new friends, old friends

We had to wait to walk this morning because Evelyn wanted to go to the women’s Bible study at church. We took her to the church and then went to the local strip mall to distribute the Folkmoot brochures. Olivia was happy and very cooperative. We had a good time together. We also went to some nearby doctor’s offices and the Haywood county hospital. We ran out of them and came home around noon. Evelyn wasn’t there so we had a lunch of leftovers. When she came home we played some protestant poker. Evelyn had not eaten at the church so she had to make lunch for herself. I thought she would have eaten or we would have waited for her. Olivia had made an appointment with a little girl she met at the pool yesterday. She wanted to meet her at the library at 3:30 so we left her around 3. I dropped them off and went to the Folkmoot center to get more brochures. I returned to work on the computer. We left at 5 and went to walk the lake. It was nice and cool but soon became humid and uncomfortable. We came home and had more leftovers for dinner. We also enjoyed some chocolate chip cookies the girls had made in mid afternoon. After dinner we tried to get the fishing rods ready to go fishing but had too much trouble and discovered that the crank on my old reel is missing. Perhaps I can find it in the motor home. We finally came in and watched Brother Bear, a video from the library. We returned the other three this afternoon. Anna called to see if Olivia had a Pokeman card of hers from this afternoon. We thought she might be calling to confirm a swimming date for tomorrow afternoon but we have wait until she calls tomorrow.
This morning I wakened at 5:00 AM worrying about finishing Sunday’s sermon. I got up and worked until 6:30 and finished it. Naturally I didn’t get up until late after returning to bed. I arose to a surprise: Evelyn was frying eggs and bacon. Olivia and I enjoyed them while E ate cereal. Afterward I got a haircut. I then showered for the day because we had made arrangements to meet Annah [sic] and her mother at the recreation center for a swim. We went to Pizza Hut for the noon buffet. We made it to the pool right on time. Annah’s mother was there and the wives talked while I went to do internet work. I could not get on-line at the Kern Cafe and could not find a place to park at the Terrace Hotel, so I just delivered Folkmoot brochures to the Sunset Inn, the Junaluska bookstore, the Sunset Cafe, and Granny’s Chicken Palace. I stopped at Big Lots on the way to the pool and found Rotel for $.25 per can. While there, Annah’s mother invited us to a hamburger cook out-birthday party for Annah tomorrow evening. It is a surprise party so we can’t tell Olivia. We had thought of going fishing but rain came down. Evelyn went to get her nails refreshed but couldn’t get in. She will go again tomorrow morning. Olivia and I watched a DVD about Tahiti, Moorea, and Bora Bora. We thought we never want to return there after last year’s visit, but the content made me want to go back. We won’t though. We had thought Olivia would want to go to the neighbor’s to ride his horse but she didn’t seem interested. After dinner, she changed her mind and we went but no one was home. We stayed home the rest of the evening because of the threatening weather except for another trip to the horse barn at 8:30!
We got up and O. And I took E to get her nails done and went to the library. O played on the computer while I worked on mine. We went back to get E and went to a horse tack ship that was giving out free hamburgers and hot dogs. E bought O a blouse and hat, and found out some information about some stables that give riding lessons. While they were shopping, I went to the nearby Taco Bell which advertised for help. I am supposed to go in for an interview Monday at 10; I will also go to the Food Lion. I washed the car in the afternoon while we waited until time to hunt for Annah’s house. We arrived there right on time and I brought two bottles of wine, thinking we could take one to Franklin tomorrow. Wrong! We all drank more than I thought we would. We had hamburgers and met her father. He used to run in many long distance races and raced against Frank Shorter among other famous names. Her mother was a professional singer who had sung at Carolina Nights, Pheasant Hill and Towne Square. We had a good time but were puzzled as to their spiritual Christianity. We will likely have to entertain them here sometime and learn more about them.
We arose early Sunday, loaded the car and left for Franklin. We bought a breakfast sandwich for O and E. On the way I coasted down a hill and attracted the attention of a state trooper who gave me a ticket for speeding. My court date is July 28. The trooper thinks that the DA will allow me to plead to a lesser fine. We went on and had a wonderful worship. We went on the Clayton, GA and met the Georges family for lunch at a small Bohemian restaurant. We delivered Olivia and then returned to spend the afternoon with Tom and LuAnn Jones. We really enjoy their company, They served us a delicious shrimp casserole and several types of wines. We returned home (Evelyn drove) by 9 and watched some TV before bed. The day was bright and beautiful and we discovered that it had rained here while we were gone. There had been a brief storm while we were having dinner,