Wake Up Call

The door buzzer sounded at about 9:30 yesterday morning. I was still in bed, mostly asleep as our curtains were drawn letting in little of the morning light. John was up though so he answered the door. A few minutes later, he shook me and told me that Diana was here and we were going shopping! Oh really? I smiled and said I'd come down and meet her (we'd only spoken on the phone) and then slap her!

Instead, I just hugged her. She's one of these energetic, fun people you cross paths with occasionally. And, yes, I got dressed and headed downtown to the "Black Market" with her for a few hours. It's another big market full of clothing, household goods, electronics and knick knacks...not the illegal type of market that it sounds like. I came home with a garbage can and a tablecloth for the kitchen table. Diana bought a huge assortment of fresh flowers for about $7, a few garbage cans and a stone for her heels. She's a hoot!

Jake had Manny over for the afternoon and we finally filled the hot tub for them to play in. We haven't figured out how to turn the heater on so it was just a bubbly pool.

I talked to my sister Cindy for a while and caught up with her. Then it was time to get ready for dinner. Turned out that the girls had other plans, they went out for dinner together with some friends from school while John, Jake and I met Diana, her husband, her son and a mutual friend Mercedes at a literal hole-in-the-wall gyro joint. The tables were tiny so the ladies split with the men who split with the boys and we all had a great time. Bless her heart, Mercedes has invited me along with her this morning to her manicurist who does acrylic nails - mine look horrid from neglect!

Fun, fun....and we have a BBQ to go to this afternoon.