Sunday - we went to Mass this week at All Saints Church. We are trying to find a church home with good music. This was a larger church than the week before and had a cantor and pianist that morning. We picked up groceries on the way home and had a quiet day at home.
Monday - Gary worked outside on projects and I took down our Christmas decorations and cleaned. The air was still cooler, but warmed up in the afternoons, before cooling quickly again at night. The park was having a "Prom Night" dinner and dance. We did not go, but got to see our neighbors and friends all dressed up in long gowns and tuxs for the event. As we rode our bikes around that evening, we saw other couples dressed up and one even sitting on the back of a convertible to take them to the dance.
Tuesday - we worked on the computer doing financials and catching up the blog for December. We ran a few errands and enjoyed the day.
Wednesday - we had breakfast and then drove south of Mesa, Gilbert and Queen Creek to Coolidge, AZ. Gary had researched and found that we needed to go to the BIA office there to get set up our electricity billing for the Casa. It was our first drive through Gilbert and the areas south of Mesa. As we left the urban area to reach Coolidge, we drove into heavy fog. In the desert?? They have irrigated fields there and the moisture and cool air combination created the fog. It was pretty thick for a while, let up gradually as we reached Coolidge. On the drive back, the fog had cleared. We stopped and shopped at the Sam's Club in Gilbert before going home. At 4:00 we went across the street to our 26th Street block's Happy Hour gathering. Every week someone on the block hosts the Happy Hour gathering from 4:00 to 5:00 pm, providing munchies for those attending. Everyone brings their own chairs and beverage. Ken and Vi hosted this week. It was a great time to get to know everyone on our block, Vi had us all tell our names and where we were from. Most everyone else was from Canada, but a there was a couple from Wisconsin and a couple renting from Michigan. One lady, Florence, is 90+ and has been coming to the park for 32 years, living here year round for the last eight years. Everyone goes home after 5:00. Some of the group, the Canadians, play cards at the clubhouse later that night. We had a little supper and then went up to the ballroom to watch the Wednesday night movie. This week it was "Million Dollar Arm". It was a good movie, about recruiting and training two young men from India to be baseball pitchers in America.
Thursday - back to work. Pretty much the same schedule again, shuffleboard courts and room setups. We have split shifts because of the change in activities during the day, so we went home for a couple hours then back in at noon to change room set ups for the afternoon card games. We set out chairs and clean up tables on Thursdays at the Sports Complex patio, where they have the park happy hour from 3:00-5:00 PM. Afterward, we or one of the other workamper couples have to clean up the area and put the chairs away. This week, the ball team was having a "Pork Chop Dinner" as a fundraiser for their group, so we set up the social hall room for that event. Back home, we started working on packing up the motorhome to be mobile again. We will be going to Quartzite, AZ with W&J, leaving on Sunday.
Friday - After the regular morning routine, we took down the dinner setup in the social hall and set up for the "Quilt til You Wilt". Once a month, the quilters group takes over the entire room and works on their quilts together all day. They bring food to share and the park provides the coffee, lemonade, pop and water for them. Later that day, we did the Bingo setup and the patio setup for the Karaoke for happy hour. That night, we decided to leave the compound and drove to a restaurant in Gilbert for a burger and a beer.
Saturday - Mary and Marty have been assigned the shuffleboard courts for Saturdays now. This Saturday, the park sales office was having their big open house, so we helped Leanne haul coffee, lemonade, plates, napkins, and cups to the sales models. On the same Saturday each month of the sales open house, they allow the residents to have patio sales - miniature rummage sales at their own lots. It made for an active morning, there were many people moving around to check out the sales. The Bingo/Pancake Breakfast setup can not be taken down until 9:30 each week, so our group set the other rooms first and then does that big job.
Back home, we finished organizing the motorhome and I made a grocery run for our trip. We went to Mass at 4:30 and then had supper and visited the pool.
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