Ray has money taken out every month to pay for our membership at the Ramsey Center. We used to play racquetball and sometimes he would run on the indoor track. I have walked there with him a few times and occasionally we swam laps. My personal favorite, though, is the stationary bike. It is not hard for me to pedal a few miles while listening to music and looking down at the swimming pool. It had been over a year since either of us set foot in there and I kept saying we needed to cancel our membership and use that money for something else. The thing that stopped us was the need to clean out our lockers. Yesterday, after early breakfast with the Captain and dropping Ray off early to copy his test before class, I went to the Ramsey Center. I parked illegally because I didn't have a permit for that lot and didn't know how to pay by the hour. I went in and down to the lockers, but naturally didn't remember my combination. I put on my sneakers and took my stuff back upstairs with me. I got the combination from the cashier and went to the bikes. They were all new models, very comfortable and computerized, with a place to plug in my iPhone. I passed a happy 20 minutes there and then went down and opened my locker. All was well and I used the soap I had there to take a shower and head out. No parking ticket--yay!

Taking a photo of a slide is not very satsifactory, but I do like this kitchen.

I went to the second OLLI design class and enjoyed it, but I did get a little annoyed at the money spent. The teacher showed a kitchen she had designed, which I liked a lot, but it cost $60,000 to build! She said the young people with new money like to show it off and choose the expensive brands for that reason. The kitchen had all high-end appliances, including extra refrigerators for drinks and a hand-scraped walnut floor! This is actually one of the reasons I didn't become an architect, although there might be a way to design low-cost energy-efficient subsidized housing (ALT). It would be more likely that I would have to work with very wealthy people, some of whom would not share my values. Many of the older (mostly) women in the OLLI classes are impressed by the presenters' knowledge of technology. They told this woman she should teach a class on computers. I said I could help them learn to do that. Then they said I should teach an OLLI class. I demurred, saying it was better one on one and I was unwilling to do for free what I normally charge $75 an hour for. I wonder if I need to revive Computer-Ease and buy some business cards.

I picked up Ray and we went home and ate leftover pasta salad. He, of course, spent the day preparing for today's class. I went out to the garden a couple times briefly, when there was some cloudiness. I picked some more blackberries, but they are hard to get to, in the middle of the briar patch, even if you are willing to get scratched up. I am also a little bit terrified that snakes and other things live there. Mostly, I was on the computer, but I did marinate some beans for KR potluck.

I made a salad with a little lettuce I picked (which Ray washed for me), tomatoes, beans, olives, and corn chips. Everyone there was impressed that we have red tomatoes already. They say we are the first on the Ridge! Of course, that is thanks to my Dad.

Last night was the KR board meeting. I walked out about half way through and Liz followed me. the president insisted on discussing something that the rest of the group disagreed with him about. We all voted on a statement, but he was opposed. Then he started trying to prove why we are all wrong. I said I didn't want to keep rehashing it and left. I am not sure if it was a brave statement or a cop-out. It did get me home a little earlier than I might have otherwise, so I could watch a little TV while I had a drink (7 & 7). Slept well. It's going to be a hot one. The AC did come on late yesterday, but we were still able to open the windows before bed.