4th of July pool party

Friday

I got up about 7:30, thinking it was earlier. I took supplements and watered the plants inside and out. Then I started watering the dry spots in the lawn. Chris alerted me that Jenni was on the phone. She wanted to know how to take the screens out of the windows. So I put my Bible in my car and went over. Her husband was trying to clean the outside windows. I showed him how to get the screens off. Then I took Jenni to Bible Study.

When we arrived at the chapel, Janet was setting out tea bags, hot water, and tea cups. While we chatted, Anca arrived and Summer came with her kids. Anca brought coffee cake. Janet had us go around in a circle and read from Luke chapter 20. Then we chatted some more. Everyone finished their tea and cake. Then they left. I helped Janet carry the tea service out to her car. I mentioned that I had tea from China and she said to bring it next week.

I went home to finish watering my lawn. I ate fiber gel. I laid outside in the grass and read. I checked e-mail. Then Chris and I packed up our food (a pot of pork and a jar of pickled eggs). We headed to the pavilion at the pool.

As people arrived, they set out food on the two front tables. I chatted with people. I got to talk to Jack. Then I got in line with a plate. There were a few things I could eat. I ate with Michele. The new colonel-to-be came by with his family. I introduced myself. Then Chris and the current colonel took them off to meet others. I kept hoping John would come. But he didn't. Finally around 2, Michele fixed him a plate. She drove me home with my leftover eggs. Had I left them, they would have been all eaten.

I read e-mail and considered making a class sample for tomorrow, but it never happened. I spent time going through all the sales e-mails. Then Jenni called, saying she was going to the pool. I called Michele to invite her, but she wasn't up for it.

I went to the gym/pool. Jenni wasn't there so I talked to Steve and Summer at the desk. Then I went to the pool and Jenni was sitting on the side. So we did some water aerobics. A dad inflated what looked like a double bed. Once in the pool, the kids played on it. Jenni and I tried it out. Cool. But the water was warmer so we got off and swam some more. Then I got out, showered and dried off and went home.

I ate fiber gel, and some supper. I invited John to my game night. I posted to Facebook for Project Night and Rhythm Class. Someone texted me about going to the swap shop. So I stopped on the way over and propped the door open. I let her know that it needed to be closed before the police came by.

I went to Michelle's house. I turned everything on and called up Tetris. It did not go well as I tried to figure out which key rotated the pieces. Note to self: do NOT touch the space bar. Then John showed up. He did really well at Tetris, even when the cat interrupted his play wanting attention.

Then we looked through the list of games. We tried several Mario games. John is pretty good. I didn't get far because I didn't know which keys to use. Then we tried Monkey Island. John is really good at it and I tried to remember the steps. We quit when we heard fireworks. John left to get Michele. I decided to skip the homebought fireworks and I called up KingsQuest V. I worked on it a little, and remembered that I had to do it all over again. So I started from the beginning, having a plan in mind. By 11 I had retraced all my steps AND saved the mouse.

I shut everything down. I went home. Chris was still up, but he soon went to bed while I stayed up to blog.