It was a nice week. The weather broke, which made me very
happy, and I had a wonderful surprise at the end of the week.
I got my 15 year service award on Tuesday, which was
followed by the all university picnic so half the day was gone in a flash. I
left early for an eye doctor appointment and so was home in time to make a nice
dinner. After an evening of knitting, I went to bed early and slept like a
rock. That was probably why I woke up in a fabulous mood on Wednesday. Then we
were having a food day for a woman in AP who was retiring and those are always
fun. After an afternoon that crawled by, the storms that came through and
brought the cool weather were the icing on the cake. I was thrilled that fall
weather was finally here.
Thursday and Friday flew by, punctuated by nice lunches with
Dodie on Thursday and Layton on Friday. I was looking forward to the weekend to
finish up the house cleaning. Yes,I did just say that.
I had errands to run in town on Saturday, which I got done
in such short order that I worked up a sweat and had to shower before meeting
Lori at Chips for lunch. I hadn’t invited Andrea because her shop is open until
1:00, which was when I was supposed to pick her up to go to spinning. But Lori
had stopped at the shop and convinced Andrea to close up and come to lunch,
which was yummy as usual. Then Andrea and I left for Fremont where she was
teaching a class on Dorset buttons. From there we went to Goodwill then stopped
at Lori’s to pick up produce. Her garden is amazing and we left with bags full
of kale, cucumbers, tomatoes and butternut squash. I was good and did some
cleaning before the end of the day. It helped that Lorri (the other one – 2 R’s)
was coming over for lunch. Nothing like a deadline to get me motivated.
I got up and finished my housework on Sunday morning, which
felt great. Lorri and I had also decided to pick up lunch at the local catholic
church’s roast beef feed, which took the cooking pressure off. It’s a common
thing in this area and is the deal of the century. For $9 you get roast beef,
mashed potatoes, veg, cole slaw, a roll, a kolache and pie. It’s more than
enough to eat twice. Lorri and I got take out enjoyed our lunch in my front
room while catching up. After she left, I had a perfectly pleasant afternoon,
knitting and doing laundry. But here’s the best thing about the week…
I had talked to Cornelia on Saturday morning and at the end
of our call, she mentioned that she’d heard from our friend Maria who was at l’Universite
d’Orleans with us. I had stayed in touch with Maria for years and visited her in
London for years. The last time I saw her was when I flew over for her wedding.
When I moved to Nebraska, we lost touch. I’d tried to find her over the years,
going to her parents’ house in Hammersmith only to find they didn’t live there
anymore. I even tracked down a John and Maria Ellis in London’s voter rolls and
went to their apartment in North London. It wasn’t her. So, I was thrilled that
she’d gotten in touch with Cornelia on LinkedIn so I logged into my dormant
account and sent her a note. She replied back overnight. I’m excited that we’re
back in touch and hope I can see her next year when I’m in France.
What a perfect end to the week and that’s on top of the arrival
of fall, both officially and weather wise. My house was as clean as it gets and
I’d decided to take Wednesday off to can all the produce I’ve been given in the
past week. I’ll do pickle relish, pear jam and chutney as a start. And then
there’s the kale to use. So much food, I need the day off. Wish me luck.
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