Wednesday 11/20/2024
I had planned to go on a group walk led by Joanne, but at 8am she emailed the group calling it off because of the forecast rain. There is heavy rain north of the Golden Gate, the southern fringe of a major storm in the Pacific Northwest, but in fact there’s been not a drop south of the city. I looked out and decided to chance it, so I took an umbrella and headed out on the usual route, and all was fine. Gusty winds but dry.
At 1pm it was the monthly FOPAL zoom meeting. The sale this month netted over $19K. Some other info about procedures and rules, whatevs. At 2:30 I went to the Activity Room to set up for the Car-Free group, an interest group that shares info on getting around after, or in some cases if and when, you get rid of your car. Today they wanted to have a presentation by a person from Waymo, zoomed in on the big TV there. I set that up, then I had to stay around because I was nervous. Rachel, the Waymo rep, planned to show a video. That can be a fraught thing when sharing a screen on Zoom.
Thing is, I had scheduled the AV team meeting for the dining room at 3:30. So when at 3:32 Rachel’s video started, and had sound and looked ok, I could scoot off for that. I had assumed we could use Quad IV for our meeting, it is usually deserted between meals, but I had forgotten this was the monthly Birthday Dinner day, and they had already set up all the tables in that Quad with white linen and wine glasses etc. We couldn’t use the auditorium because the drama group was rehearsing. So we squeezed into the Quad 1 area where the Wednesday afternoon coffee hour was going on, for our meeting. Also some of our members were late because they had been in the Dining Services Committee meeting at 3. Somehow, Wednesday afternoon is hectic. Stopped for tea with Dr. Margaret and Gwen to relax.
Codgerville 