Day started out pretty well. I was up early and pruned the front privets.
Then we went to the Senior Center, where Ron crossed the line by defending another woman – from me!
We were in the lobby waiting for the door to open. A very petite lady stepped in front of us. I said to her, the line is here. She is deaf, indicated that she couldn’t hear me. I said it again, louder. She said she’d been waiting for longer than us, at which point I was ready to drop the conversation.
But, no.
Ron claimed that my tone was angry. He started yelling at me and then another man piled on. I told the other man to please mind his own business. I blew up at Ron and everyone else because I’m sick and tired of being treated like shit by men because I’m not a petite cutie pie. Ron continued to berate me from the Senior Center to home.
I was so disgusted that I decided to work off my fury at Edgewater. James was available, so he string-trimmed the yard. I weeded and planted five flowers in the grass garden.
James asked for lunch in lieu of pay, and even though he was hungry, he suggested that we unload at the transfer station first so we could avoid crossing traffic: smart AND thoughtful. I had about half a truck load of recycling – I’d washed a pile of pots earlier – as well as detritus from the yards. Also had a big cardboard box.
On the way back to Edgewater, we stopped at Pizza Prima. James wanted to bring home a whole pizza, which I thought was nice of him.
Went back to Edgewater to finish planting and cleanup. Came home and Ron had sawed most of the Russian olive. He had lunch, finished cutting, and took off to pick up his meds at Stop & Shop. I did a lot of trimming and loaded a pile on the truck for Emma’s sheep.
At Emma’s, we got to say “hi” to Woody, Joanne and Tiny Terror. On the way home, we dropped off our four Fair passes to the Robbins’. Got to chat briefly with Donald.
Spaghetti squash with sauce and cheese for dinner.
The old Dell is still not booting up, even with the new battery. The hard drive is not compatible with the new Dell.
I tried.