Friday/Saturday.

Yesterday, Friday, I was at the hospital.   At first I didn't see Bill, I circled around a bit then we caught up and had lunch together which was very nice.   It was also very festive.    When the universities of Oklahoma  play Oklahoma State, it is also celebrated at the hospital (although I think the game is actually next week).   All those who would normally pay for their lunch have it free, and there are extra buffet dishes and an air of festivity pervades the cafeteria. 

 

Another touch - but I don't know that it is connected - is that employees and volunteers are given a little loaf of bread in honour of the founders of the hospital, the Little Sisters of the Poor.  Legend has it that a man came to the convent asking for food but there was only one loaf of bread in the house. The sister in charge of the kitchen asked the Mother what she should do, and was told to give the man the loaf, saying "the Lord will provide for us".   Some hours later a child was sent by her mother to deliver a pan of freshly baked bread, and when the child arrived she was greeted with "The Lord has come.  You are the Lord today little one". 

Yesterday evening Bruce and Rosalyn kindly invited me to the Shawnee Little Theatre to see 'Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike' by Christopher Durang.......and courtesy of Wikipedia........

"Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike is a comedy play and revolves around the relationships of three middle-aged single siblings, two of whom live together, and takes place during a visit by the third, Masha, who supports them. They discuss their lives and loves, argue, and Masha threatens to sell the house. Some of the show's elements were derived from works of Anton Chekov, including several character names, the play's setting in a cherry orchard, and the theme of the possible loss of an ancestral home".

I enjoyed it very much and so appreciated them inviting me.    It really is a lovely little theatre, run entirely by volunteers.   We must have known at least half the people in the auditorium, and that is when one really appreciates that this is small town America, in the most positive way.

Today, Saturday, I have not done a lot apart from watching the evil Fox News and crocheting.   It has been very bright and sunny but bitterly cold, I think it was 40 degrees when I went out briefly.  I reminded myself that this was what I wanted when the temperature was 103.    

 

I did go to the monthly AARP meeting this morning and caught up with Phyllis.   She gave me THREE boxes of Twinings Prince of Wales tea which I like, which was very generous of her.   She is going to need a little surgery soon on her ankle.  Last time she was home she took a trip to Port Isaac and Clovelly, and tripped on the cobblestones, and had to have a screw in her ankle, which is now loose.

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