Wednesday, January 14

It was cold, but not unbearable, for going to water aerobics this morning. The pool was cooler than Monday, though, and the water was cloudy. We supposed the filter wasn't operating correctly. Hopefully, the maintenance folks can fix the problem by Monday, when aerobics will resume. Friday's session has been cancelled, because of predicted frigid temps. I would not have been able to attend, anyway, since I'm scheduled to be at a meeting that morning.

I was a little concerned for one of the members when she arrived late, and then left to go to the dressing room after only a few minutes in the pool. When I got to the dressing room, I asked if anything was wrong, and she said she was very nauseated. I asked why she had come to the pool at all, and she said she didn't start feeling ill until she was in the pool. She thinks she might have a stomach virus. If so, I hope she hasn't passed it to the rest of us. On the other hand, I always suspect sudden nausea in women, since that is one of the signs of heart problems.



Back home, after I got ready for the day, I put together the materials I'll need to complete a few scrapbook pages at our club meeting tomorrow afternoon. Then I called the other members to remind them of the meeting.

One member is, of course, in another state with her son, who is dying of cancer. She is the one who lost her husband to a heart attack a few weeks ago. The sister of that man, who is also a member of our scrapbook club, said she talked to her sister-in-law last Friday, and learned that her son is expected to survive only six more weeks. Our thoughts and prayers are with her, of course.

The lady I talked to will attend the meeting if the weather is not so cold that she can't bear leaving her home. Indeed, predictions are for a very cold day tomorrow, so she might not want to come into town. Another member said she might be busy helping family sort through her mother's household effects tomorrow. Her mother died in a nursing home several months ago.

So we won't know until tomorrow morning if anyone can attend the meeting. If not, Mother and I will work on our scrapbook pages here at home. I'm anxious to do a page featuring Grandson and the girl he escorted for the "Mr. and Miss Christmas" event, and a couple of pages of Granddaughter in her military uniforms.

Mother came over this morning and put shredded cooked chicken breasts and barbecue sauce in the slow cooker to have on wheat buns for supper. We had that with leftover baked potatoes cut up and sauteed with onions, and leftover cole slaw. Mother also sorted, washed and soaked beans for bean soup with ham, flavored with a can of tomatoes and green chilies. We'll cook the soup tomorrow and put it in the freezer to have at an upcoming birthday party.

After supper, Hubbie and I listened to the radio as our favorite basketball team went down in defeat in their second SEC game.