Today started a great deal later than the prior three days, since I had no appointments or schedules to keep. I stayed up late Skyping with Al and reading etc and slept through until an unheard-of 9:00am! A leisurely shower followed, then a struggle with my hair which didn’t want to behave for any reason. I strangled it into a high braid and twisted it into a semi-obedient circle, where it has so far remained.
Next I went down to the hotel restaurant where I sat out on the terrace and had breakfast overlooking the little lake with more golf courses on the far side. It was cool and pleasant with a slight breeze so I enjoyed it for a long while until “H” phoned to say they were coming to meet me there and we’d go to that tram ride we’d been thinking of all week.
Well, sad to say, the tram ride that was usually a guided tour of the Villages turned out to be a special tram ride to visit the 16 model homes they really would like you to buy so we went along with it being that we’d already boarded the tram) and took a look at a few of the models. They weren’t showing any of the smaller sized homes so we looked at a handful of the big ones. I felt they looked much like the smaller ones, only with the rooms stretched out. By this time the sun had gotten quite HOT and we were glad to take the tram back and not go see the other 12 homes, thank you anyway!
Lunch was called for then, so we went back to the town square to a restaurant called “Urban Flats” which serves your sandwich or burger on flatbread. It was pleasant and different and actually very tasty.
After lunch we walked to the Barnes & Noble where we hunted fruitlessly for a gift I wanted to get for “N”. Darn!
She actually found a book she kindly bought for me called “At Home: A Short History of Private Life” by Bill Bryson who also wrote “A Short History of Nearly Everything.” It covers all sorts of topics having to do with life at home and promises to be not only informative but very funny as well. I’ll have to keep her shopping until I can find something for her!
So we’re about to leave in two vehicles for the Zydeco Dancing lesson that “B” and “H” are giving, during which “B” and “N” will leave to pick up my brother and his family at the airport. “H” and I will stay at the lesson then return to the house to await the arrival of “H”s daughter, “H2”. If my brother’s family are not too tired when they get to the Villages they’ll join us here at the house but if they’d rather just bed down they’ll be taken directly to the hotel, and once “H2” arrives we’ll end up back at the hotel where she’ll be sharing the hotel room with me for the weekend.
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As planned we went to the dancing class where “B” and “H” gave some lessons to some eager couples. After a while “B” left with “N” to pick up my brother and his family and “H” and I remained, I watching and “H” helping another instructor teach some Cajun dances. It was quite a lot of fun to watch, and I even had a lovely chat with the wife of the other instructor.
After the lesson was over we went back to the house where I read the first two chapters of my new novel to “H” who enjoyed it enough to start guessing what was going on and who was behind the evil deed. Very satisfying to hear that happen!
Sad news came though when “H”’s daughter “H2” phoned to say someone had rear-ended her car half an hour into her drive up to join us, so she turned back home again. She wasn't hurt and her car mostly just got jolted but she felt it wisest to return home. We’ll miss her! I had been really looking forward to getting together with her but I guess it will have to wait. L
Well, before too long the rest of the gang arrived and we went off to the hotel so “M”, “S”, and their son “G” could check in and we could all have a lovely dinner. It was fun to meet “G” for the first time – he seems like a good fellow.
After dinner we had a lovely walk along the boardwalk just outside the restaurant, during which “G” played a recording of himself playing the cello which I enjoyed quite a lot. No doubt “M” and “S” are quite proud!
Well, it was getting chilly down by the water so we all went back to “H” and “B”’s house where we Skyped to Al for a while but what with a full day of traveling, “M” and “S” were quite tired, and “G” had already conked out on the sofa, so we rang off and were taken back to the hotel.
Tomorrow morning we’ll wait for “H” to phone us all so we can get together and have a lovely breakfast before starting out to have a new day’s adventure.
Goodnight to all!
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