Day two started out the same way with the slow Chinese water torture. Decided to go to Edina (30 miles away) to pick up some groceries, as Shelbyville (5miles away) did not have a grocery store. Also got a watch for Katlin so I could have mine back. She needed one to know what time to go to her lessons. Tried to let Katlin be on her own so did not go and watch square dancing that night. So my days after that consisted of doing my Bible study, reading for a while, knitting for a while, practicing guitar for a while and then I would watch a movie. Then start all over again. In between I would eat a bologna sandwich.
Mabel my hostess. She was a very nice lady but could talk the leg off a wooden table. She came Monday night for a while and talked for 1 hr and 45 minutes non stop. I had a headache after she left. She also can not see or doesn't want to clean. There were cobwebs everywhere. I had to clean the bathroom before I would use it.
This is the communal Kitchen. Lots of nick nack stuff every where
This was the living room. I sat here to knit (because there were no comfortable chairs in my room.)and visit with Mary, the other mother staying at Mabel's.
This was my very very dark bathroom. It was decorated with Christmas stuff because Mable's maiden name was Claus.
This was my bed. It was comfortable. I believe it was clean. It also came apart Wednesday nite. I was sitting reading and all of a sudden kerbang. The side rail came loose. The comforter weighed 22 pounds. I got all the bedding taken off and finally the mattress but could not raise the springs and put the rail back in by myself
Believe me I tried. It was 11 o clock at night and too late to call Mabel so I played Goldilocks and went upstairs and pick out another bed to sleep in. But of course it was 96 degrees and the air had not been turned on. I turned the air on in the first room and it sounded like a jet plane taking off. So I tried the next room and it was ok. When I lay down the sweat just dripped off of me and when I would turn over and feel the spot where I had been laying I am surprised it did not spontaneously combust. Eventually I fell asleep and called Mabel in the morning. She came and I helped her put the bed back together. But from then on I was afraid to move much on it for fear it would break again.
This is the outside of Mable's house. It looks nice doesn't it. I shared it with Mary (Ben's mom), wasps and spiders.
That is about the end of my story. It was a long long week. It was fun to watch the kids dancing and one night Katlin came to my house to take a hot bath cause the water was cold by the time she got to the showers at the dorm. One night I fed her all kinds of snacks cause she didn't eat much supper.
Then came the ride home. We left about 8:15 and should have been at the campgrunds by 9:30 at the latest but thanks to Onstar in was almost 11. Onstar took us on gravel roads and sometimes the gravel was missing. We were on a cow path when we saw some tail lights up ahead. In retrospect it probably was not too smart to stop and ask directions but I was pretty desperate at the time. The guy was nice and got us back to a paved road pretty quickly. Then we ran into fog and both Katlin and I thought the ride would never end. But we made is safely to the campgrounds and had a nice time for the week end. Katlin can't wait to go back. Me not so much.
