I’m not looking forward to going to these places because this is going to be a disruption of routine. Lately I’ve been a creature of habit. To be thinking outside the box is a good thing. Inside the box, nothing changes.
I like it – thinking outside the box. I should use this as a chapter title when I resume working on Shelf Life.
This morning, Pete and I had a mid-morning meeting in which we planned for a late afternoon meeting with Robert. Then Pete, Robert, and I had a late afternoon meeting in which we planned for Tuesday’s meeting with the BLBP Board members. Not a whole lot comes of these meetings. However, it’s fun to sit down and socialize.
After all this this and that, I had Pete drop me off at the MTA Hockey Rink where I’d been told that there would be a fundraiser for Kid’s Kupboard. There was also to be a series of hockey games, involving skaters age eight to seventeen.
Fortunately, I ran into friends there. First Melina, who used to be the BLBP Board President, then Kathy who is the MTA Events Center BLBP bookcase guardian, and after, Pam Meekin, who used to be the Alaska State Fair vendor and exhibit coordinator. I spent a better part of the evening walking around and talking to these friends, and the rest of the time watching the hockey players play hockey.
I was impressed with the youngers, and how fast and agile they appeared to be. And they did not seem to tire. There was one game in which the youngers played hockey with the olders. The olders, maybe remembering their own experiences, included the youngers in on the game. I had never before seen a hockey game, so I was impressed with what I saw. I’ll go back and again be a spectator. I also want to skate, and soon.
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