More volunteering

After worship Sunday, we came home for lunch.  I had promised Evelyn that I didn’t want her to have to prepare lunch after church, but she wanted to have some precooked food.  We rested until 5:30 when we went to Stuart Auditorium to take tickets for Folkmoot.  This was the candlelight closing that wraps up the Folkmoot for the year.  The dancers leave Waynesville tomorrow.  I was able to take a picture for a couple from Mexico on her smart phone and asked her to send it to me, but it never arrived even though I saw her send it.  One group added this year was a group of local Cherokee indians who did some dances.  It was one of the best groups of the night.  The group included 2 young girls who saw themselves on the jumbo screens and entertained the crowd by waving at themselves.  We left after the performances terminated and came home.  I made popcorn and we watched TV until 11.

Monday we went to exercise late, worked our machines, and went to part of the Sumba gold class at 11.  We didn’t stay for the full 45 minutes.  From there we went for our weekly trip to the grocery.  We needed some few items but bought twice as much.  We had lunch on our deck.  We have been able to eat out of doors several times since it has been somewhat cooler due to the excessive rain this year.  We rested a bit and then Evelyn made a cake she wanted to serve to our group after we eat out together at a local restaurant.  I went to the church to help with the VBS planning.  The leader brought a baked spaghetti dish in her crock pot for our dinner.  We moved some tables and tried to mock up a mountain using ladders to fit the theme, “Go Tell It on the Mountain.”  While I was gone, Evelyn put the product to baking and went to walk with Joetta.  While walking, they smelled the cake burning.  It wasn’t bad, but she decided to not serve it.  She was not to blame but can’t stand to serve anything less than perfect.  We watched 2 episodes of Major Crimes and went to bed.

Tuesday we went to Silver Sneakers at 9, came home to shower at 10, and went to the hospital for lunch and our volunteer work.  I had a slow day except for 2 events. First thing I noticed was that the cart was nearly out of gas.  I thought the center had a tank somewhere, but I had to take my car to Clyde to fill the plastic gas can.  I had to spend a lot of time looking for a working pump.  I decided to give myself half a gallon for using my car and used the rest of the $25 I had been given and took the change and receipt back to the center.  When I tried to pour the fuel into the cart, I couldn’t get the fuel to come though the short nozzle.  The manager had to come to help me figure out what to do.  It took both of us to lift the can and fill the tank.  Next, a man from Asheville came to visit his sister in hospice and asked me where it was.  I didn’t know but asked some workers inside the Fitness center.  They directed me and I went with him in his car to find it in another building.  We had to drive around asking receptionists in other offices but finally found it.  He returned me to the center so I could continue waiting for people to transport.  To pass the time, I take a small portable radio and listen to Rush Limbaugh until 3.  Then I finished a book by Louis L’Amour that I had started nearly a month ago.  I picked up Evelyn a bit late and brought her to get our car.  This week the director wanted me to leave the cart in front so he could use it for an evening meeting.  We came home to rest a short time before taking Marty and Joetta to Hurley’s restaurant for dinner.  We shared a meal and met with the others from Cypress Meadows.  We came home, and Evelyn worked on her Bible study for Thursday.