After a longish walk with the dogs and a leisurely breakfast, our busy day got started. About ten of ten, Ray and I drove off in the Captain's big white pickup truck. He dropped me off at Pilates--a little early--and went to UGA to pick up his dinosaur bones to take them to Sandy Creek Nature Center, unpack them and set them up and talk about them to over 100 children that came by. One child broke one skull "before his mother could stop him," but Ray was ready with his trust superglue. Then he had to pack them up again in the truck, drive back to the university and unload the boxes, not easy because he can't get very close to the room on the fifth floor and had to make two trips.
Meanwhile, the first thing that happened is Cathleen S. was at pilates for the class before mine! She says it is wonderful and she feels much better since she started about 6 months ago. Her daughter Lee is married and living on a farm in Rome and expecting a baby in July. Son is taking classes at Athens Tech. She thinks she can retire in 2 years...still living with our friend Debbie. One of Deb's daughter's, Allie, is hiking the Appalachian trail with her husband, who will be joining a law firm in NY this fall. It was wonderful to see her. She asked about my children, of course.
After Pilates, it was a beautiful morning and I enjoyed sitting outside with my iPhone, listening to the birds. Janna and Ron picked me up in about 10 minutes. I had a delicious healthy lunch at their house: pork, spinach, oranges in a salad. I am always starving when I eat Janna's healthy food. Fortunately, I had brought a few cookies from home, which she resisted like a trooper.
Then we went to the garden tour. It was a lot of fun and a great day for it. We started at John Knowlton's garden--very nice. He came out and invited us to see his kitchen, which he has redone. The man has great skill. It is beautiful--although I might have done some things differently. He lives on The Hill, off Jefferson Road, near Lee Epting, whose garden was also on the tour. He moved some old houses and put them together and has sort of enclave, with many beautiful garden spaces (or rooms as they call them). He rents it out for weddings and it would be fantastic. He left one guest room open so people could use the bathroom and it is very beautiful. There is a big vegetable garden and chickens, too. The other three houses were fun (one had 5 waterfalls), but the first two were best. We saw Andy L. briefly and Gwen O. (who is running for mayor again), as well as Sara and Dan and Rebecca and Elmer. It was a nice way to spend the day and neither of us was in a rush. I have to give Janna credit, because she was having company for dinner, but was not the least bit stressed.
We went back to her house for a little while. She made her shopping list and the three of us went to EarthFare. I went through the store very slowly and waited outside for Ray to come pick me up. It was after 5 when we got home. The Captain was working on his column. I was proud of myself. I used some leftover pasta to make a salad, chopping up cucumber and tomato and olives and adding oil and vinegar. It was yummy. I had already picked out a recipe for a fritatta, which doesn't take long. It was a great meal.
But our day was not over1 Ray and I got dressed and went out at 8:40, when I am often falling asleep. It was the 21st Annual Boybutante Ball at the 40 Watt Club. We had never been before. It is a fund-raiser for AIDS Athens, a drag show. It was pretty wild, kind of fun, but not really our thing...various "ladies" came out on the runway, danced, gyrated, some taking off some of their clothes, and people holding up money for them, with two emcees, also in drag. We watched a few of these and then left. It was after 11 and we had gotten the idea. Too bad it didn't start earlier...
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