There were four of us sitting in the upstairs lounge eating the most delicious cheesecake made by Janet when Gail said, Look at that? It's hard not to look when that phrase is uttered with such enthusiasm. It was unusual. There was a man standing at his open trunk brushing his teeth and spitting into the parking lot. When completed he rinsed and headed to the fancy clubs across the street. Gail through she had seen everything. That only launched us into a round robin sharing of strange things we have seen people do such as: completely changing clothes to the bare skin at the side of the road, laying on the beach in a bikini at 9 months pregnant, a guy parachuting off the top of a skyscraper, a couple having sex in their motel room with the blinds, a naked man changing a window blind with the lights on and arms up stretched, and more.
I don't know why so many of the things that we thought strange revolved around nudity. Must be how we think - weirdo's no doubt. But it brought up back to "The Home." Someone showing up with the hair uncombed or still wearing their pajamas is no longer that strange. But an old woman walking down the hall in a teddy nighty with the bottoms is still strange. She seemed totally unconcerned as she greeted a couple of people in the hallway. No one knew is her act was intentional or neglectful. But is left plenty to talk about for several days. "The Home" loves strange things, especially since at our age we think we have seen everything. We haven't see nothing yet.
I got a big trip with my harem tomorrow to the tulip fields tomorrow. It will be and four women. The weather is suppose to be very nice and in the mid 60's. That will be great. Two will be cold, one will sit in the back and call out directions. Not necessarily the right directions, what what she thinks are the directions. Janet, our senior member at 92, plans to provide a lunch for all of us. She is very hard to tell "NO." But why would you. She does up everything to the "T" and it is always wonderful. Four of the five of us will walk slowly and with canes, I can't really guess how long we will be able to stay, but it will be a great trip anyway.
We have a very ordinary lock at the front of our building. If you hold the handle down when you retrieve the key, you have locked the door open. Hazel does this often and then calls maintenance saying the door will not lock. This has happened so often it seems she may be doing it on purpose. She does things like that. I call her witch Hazel, but not to her face or anyone else for that matter. She is unhappy about so much and seems to want others to join her sadness. She removes note posted by management because they look messy, or because we only need one, so why are they posted in five places, or it was in the newsletter so we do not need it cluttering up our public spaces. When she is confronted she denies that she did it even when caught. She drives nearly everyone crazy. Then she wonders why so many people seem to dislike her and why she never gets invited out with other groups. Here's a clue. She was invited to attend the tulip festival but but could not make a commitment because she doesn't know what she might be doing tomorrow. This is not unusual. She can never plan ahead. She won't go anywhere in any car but her own. She will not drive because she does not want to get her car dirty. If she ever takes anyone it will only be one person because she doesn't like crowds. She really only likes to go to the casino where she loses so much money. When she does go there she only plays the $1 or higher machines, while most of "The Home" people play the penny machines and call high rollers those who play the nickel machines. She never had money to do anything, but is paying very high taxes because of her winning this year. Naturally we all feel very sorry for her.
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