Cleaning the house—outside, that is.

Thursday was play day for me.  Evelyn led her Bible study, so Marty, Gary and I went to play golf.  I thought we would play 9, but they opted for 18.  We all played fairly well.  I know my improvement (92) was because I was relaxed.  Of course, I rimmed the cup on 2 putts but that is usual.  I was home before Evelyn.  We all enjoyed beating the major heat of the day.  I heated lunch for Evelyn and me before taking a shower.  We took a nap to rest.  I am really getting old and can’t take the heat as I used to.  Evelyn needs to rest every day no matter what she does.  I decided to go to the hospital to get a copy of the results of my CT scan and was blessed to see that nothing had changed concerning the spot on my right lung.  I wanted to see for myself because I don’t know when the doctor would have let me know.  We have appointments July 31.  When Evelyn developed hyperthyroidism a few years ago, he didn’t call us for at least 2 months after her bloodwork.  I didn’t want to wait that long.  We offered thanks to our gracious Lord and watched the Cubs play in Atlanta during the evening.  The nice thing about the weather here is that, despite being in the throes of a heat wave like the rest of the country, we have relatively cool nights in the 60s.  We can sleep well without the AC in those temperatures.

Friday was a work day.  I borrowed the pressure washer from our neighbor and cleaned the north and east sides of our house.  We have a porch, a carport, and a deck.  Everything has to be moved from those areas to complete the cleaning.  While the siding is still wet from the washer, the walls need to be brushed to help loosen the fly specks and other dirt.  Needless to say we get pretty wet from the dripping of the water.  This is not terrible because it is somewhat refreshing in the heat.  We finished the projects shortly after lunch time.  We showered inside the house this time and used warm water and soap.  That was different from the outdoor shower.  We dressed and went off to usher at the local civic theater.  We had talked about how we didn’t want anything to do with the play, Le Cage de Folles, because it is about 2 Sodomites who own a night club.  We even thought it bad that we had volunteered to usher.  But as the beginning neared, Evelyn really wanted to stay for the play.  I didn’t think it was right so we left.  We went downtown to the street dance.  We were a bit late but saw a mountain armature group, some cloggers, a mountain band, and danced a large square dance and a waltz.  It was quite warm but not oppressive.  We stopped for an Arby’s small milk shake (it had been given to us at the Tourists game) and some grapes to use in our chicken salad.  We were home around 9:45, past our bedtime.