Last day of our work week....busy couple of days. We've had two people sign rental agreements so far this week and another is possible on Monday which will make three for the week.....really unusually high number. We try for one new move in a week so three in one week is awesome. Another lady came to stay with us for three days (we call it a trial stay) and she was so fascinating to talk to. Turns out that her ancestry is who Clemmons, NC is named after. We introduced her to several people with common backgrounds (degrees in theology)and she talked up a storm to them. This afternoon, as she was waiting for a cab to take her home, she told me that she had the best time with all the people she met. She was blown away by the coincidences of who she met and how they somehow fit into her life. I told her to remember that there are no coincidences...everything happens for a reason and wouldn't it be nice to live in our community where she could experience this every day. She would be in a place where everyone looks out for one another and we're one big family. She was truly blown away by the whole thing. Jean is someone with low vision, due to glaucoma, so everything is in a "fog" to her. She said that the blind assoc had sent her some tapes to listen to and there were some on Mark Twain. I blew her mind when I told her that I grew up about 45 minutes from Elmira, NY where Mark Twain spent his summers and where the study, that he wrote several of his books, is located. Elmira is also where many family members are buried. I told her that my ex-husband had recorded the message that is heard on the machine outside of Mark Twain's study. She was fascinated by the whole thing. I hope she decides to come live here. It would be so good for her and she'd fit in so well. She needed to go home and talk to her brother, who lives in Calif., to get his thoughts on it.
Earlier today I was out on the front porch and checked on the bird nest that is in one of the ferns that line the front of our porch. I discovered them several weeks ago when I went to water the ferns and this bird came flying out of the fern and up popped the head of some little babies. They were so cute...glad I didn't drown them with my watering !
Tonight we had entertainment. His name is David McClintock and he is a pianist who plays by ear. Started out playing at 7 but couldn't learn the traditional way, with sheets of music. He would take his music lessons to a friend of his, who was also taking lessons, and have her play the piece. After listening to her play it, he'd sit down and play it....just from what he heard. Amazing ! He was wonderful....played compilations of songs and old time ones....like Turkey in the Straw...When Johnny Comes Marching Home, etc. Some of it was like the old time ragtime player piano style...real fast and irresistible to tap your foot to. He only played for about 45 min....wished it had been longer. Here's a video from his website....
Today I set up a Twitter account for Creekside Terrace so I can post upcoming entertainment, seminars and all kinds of happenings on there for folks to follow us..
They said on the news tonight that EVERY single tweet that has ever been posted to Twitter is going to be archived in the Library of Congress. Really ?!? I guess all 91 tweets that I've ever posted will go down in infamy. I can't see what historical significance all of these 141 character or less snippets will show about my fellow tweeters other than some pretty absurd or mundane thoughts. Oh well...our tax dollars at work.
Tomorrow is the last work day of this week. One more week to go before we pull out of here and head to North Carolina. Tomorrow is our short day...we close at 3. Today as I was driving the golf cart around the property I saw the groundhog that has taken residence in the back of the property. He went scurrying to his hole as I approached. I stopped about 20 feet from him and sat real still in the cart and up popped his head from his hole to see if I was around. He saw me...ducked down briefly then peeked up again. He kept up this jack-in the box routine until I reached for my cell phone and then he went totally down in his hole. He's a cutie !
Been watching the news of the volcanic ash in Iceland. They showed how pitch black it was outside for being in the middle of the afternoon, due to the cloud of ash that was falling. The reporter could scoop up handfuls of the ash off the hood of his car and he had a facemask on to protect his lungs from the ash. How horrible for the thousands and thousands of people who are stranded in European airports, unable to get a flight out to their destinations. Most of the airlines are not offering hotel or meal assistance to these folks. Surely they must have a few thousand bags of peanuts laying about that they could hand out in the terminal for these poor folks. They said that even once the eruption has stopped that it could take 7-10 days for the air space to clear before airlines could start flying through the airspace...Wow, gonna be a long wait for some of these people. Kind of freaky....
