I had
the best time yesterday. I left here a
little after 10 and headed to Killingworth.
Unfortunately some trucker from Unifirst was being obnoxious by blowing
his horn at me. Admittedly I wasn’t
speeding but I may have slid into his lane inadvertently. Not my finest moment.
It was
just about then when I realized I could get the phone map to play through over
the Bluetooth and I didn’t have to hold the phone or keep looking over at
it. Then again the phone was going wonky
throughout the day so a few of the aps didn’t work for me. Like the map my walk and my pedometer wigged
out on me too.
The
route to the farm was becoming familiar as it was close to my Nephew Jr. and
his family’s home. There were plenty of
hills and beautiful homes.
I arrived to the farm shortly before the
agreed time. G, and a few others were
waiting. Eventually others arrived and
we began walking around the pond. There
were little garden set ups along the path and they were adorable. I took a few pictures of that and the giant
Chess board and we walked through gardens and it was just a lot of fun. When we finished walking around some of the
ladies went into the small shop that had the various items infused with
lavender. When they were finished we
went to our cars and headed to Niantic.
At this
point the phone was continuing to have a hissy fit and making me
frustrated. The route
from the farm to Niantic was the most rural and beautiful area
ever. While I was admiring the beauty
around I was becoming increasing worried because the gas was low and there was
no gas station that I could see for miles.
Not even on route 9 and or 95.
The last service area is Madison CT.
I did find a station about 5 minutes before going into Niantic and I was
relieved.
AS I
drove down Main Street I could see the ladies all waiting in front of the Candy
shop. I ended up parking in the credit
union parking lot across the street. It
was busy even though it was post pandemic.
We waited a little longer and then began the walk along the board walk. Everything was beautiful. There were people on the beach, in the boats. WE could even see the Millstone Nuclear Power
Plant in Waterford. I don’t know how
long it took us to get to the end and then walk over to the side where it would
take us downtown. We had to wait for one
person who had trouble walking. I felt
bad for her because I have been there.
We eventually lost her by the time we got to Dad’s
Restaurant. I guess it’s a popular
restaurant. I got a seafood salad
sandwich (didn’t eat the bread) but most of us sat on the edge of someone’s
front yard.
A few
of the ladies had to leave early and so many of us headed back towards our car. By the time we got to the candy shop it was
JackieB, G, and I and eventually G’s hubby joined us and we talked for another
hour or so after we had ice cream. I
think it was five by the time I headed home and was hoping to find a place for
coffee because by then I was tired. I
got Coffee in Branford because the Madison rest stop didn’t have a drive
through.
It was
about 6 when I got home and the cats were indignant. I fed them, finished my coffee, called Liz
and then started dinner, and started separating some of the meat I got on
Friday. I was impressed that I actually
pushed through the exhaustion to do it. I
cleaned up the kitchen and just about 9 came upstairs to listen to the Saturday
night radio program.
Unfortunately
I didn’t really sleep because of the coffee and the lots of things on my mind.
Today was
equally beautiful. I got up fed the critters,
and decided to sleep again and then decided to prep more food that I didn’t
finish last night and then cook a roast.
The chicken is still waiting in the fridge and that will be tomorrow’s
project.
I
finished the laundry and straighten up the kitchen and then decided to call Dave.
We
spent two hours talking about stuff. He
was asking me questions about the diet and nutrition and I tried to explain how
and what AW believes in. He was asking
me about prices for Personal training and I really couldn’t answer him. He didn’t understand why I didn’t just cook the
stuff when I needed it. Because by the
time I want to eat it could go bad.
The
rest of the day I flaked. I had one of
the pork patties I made yesterday and watched TV. I slept or got on the computer late in the
day.
This
week is bulk pick up so I put some stuff out.
I think they are picking it up on Thursday I hope. I was going to put more out but it’s the old Cuisinart
and it has sharp blades. I may just take
it to the transfer station this week.
Liz was
asking me about the lawn service I use now so I gave her the information last
night and texted her morning to see if she got but never replied. I really wish she would acknowledge it. They came while I was at the meetup.
I don’t believe it…Tiger spent some time
sleeping next to me tonight. Maybe it’s
the treat I gave her earlier today. Let’s
just hope I don’t find another hairball like I did when I came home
yesterday. I think Sky ate the ribbon
from something and it was on the ledge in the back room.
I did
manage to fend off male pen pals again.
I am reviewing the potential pen pal list I have. I am waiting to hear from the most recent
ones. I updated the pen pal blog as
well.
