Not much going on

It has cooled off since the last post.  Looks like it will be cool when we get to Yosemite, but Tioga should still be open in two weeks to go to Reno.  I haven't done much.  I've gotten rid of piles of trash--not enough, but I'm making headway.  I had my flu short, so people can breathe on me at Grand Chapter.
We had a special meeting last week and initiated three new members.  There's a fourth who couldn't make it, and one of the new members had me send her petitions for her husband and daughter.  Yippee!
The Giants are keeping us excited, as are the Oakland A's.  Both teams made the post season, both teams lost their first two games, and both teams squeeked out wins today.  they have to win the next two games to keep things going.
I'm still tired most of the time.  I'm not in much pain--just gasping for breath.
Sunday was Worldwide Communion Day.  I played the prelude--Bach's Sheep May Safely Graze and Du Bist Bei Mir, and for communion--Samuel Barber's Adagio and Handel's Where 'Ere you Walk.  It didn't go too badly.  I haven't touched my violin since the Ceili in March, so I was a little aprehensive when I was asked to play.  I was a little worried about the placement of my pacemaker, but it didn't bother me.  I also read the scripture in German.  My high school and college German teachers were probably rolling over in their graves--I know at least one of them is dead.  It was quite an experience.  My voice comes and goes.  It bothers me when it's time to sing.
That's about it.  Dory and I are leaving for Grand Chapter a week from today, so i guess I'm going to have to start packing.  We take two sets of clothes--one for Grand Chapter, and one for Yosemite.  I don't think there's going to be a great deal of hiking, but we can just sit and look and enjoy.
Go Giants.  Go As.  Life is grand.
xxooxx

34 years ago

It's way too hot today--somewhere around a gazillion degrees.  34 years ago, Lee and I were on our honeymoon in Banff.  It was not hot.  Mother bought me a coat the afternoon of our wedding when she realized that I was going to Canada without one in October.  It took us a little longer to get to Banff than we had planned.  I think we had the world's worst travel agent planning our trip.  The plan was to vly to Vancouver and then take the train to Banff.  Our reservation was for a sleeper car.  things would have been just fine, except our plane was two hours late leaving San Francisco.  We landed when the train left.  I was a mature married woman--I burst into tears and didn't know what to do.  Everybody was so nice.  They said not to worry.  We could stay at one of the airport hotels then fly to Calgery in the morning.  We could take a bus from the airport to the Banff Springs and everything would work out just fine.  We could get a refund on our train trip when we got home. 
So we stayed at a lovely Hyatt at the airport.  Everyone knew our sad story.  We were presented with a cake for desert.  Everything worked out just fine the next day.  I did most of our travel planning after that.  And it was much colder in Canada than it is here today.
So, here I am, using my new computer.  I'm not sure that I'm crazy about it, but it is a lot faster than the old one.  It is taking some getting used to.  I'm clearing out stuff--not enough, but clearing out all the same.  On Sunday, my wedding anniversary, I looked through my wedding book.  I was a lot younger.  I'll try to put together another bag of junk for next week's garbage run.
Lee Denny sent me the book she put together about her sister, Gail (see August 09 on the Joys of Pack Ratting).  It is thoroughy charming.  Gail and Lee were lovely little girls.  Gail has been gone for 16 years.
I'm chugging along.  I had my second Avastin treatment last Tuesday.  I have a follow-up with the Nurse Practitioner in a week and my thire treatment two weeks from today--then it's off to Grand Chapter.  I'm trying to build up my stamina so that I can get back and forth fro the hotel to the convention center--then for when we get to Yosemite--more energy needed.
That's about it for now--need my beauty rest.
xxooxx