Today

Today was our book club meeting and I was very anxious about it for several reasons. First, it was my choice  of subject and so I had to be there to run it. Secondly, we had four inches of snow on Thursday and until the drive was cleared, there was no way I could make it out. Thirdly, even if the drive was cleared, I was very worried about backing out because last year, I backed myself into a pile of snow, got stuck and had to get AAA to get me out.

So, my mind was eased a bit when Fred told me he had heard the landlord cleaning the drive on Friday evening. I went out this morning and although he hadn’t done a great job, getting out was doable once I got the four inches of snow off my car! This was eventually done and I backed out and put my car on the street. I left early because I wasn’t sure about the parking. The slots right outside the library are 30 minutes from 7 am until 7 pm and strictly enforced because I got a parking ticket there once. I had hopes that the only 30 minute ban was only on weekdays, but, no, it was all the time. This meant I had to drive all around the block {which included the infamous roundabout] and go looking for another place. Fortunately, I found a 2 hour parking space about half a block away and got into that. I was carrying several copies of the poems by Philip Larkin that  I was going to read and several slippery paperbacks of poems my sister had given me. I mention the slipperiness of them because my coat was also slippery and I dropped the books into the snow twice on my way to the library!

The meeting was very nice. It was my choice of  subject– your favorite poem{s} –and the people there kept giving me their choices of poems to read which I didn’t mind at all since I LOVE reading aloud! I began by reading read "This be the Verse" whice is the one that begins "They f*ck you up, your mum and dad…" and later, my very favorite poem by Larkin, "The Old Fools."

After the meeting was over,  I went to get groceries because I had volunteered to do this to save Fred a trip since I was going to be out anyway. In my head I could hear my Auntie Babs saying, "Take those plates and the cup since you are going into the kitchen, anyway!" She was a big believer in doing more than one thing at a time! Fred had made me a list of what we needed AND, it was in order so that I could begin with the produce and proceed in an orderly manner round the store! I got everything and beeped the horn when I got home. I walked the bags to the door and he took over from there!

Before supper, I looked at my pedometer and I had done over 5, 000 steps today without even getting on the treadmill!

QUOTATIONS:

"There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way."

Christopher Darlington Morley (1890-1957)