So much rain!

I was out umbrella-less in the rain today like eight times! (and it was raining hard, too!)I had to drive to Westmont for my HR Block class, then on to Prospectors, then over to the BCEA office, and then finally home. What a day! [We have this intermittently working GPS that makes me crazy, too!)

But enough about me....Today was the first day of school with kids. I hope all went well for my friends and former colleagues. Here's to a happy and successful 2011-2012!

September already!

Today is the first day of school for Delran teachers. I wish all of them luck and a successful school year. I hope to see some of them...and some of my retired colleagues... for lunch at Otts today (12-2). The annual end of summer Delran get-together has always been a favorite activity of mine.

I started my HR Block classes and had my interview with Michael on Tuesday. It was a beautiful day. While I was sitting on a bench outside the Ellisberg Circle office, I met a lovely woman who has moved here recently from Montana. Emily, and she lives in Mt. Holly. I wonder if I'll ever see her again.

I also stopped in to the dr's office to change my pre op appointment to October since I had to change the dates for my cataract eye surgery (due to Tom's reunion and our time at Brigantine). My glasses are bothering me a lot now, but then, I have a headache, so that doesn't help. (It's probably psychological).

On the sibling front, Jeff and family got home from LA after a daunting series of plane, taxi, bus, and train rides (Irene's aftermath disrupted their original travel plans). Sue is not only working on her blog (yay) (http://www.susanmay.blogspot.com)  but is planning to come out for a visit soon (even yay-er!) I don't know what's up with Jenn, but I will keep trying to call.

Home again, home again, jiggedy-jig

Tom did a masterful job of driving home from South Carolina, and we were happy to find our house intact and none the worse for Irene's wear and tear.

Hurricane Irene

It sounds really bad for the Northeast. I hope our house is ok when we get home Monday. It's only been rainy and windy here today. We have had the tv on all day and they haven't stopped the coverage for even a minute.

I don't know if the Commans are still vacationing in Cape Cod. I am thinking they may have gotten out, early if necessary. The NY Kayes are stuck in LA having had their Sunday flight cancelled for closure of NY airports noon tomorrow. Joanne and John were heading home to NC while Allen and Judy were evacuating to Raleigh. I hope everyone is okay...

We've had a good time in vacation part 2. The room is smaller, but the view is great and the weather til today was awesome. We saw Doug at Legends and then he and Joanne came over to our beach for awhile the next day. Fun. We went back and rented those Blockbuster movies and have watched all three now. They were good too: The Source Code, Lincoln Lawyer, and Limitless.

Two movies

Another fun day in Myrtle Beach!
Before heading to the beach/pool for the day (Sunday) we went back to Donny's to pick up my left jacket from Saturday night. We also went to (a still functioning store of) Blockbusters to trade in our mail ordered from NJ movie envelopes. We took some time picking out three we liked only to realize we hadn't brought the trade-in ones. Oh well...another time....
So after we cleaned up from the beach we headed to Carmikes to see The Help--which was really good...better than the book, imo....and then decided to go to another one. We saw Spy Kids (4?). It was entertaining (the "smell cards" were a bust, though).
Tomorrow (aka later today) we need to pack for the big move to Shore Crest I (on the beach side).

Dancing at long last!

Last night we headed out to Donny's Saloon and enjoyed the lessons and dancing. Jackie and her crowd were there and it was great to see them (although poor Jackie had a leg injury and couldn't dance...maybe next time).
   With Tom's h.s. reunion in AR conflicting with the date for my second eye surgery, I don't know what is going to happen with the whole thing. Meanwhile, psychological or otherwise, my eyes seem to be bothering me worse than ever. :-(  I'm fine, just was looking (no pun intended) forward to it.
    The rest of Saturday was fun, too.... aqua fitness, hot tub, beach....what a life! :-)  Oh and I heard from Sue, too. Hope they all had fun at the picnic!

One Day

Golf today (Friday) was fun. We saw One Day at the movies ( I do not recommend it!)
Yesterday was our first sight of rain, but only in the late afternoon. We went to Captain George for dinner and it was awesome, as usual. Apparently Donny's Saloon is only hosting country dancing on Saturdays (oh, do we miss The Beachwagon!)
We're looking forward to seeing Doug at Legends on, I guess, Tuesday night....