Road Trip and Wedding weekend 10-2-21
Special activities: Since Jim invited me to go to the firing range with the both of them I have been trying to find out where the local gun ranges are (without asking them). There are at least three or four in Lehigh County. Two are in a town called Coplay and the other is in Emmaus. The other one is in Easton and I couldn’t imagine us going all the way back there. All though during my research most of them have about the same amount of drive time for each of them.
It turned out that activity got put aside. Janis and her sister Sharon made plans with a dear friend of theirs to meet up for Coffee this morning and ended up shopping. This allowed me to sleep in a little bit longer and hang out in the room until my “breakfast” with Jim.
Jim had to work in the local campaign office for a couple of hours that morning so we met at the Panera bread restaurant near his house. We each got something different. I ended up getting chili and coffee. I was kinda hungry by then.
Among the topics we discussed is our collective health. I learned that several years ago he had two strokes. (it would explain a lot of things) and he will be going for some tests in a few months to further investigate whether or not he has Parkinson's disease. That scared me. When he shared with me the moments he had lost his balance or how he had been walking or his movements. It was definitely unsettling. He will get his results after the tests.
We took a slow walk around Trexler Park near his home afterwards. WHen I asked if we could walk he was confused as to why I would want to do that after just telling him I have been having breathing issues. We both did it and it wasn’t so bad. The scenery and weather helped to say the least.
After the walk we headed back to his place. I needed to use the bathroom and he had some stuff to do. I got to meet Ruby, one of Janis’s kittens (senior cats actually). I headed back to the house and relaxed and took a nap until about 4. I had to be back over Jim and Janis’s by 5:30 for evening activities.
When it was time to go back I had no problem getting there. We chatted for a bit and then left for my new Nephew’s apartment in Downtown Allentown. It was in a fairly new and lovely complex called the Center Square Lofts. He gave us a tour (it was a nice size for him).
We stayed for a couple of hours and had coffee and donuts.
WE then drove to DeSales University to the Lubuda Center where the Performing arts department was putting on Pride and Prejudice. It was 34 minute ride to this place and even in the dark it was pretty big. The play started by 8 and was done by 10 and we were home by 11. We had carrot cake and chatted. After we finished the cake I headed back to Elena’s.
When I got there, there was cat near the door. It looked like Elena’s but smaller. So I opened the door and let it in. it walked into the house towards the kitchen. As he did that I looked at the sofa and there was house cat. I went to catch the other one and shooed him out the door. The house cat just watched the whole thing.
After that fun moment I went to my room. I packed my things for the trip home the next morning. The cat came upstairs and come to the bed. It actually came and went throughout the night.
All in all it was a great day….