Community Game Night

Thursday

I got up after 7:30. I got the fiber gel ready. I took supplements and checked e-mail. I made up more breakfast mix. Then I went to Bible Study, which was an hour later than usual. At 9:32, I sent a group text asking if anyone was coming. I checked the carpet to see if I got all the wax out. Then Anca arrived with two of her kids. Ginger came and finally Karen. We talked for some time and then read through two chapters of Mark.

When I got home, I read e-mail and Telegram messages. I taped a return label to a box and put the new glasses inside. I walked to the post office to mail the glasses back. I got in a long conversation with the clerk.

I broke away at 11:55 and walked home quickly. I made breakfast and ate while watching The High Wire. First they talked about autism and then they interviewed a biological dentist.

Jamie came by at 2. She wanted me to copy the dress she was wearing. And make it out of non-Christmas fabric. She changed out of it and we talked for some time. After she left, I measured the skirt – which was a circle, and jotted some notes about amount of fabric needed.

I unlocked the chapel before 4. I went home and practiced my trombone for a couple minutes. I also took 4 lunge steps. Chris came home from work. He was planning on going to the community Game Night and getting a pizza. I didn't want to go, but I figured I should.

We went to the club, arriving before 6. The colonel's family was there and they were discussing which game to play. I had brought Scrabble. Michele and John came with some games. I was fine playing with them, but figured I should play with people outside my family on community Game Night. John replied “Repeat after me – I am the garrison manager's wife. I can do whatever I want.” I wished he hadn't said it out loud. And anyway, its just the opposite. As the wife of a leader, I have to do what's best for the community.

So while Chris played a Star Trek card game with John and Michele, I played Jumanji with Karen, Noelle and Shannon. Then Karen got called to go get Saronna's kids because she had been taken to the hospital. So Erynne took her place.

After Jumanji, we played Scrabble but did not keep score. We played until every letter was on the board. Shaun stopped by to ask if I could clean his bedroom apartment for him. He was under the impression that on Monday he could just drop the keys off with me and move out. Shannon and I explained that there is a long checkout procedure and Housing has to sign off on it.

We went home. I put beef in the toaster oven, then worked on my blog. I made tea. I ate while we watched one episode of Hamish McBeth. I understood very little of the conversation because of their accents. Afterward, Michelle started texting me. Chris was on his laptop for a bit, then went to bed. Then I jotted notes for tomorrow and read.