Many days

I returned to work Wednesday and did my regular routine. Around noon Stacy and Tom and the kids came in for lunch on their way home. We had a short visit in the dining room and then they came through the drive through so they could see me gathering money. I finished my shift and then Evelyn came home and changed clothes for golf. We met Shirley and off we went to play the back 9 at Lake Junaluska course. I was playing my usual lousy game for three holes and then the downpour came. We tried to wait it out but gave up and went to the clubhouse for a rain check. We had planned to play with the Salmons but got word that his brother had died in Albuquerque. It is better this way because of the rainout. Shirley brought me home because Evelyn had not come after me yet. I talked her into calling Paul to come for bratwurst sandwiches and an evening of cards. We played until 10 and then they left so I could go to bed.

I went to work again but didn’t do everything I usually do because it had rained last night. I cleaned the windows with a good rubber squeegee and received a comment from the assistant manager in that I am the only employee that he knows who cleans windows this way. I think that is strange since every professional window cleaner I know uses a squeegee. I worked the drive through window again. I think that is where I will be most of the days I work. Shirley came through and said we could use our rain check at 3:30. I was pretty tired but didn’t want to say no. So we went to again play the back 9, and I repeated my atrocious play. I might have made 4 good shots during the entire round. I don’t know why I play at all. Afterward we all met Paul and the Salmons at the “Butts on the Creek” restaurant in Maggie Valley. We had a good time and helped Ron a bit in his grieving. He will fly to NM Saturday but Mary Lou will stay here. We will try to entertain her some while he is gone. We came home despite two invitations out. I was still tired so we came home and watched a good movie, Mumford. It was about a man who was a good listener and everyone loved to talk to him. It is probably not great as a family film but is good.

Friday was a day we had plans. We went to walk and then drove to Franklin for lunch with the Conovers. He is the lay minister whom I replace once in a while. They live in a beautiful setting near Franklin and not far from where Tom and Luann Jones live. They prepared lunch of barbecued chicken. Afterward they drove us up to Highlands, NC, a little tourist town in the mountains. On the way we saw many beautiful waterfalls and other breathtaking scenery. We also had breathtaking twists and turns on our way up the mountain. We left them about 5 and drove back to Waynesville. We had planned all week to go to the street dance but were too tired. We came home to rest and decide whether to go back or not. We decided not so we watched the other movie Evelyn had checked out of the library, Mona Lisa Smile. It was a typical feminist film that somewhat ridiculed the role of women as stay-at-home moms. I didn’t like the them but the picture was good in many other ways. We went to bed early again, hoping to get a better night’s sleep than last night. We have a work day at church tomorrow morning.

Saturday was a wash out for me. I got up in the morning very dizzy. The room was spinning violently. This lasted the remainder of the day until around 7:00 PM. I was so bad that I was afraid to stand to urinate. I spent the day in bed and slept through most of it. Evelyn went to the church to help with cleaning the windows and screens. We were both surprised at the people who weren’t there to help. She also ran some errands to the library and got two more DVDs. When I got better, I went to the living room to show and watch My Father’s Glory. It was a good movie but was in French. At least, unlike those in Tahiti last summer, these had English subtitles. We nearly quit on it before we began but are glad we didn’t. I was certainly worried about my condition early on. We have a friend who had an attack of an inner ear disease years ago and was in bad shape for quite a while. Evelyn also remembered that my mother took Dramamine frequently for some sort of dizziness. I hope that isn’t something hereditary that I have to deal with. I also worried that I would not be able to sleep through the night but did. Of course, I am also concerned about a recurrence.