It's Friday morning, and I'm sitting in my breakfast nook while my mom is outside watching the birds. We've had a great time together. I went to her house as planned yesterday and did her cut and color. Then we went to Old Country Buffet. I got a laugh out of something she said: 'there's a lot of heavy people here.' Yes indeed, Old Country has a lot of heavy people, a lot of seniors and a lot of working class people. I actually like it a lot. Unfortunately I can't help but eat a lot and that's why I try to stay away. I'll probably be a heavy senior eating at Old Country one day. I do love to eat! We came to my house after lunch. I got Mom settled on the couch and I left for the pool. I swam laps for 15 minutes, then read my Wired magazine with my reader sunglasses. Heavenly time. After showering and dressing, Mom and I left for Arundel Mills Mall. We rented a wheelchair, and made our way to the Muvico theater. It's a long walk...hopefully I burned off some calories from lunch! We saw Sex in the City. I'd never seen the TV show, but loved the movie. Mom thought it was just so so. We went to Panera's afterwards for dinner, then to McDonald's for ice cream in the car. It was great. We were just settling in at home to see pictures from Costa Rica when we lost power, for no reason that I can think of. It was just an ordinary night, no weather issues. Bummer. I hadn't been on the computer all day, and was looking forward to spending some time on it. The house got hot very quickly. I got my mother settled in bed, then went to mine to read. It was too hot! It took forever to fall asleep. Here's what I'm used to: my ceiling fan directly over me. My very powerful floor fan blowing on me.



Here's what I had instead...a very loud, tiny, battery-operated fan. It looks bigger in this picture than it actually is. It's probably about 5" tall. I had to wear ear plugs!


This is the lantern I use whenever we lose power. It's got a florescent bulb and takes 8 'D' batteries. The batteries fit in a removable base that I keep seperate from the lantern when I store it so it doesn't drain the 'juice.' It's as bright as a lamp.


Some pictures from Wednesday at Sherwood Forest. First is approaching the community. I love wind-y roads in the woods. Next is a view from the porch. Finally, the porch where I spent over an hour laying on the couch, reading a magazine while waiting for Kit.





My neighbor Kelly and her daughter Natalie just came over with donuts from Dunkin Donuts. I called her earlier to ask if she was planning on going there and if she could get my mom an apple fritter. She wasn't planning on it, but offered to go. It's just up the street from where we live. Mom was happily surprised. They're sitting out on the deck now, so I should join them. Soon we'll leave to go to my parent's community pool. Have a great 4th!