherine and Jean with whipped cream and Cheezits.

Not to be outshone, I asked Batman to take a picture with me. He agreed, but  I think I scared him with my witch'es claws:

Batman--he must be six foot five or six. 

Fooled around on the laptop until dinner, which I ate with Kathie, LaVerne, and Paula. I ran into Denise after--she introduced me to her daughter, whose birthday it was. Yes, she was born on Halloween and I think she should be nicknamed "Boo." 

Son Mike Facetimed me.  He's back in Singapore and we had a long talk, which included the power of attorney topic. 

Finally, I slept well, except for getting up for the usual. No plans for today, aside from Bingo and Yahtzee, which is fine by me. 

FRIDAY

 Well, I fervently hope this laptop is fixed. As scheduled, I was picked up by the Accss Van at 9:40 and got to Asurion shortly thereafter. After explaining the problem to the person, I left it and went to Von's next door. I had planned to pick up a few items, but it occurred to me that, what with the laptop, my purse, umbrella, it would probably be too much to carry. Walked down to CVS to see if I had any meds in, but I didn't, so just waited outside for Vickie and Suzanne to show up.

They did at noon and we went to The Little Lion to lunch. It was great to see them again and we had a good time. Stopped back at Asurion and picked up the laptop, then Vickie drove me home.

I took a 45-minute nap, then went downstairs to enjoy Happy Hour, a Margarita, and the fabulous Tatiana, who did her usual song and dance act for an hour. Here she is as Michael Jackson:

And as a scary skelton:

Earlier, I wore the Samuri mask I bought in Tokyo about 25 years ago:

                                                       

I didn't get a picture of the rest of  my costume, but Mindy did. It was just makeshift, anyway, with a tee-shirt that reads: "When I feet hit the floor each morning, the devil says, 'Oh, crap, she's up already!'"

Had very poor sleep last night and will nap today. Not sure what's going on besides the usual, as my schedule info, for some reason, didn't include Saturday. Will see. 

WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY

 AAGH! I just can't go over all that happened in the last two days, but will minimize the more important parts:

WEDNESDAY: Ellen picked me up and we went to the attorney's office to start setting up the power of attorney stuff. I was favorably impressed with Maria, the attorney, and will receive things to sign and so on.

THURSDAY: We had the "Halloween parade," which was actually a lot of fun. I didn't expect so many to dress up, but at least twenty did and we all enjoyed it. Denise stopped in after lunch and we had an enjoyable talk. I called the Access Van to take me to Asurion today to get the laptop fixed. Also made a date to meet Vickie and Suznne for lunch after; I had completely forgotten another committment I had made, but will have to cancel that. Had dinner with Kathie and Paula and that wrapped up the day.  

TUESDAY--AND IT'S FIXED!

 I called Elika to ask what she had done to the laptop to have it work again;  luckily, she was working upsairs then and came down. She showed me how she had put the charger upright or what ever, but it's just too much of a bore to elaborate. Anyway, it's fixed, I hope for good--and that naughty girl refused to take any payment for it. 

Did a white wash before lunch; ate that with Denise, LaVerne and Paula. Kathy was staying in, as she had ordered a new lounge chair and it was being delivered.

At 1:00, I attended a talk by the director of the health aides about the recommanded usage of wheel chairs, and various types of walkers. I told her about the kindness of the young women who had come down to get me off the flooor.

Bingo after that, although only five of us were there. It was kind of a bore, although I won two. Upstairs after that to get on this laptop--YAY, YAY, AND YAY!  

Dinner with Kathy and Paula, then I went back to my place to revel in being on-line again. Ellen and I will still stop at Asurion to have them--I hope--remove the McAfee crapola from coming on here. 

Darn, I had trouble sleeping and got up now at 6:15. I'll nap later before we go to the attorney this afternoon. 

Monday

 Changed the bed, as I often do on Sundays, and washed a few tops with the sheets. Re-made, then it was down to lunch with Kathie, LaVerne, and Paula. At 2:00, I went up to my nail appointment with Elika and that sweet girl heard that my laptop was down and offered to come and look at it. She did and she fixed it. She refused to take any cash for it (I always give her a little extra for the manicure) and I'm very grateful to her. 

I more or less played around on the Internet until time for dinner. Ate with Denise, Paula, and LaVerne; Kathie, as she often did, skipped it. I was a bit taken about when Paula suddenly got up and left--I worry about her sometimes, as after her two strokes, she has some problems.

I had written my request for the van to take me to the computer place, Asurion, today, but later changed my mind and struck it out. I would have had to take the laptop and accompanying electronics in my cart and I worry a bit that it might now be too much for  me. Ellen will be here on Wednesday when we go to the attorney and maybe we'll stop at Asurion then.