I didn't have either art class this week. The one at the college was on spring break. And the one at the Bakersfield Art Center was having the floor stripped of old wax and being re-waxed. That was okay. I needed a break and sometimes they are forced on me.
Barb and I drove to Lancaster to see The Second Best Marigold Hotel because it left Bakersfield. It is almost 1 1/2 hours away from Bakersfield. We went to a restaurant called Thai Cafe in Lancaster and if that had been the plan of the trip, it would have still been well worth it! They had an extensive vegetarian menu. We got red curry and a stir fried mint. Both were excellent. And we also liked their veggie tempura. I had a boba to drink. We had seen the first movie and really enjoyed it. This was more about older people still having relationships. It was very life affirming and uplifting.
Our Red Hat group ate at Mama Roomba's. Such good food! We had a great time sharing what we got and catching up and what was happening in each of our lives. Stephanie came down with her granddaughter from Tehachapi. It was good to see her again.
The special on PBS on CANCER was well done. It was done on three consecutive nights, two hours each night. It gave a history of the knowledge of the disease and then the resulting treatment. Fascinating.
This is Conner, my great-grandson who conked out after destroying his Nana, Dainette's office.
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| Tired after Trashing Nana's Office |
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| Mr. Cool |
Poor Meagan, my granddaughter-in-law is so ready for Kason to be born. She is uncomfortable and it is making it difficult to do the tasks needing to get done.
So Shelley, Kevin and one of her daughters, Heather and her boyfriend Wes are here. There is a couple who Heather cares for their baby also here. Jennifer's children- Crystal, Kayla and Devin are here. So those who didn't come missed out on a nice meal, snacks, wine, great weather and great company. Their loss.
I talk about the weather being great. In the short term it is. It is warm, pleasant and we can be outside with short sleeves, This is not good in the long run. They are saying we have enough water for one year in the reservoirs in California before we go to the underground water. This is not good. The land, especially in the central valley is dropping because of using up these underground water resources. We have been told that it will be mandatory to cut back 25% in water usage. I agree with that, but it doesn't solve the problem long term. A company Nestle has been getting water to sell bottled in California. That seems like a very bad idea with the circumstances we are in. Another area that concerns me is the fracking in California. I know it is happening in our county, Kern. I'm sure it is in other places too. This takes the water we need to break up the rocks to get the oil that hasn't been able to be reached. At this point, I think we need to be focusing on other ways of getting our energy, through wind, solar and any other way that does not use oil. At this point, it seems it is a dangerous spot we are putting future generations. I care what happens to them and I think more of us need to be speaking up to save California, the United States and our planet Earth.
Here is a short article on the importance of listening and acknowledging grief. This is something I could work on a little more. I found myself recently telling someone what they might expect when all she wanted was to be heard.
Here is a great article about being kind to yourself while dealing with cancer. I think we need to be reminded of this because we thing of all the tasks needing to be done and people depending on us to continue doing what we have always done. These are good lessons we all need to learn.
This was a good week and I hope the same for you. I will see you next Sunday.
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