After Thanksgiving: Never Seen TV Like This

Went to dining room for the BLOW-OUT meal at my retirement home. Joe was there, sat next to me and in less than a minute the server moved my salad and my partner's salad to next table, rearranged the chairs, and I never looked at him. Partner and I had great time staring into each other's eyes and basically acting like it was our first date.

The food was ok. The pumpkin pie had NO WHIPPED CREAM, sacrilege. The time just flew by and while I had planned to go around saying "Hi" to all my friends here, almost all were gone!

Then home for a movie, like Thanksgivings of olden days---and look what we saw on TV!!! Good Grief! That was SUPPOSED to be Gunsmoke! Freaky.

We talked instead. (Home entertainment old school.) Partner 'thinks' in images. I think in words. I tell her there is always 'talking' in my head. She rolls her eyes. We both agree the other has a hellish mind.

In evening we watched "Super 8." WOW, great movie by J.J Abrams and Spielberg. Just, wow. It made for much more discussion about what we would have been like if we had been friends as kids. She the film director and me the LEAD actress. I told her I would give her as many takes as she wanted, no problem, but, I have little tolerance for my fellow actors who are not prepared. Just FYI.

This morning, "Black Friday," I am a bit depressed. Looking online at my favorite store, "The Vermont Country Store" I find that with 15% off and free shipping---still no gifts I can afford. Buggers! I watch the crowds rushing in store doors, wonder why they look so fat...and with all our unemployed---WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE who must have things? I hate to shop. I hate to spend money. I love giving gifts. I have no artist talents besides acting, and my MS has canned that since my 'tool' is my body. Gruff.

Had to explain "Black Friday" to my Kenyan caregiver. I ended with, "And THAT is why we wanted a president from Kenya."