Jet
lag is in the rear view mirror and I’m settling into my familiar routine, which
means Monday morning at the Y. This was more critical than usual after ten days
of croissants for breakfast, wine with lunch (another glass? why not?), and
four course dinners with, of course, more wine. It’s hard to say which detoxing
was more needed – from food or alcohol.
Water
aerobics was especially beneficial today. Yeah, the range of motion and muscle
strengthening and all that is fine, but the real pay-off was the networking.
1.
During the jumping jacks, upon
learning that we’re heading soon to Florida
(yes, I can’t believe it either) Renata recommended the Goodwill as a primo
source of used furniture. With the, shall we say, turnover of residents
there, it’s as good as any retail furniture store.
2.
We were into a round of high knee
kicks when I was chatting with another lady who had just returned from a week
in Boston and used Uber for
the first time. Her son had the app on his phone and he called up an Uber
driver who they paid $11 for a trip that would have cost $25. And even more
incredibly, the driver knew where he was going, unlike her previous taxi
encounters.
3.
Then I paddled over to Ruth, who
looks like the last person in the world to need an exercise class. She was
mid-way through a big Outlander discussion. I’ve been following the
series on TV, but now I might take on the commitment of reading the seven
volume series.
I call that a
morning well spent.
