Last weekend started out on Saturday by following a friend to drop her car off for repairs at the unreal hour of 7 AM. I mean I'm retired and that is no longer part of my routine, right? Anyway after stopping for breakfast before I'm normally awake. I was able to drop her off to retrieve her car. Then a group of us had gotten together at 10 AM as we usually do and one of our ladies was overcome by the heat and another friend and I spent a few hours with her at the local ER. Fortunately she was able to be released after being hydrated and cooled off. By this time it was too hot for me to get my usual walk in so I headed to the laundromat instead and got that chore done. I finished up Saturday watching American Flat Track racing on FansChoice, a new interest for me, thanks to the excellent writing of a professional journalist and fellow blogger. (see ehorseman.blogspot.com )
Sunday started out quietly with a visit to my local church followed by a walk on the Schuylkill River Trail. In the afternoon I met a friend at a local book store- yes there are still local book stores- for a book signing by an author I've been reading for a couple of decades. She and her daughter have just released a new book and her daughter has a novel coming out that she has been working on for years. She has a deal, the book is in re-write and should be out next year. She encouraged newbie writers (like me) to keep at it and not lose hope. I needed to hear that. It would have been great to have an actual seat, but thanks to my New Yorker buddy the seats on the tile floor were more comfortable than standing for an hour! A local band was performing at the hometown park that evening so I headed over there for a while to sit back and soak up some music and chill. I was there all of about ten minutes and ran into two former classmates from high school and a neighbor and her mom from my childhood street.
My mind was a bit crazy, so I left early to go hang with some friends where I could just sit and listen. On the way out of the park I stepped on what looked like a damp patch of grass, but was instead a foul-smelling mire of mud that sucked my shoes off! I managed to rinse off as much as I could with my water bottle and went home to shower and change. I was able to make it in time and heard what I need to hear to get back to a calmer place. As I was getting ready to leave, a friend asked if I would like to attend Cirque Du Soliel on Thursday! She had gotten tickets from her job and was thinking of asking me to go and I showed up - just like I was meant to be there after all the running around I'd been doing. Perfect ending to a long weekend.
Monday was a quieter day- a nice long walk at my favorite park where I could see the tents that had been erected for Cirque Du Soliel. Later that evening I got to catch up with the aforementioned blogger to talk about the weekend's races. I always enjoy our talks. Tuesday I took Mom to her eye doctor appointment and she was told to come back to see the glaucoma specialists ASAP because her pressures were up. That night I got to see Casablanca on the big screen for the first time, though I've watched it lots of times at home- a quiet fun night.
Wednesday I was about to take a long ride when my sister called to say Mom had fallen and they were going to Patient First for stitches. Mom is ninety-four and has had a couple falls before, so she wasn't going to bother getting checked except she couldn't stop bleeding. After closing the wound over her eye, the doctor told her she had to go to the ER for a CT scan of her head to make sure she wasn't bleeding. She was not a happy camper, but fortunately everything looked good and she got to go home. On Thursday, the glaucoma doc told her her pressures were down again, but suggested a laser procedure to stabilize things, She's had it done before, so that's in the works for next month.
Finally Thursday night, my big night at the circus aka Cirque! We arrived half an hour early and maybe because it was opening night they were passing out free popcorn, sandwich sliders, cookies, donuts and wine (we had to pay for our water!) . Had I known I would have skipped dinner, Anyway, The show started and was pretty amazing. I have never seen Cirque Du Soliel before except for excerpts on TV. Action, acrobatics, fluid movement, music, breath-taking moments, enough hints for everyone to make up their own story. Per the website, VOLTA focuses on a guy who as a child felt different and in the end finds that it's about being true to himself, about finding our own identity and power. The street bike acrobatic choreography at the finale was amazing!
So, not every week is like this one has been and looks to continue to be, but people ask what I do in retirement. My initial response was whatever I feel like. It seems like since I started writing, new things are occurring all the time. I can't wait to see what happens next!
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