More volunteering

Wednesday we went to work out on the machines.  I don’t like the routine that is led in the class, so we just stick to the machines.  We took a nap in the afternoon knowing we would be up late tonight.  We went to choir and sang while it poured down outside.  I really enjoy the choir rehearsal even though I don’t like going.  I have to miss Special Report, my favorite news show on Fox, but do enjoy the people in the choir and the director.  She is quite talented as both a singer and director and tries to keep things light and humorous.  She has the gift of being complimentary and patient with us while getting us to do the dynamics correctly.  We came home to relax a while, left to get some chewy granola bars for the VBS, and went on to the Folkmoot center where we worked in the kitchen serving food and cleaning pans, etc.  It was not as much fun as we expected, but the dancers all came together and danced while the host country, Martinique, played Caribbean music.  Theirs is very sensual, and the girls from other countries were especially involved with some pretty lewd movements as they danced.  We were able to do an old guy’s version of the salsa but couldn’t keep up.  We stayed until 1 AM and then came home even though not everything was cleaned up.  I t happened that their were too many volunteers there anyway.  One couple was working their 5th late nighter.

Thursday we slept until nearly 10.   I went outside to work in the shade with Doris.  She has wanted to show us how to cut “suckers” out of our tomato plants so the plant energy can go to producing fruit.  It didn’t take long but was informative.  We have grown tomatoes for years without ever completing this task.  We normally had some wonderful crops, so I wonder about the efficacy of the project.  I wanted to get rid of some bush trimmings and get some dirt, so I drove up Crabtree Road to a site where someone is dumping dirt.  I put the clippings to one side and took 2 1/2 gallons of dirt to use at home.  It had some rocks in it but nothing that would ruin my purpose for it.  After lunch we rested some more and dressed to go to HART to usher for the musical comedy, “Brigadoon”.  We really enjoyed the play which featured some drama students from Western Carolina University and some actor imported from New York for this performance and another running at the same time.  The sets were very attractive as usual.

Friday we went to work the machines until 11 when the Zumba gold class began. This is supposed to be a vigorous workout toned down for old people. While it is vigorous, it is much the same as the Silver Sneaker classes without the use of the stretch bands, weights and balls. The major difference is the Latin music which does work up more of a sweat. We didn’t stay for the entire 45 minutes and went off to the grocery where we seem to spend much of our time. Actually we have avoided visiting there all week but have run out of milk and juice. While Evelyn rested,  I worked at leveling the area where our Brinkman smoker sits.  I had used wooden sticks and even an old satellite TV arm for years.  Since our neighbor, Gene, had sold us a slightly used one, I decided to make it look better.  I had gone to a site that had some dirt yesterday and taken a 2 1/2 gallon bucket of it home.  I had a square piece of plywood to set it on.  I removed all the aforementioned items, poured the dirt in their place, leveled it, and placed the plywood there and the smoker on top.  It looks better and hopefully will withstand the continuing torrential rain.  I also made a mound of dirt around the crepe myrtle tree in the front yard to hopefully prevent damage from the weed wacker used to cut the grass around it.  It was still early so I took some Armoral and applied it to the vynal interior of the car.  That took a long time.  We watched another of the many movies I had recorded during the free Stars/HBO season offered by DirectTV a few weeks ago.  I don’t know if we will finish watching them before we leave in October!