I've been busy today

Yesterday, I mostly stayed at home.  The Cafe was closed and I had spent the day before (Tuesday) going with a friend to see her new apartment in a nearby town.  Today?  Totally different!  I've been running all day.  First, I went to the Cafe for breakfast with a friend, who noticed that I picked up my meals and ran them up to my apartment (since I wouldn't be home when they were delivered).  So I explained to her how we could buy five meals a week to be delivered (to your apartment if you live here, or to your home in the community if you don't live here).  I took her to the office and got her information about it, so she can decide.

Then she took me (and my Rollator) to a medical supply place a few miles from here.  When we came back to the Crown Center, we ran in to grab a couple of muffins (one each) from the Cafe before it closed.  We each ate about half (while sitting on the back patio) and took the other half to go.

Knowing that I'd be running around with her, I didn't plan to attend the Chinese harvest festival that was on the Crown Center agenda today.  I headed up the elevator to go home.  On my floor, though, my Chinese neighbor motioned "come on and go" and I decided, "Okay, maybe it's meant to be."  So I went to the party.  Chinese residents made Chinese food for everyone.  They brought in students from a nearby university who wore a huge red-and-white dragon costume (above), running through the audience as we all clapped and cheered.

To top off the day, our Resident Council was meeting at 6:00 p.m.  I knew I wasn't up to that much "excietment" in one day, but — you guessed it — I went.  I even spoke up a time or two.  Later, while I was watching one of the monitors, my Russian friend who speaks English happened to come along, so she and I talked awhile.  She asked where I'd been, since she hasn't seen me lately.  I told her that I saw HER at the Chinese celebration, and I even had a few photos where I could point her out.  She was so caught up in the activities she had not noticed me sitting in another part of the big Community Room.  (What a day!  Can you see me smiling?)