A mixed week

The dashboard doesn't lie!

Monday was good...water aerobics and then a hot drive to the library in the afternoon.  I'm typing up the memories of a woman in her 90s who is recalling life in and around College Station where she has lived since the age of two.  She doesn't have brilliant recall for dates unsurprisingly, but she has a lovely lilting voice and an interesting turn of phrase.   I'm finding it fascinating.

The library is a beautiful building with a tin ceiling and lovely old oak tables and chairs.

Library view

Carnegie Library

Tuesday was good too.  Water aerobics again...this time in the deep diving pool wearing floatation belts and non stop action with the legs!  Back again for a quick shower and change and then up the highway again to the Country Club for book group.   A larger than usual turn out and everybody ready to talk about books they had read over the summer.  Much passing around of finished books and note taking.  They are a good group of women.  I didn't dare make a note of any books to read as I have found 20 unread books in my boxes here and must get through those first.    The only strange thing about meeting in a private room at the Country Club is that the menu choices are dire and the food very poor. I plumped for a shrimp Caesar salad which had the potential to do least harm.  The lady next to me had a very difficult time choosing.  In the end she ordered a club sandwich and sweet potato fries.  She ate about two fries, deconstructed half the sandwich and ate the filling and took the rest home!!!  I'm dying to ask why we don't meet somewhere else, but I'm too new...  See, sometimes I know when to hold back!

On Wednesday I actually went swimming twice!  Once in the morning as usual, then home and ready to go out for coffee with a friend who had to cancel at the last minute.  She broke her glasses and needed to go and get them repaired so she could prepare for her 'job' in the afternoon.   She works now and again as a 'model' patient up at the teaching hospital.  She has a scenario to learn and then goes and pretends to have some complaint or condition and gives the student nurses and doctors a hard time!   I took the advantage of the extra time to try and work out a better route to a nearby supermarket and cruised the aisles for this and that.  Came home, had some lunch and promptly fell asleep on the sofa! Got up in the late afternoon in time to collect Peter.  We went to downtown Bryan to an Irish bar, Murphy's Law, for the farewell for a head of department who is stepping down.  Lots of food, which we largely ignored as we were going swimming afterwards.  Into the pool again for several laps.  Nice!

This morning I gave myself a treat and stayed in bed and read my book (a piece of thrilling nonsense - no, not that one) and then did the laundry before collecting the swimming gear (mine and Peter's) and heading uptown to the library.  Three hours at the library and got to the pool before Peter and salivated at the gleaming, glistening water...into the changing room and WTF!  I had left my swimming costume at home.  Had to sit and watch Peter doing several laps.  Came home in a bad mood!

Pangasius

Tried something new tonight - blackened striped pangasius.  A firm white freshwater catfish from Vietnam.  Sounds a bit fishy (!) but it was delicious.