I Need the Stimulation

I’m not good without a lot to do. I know I got this from my father. I can’t sit around. Give me some work. Let me be busy.

I come to the Bahamas to teach a day in advance just in case there is a problem with the travel. When there is no problem that means I have more than an extra day to sit around.

There are some tasks for me to to do to get ready for class, but they are small.

Today I went to set up the classroom at ten, the agreed upon time, but there were no table cloths. They had to come from the laundry after being pressed. So maybe they would be ready at one. I went at one, not yet. So I went and had lunch and thankfully ran into Ruth E. and Kelsey so at least that was a great way to wile away some time.

I went back to the room and most of the tables are gone, and the room is full of chairs stacked on top of each other. Apparently that room is need to store chairs when there is going to be a big event somewhere else. I was promised they will be out by nine tomorrow, which I am sure they will be. But that left less setting up for me to do.

So I took a walk. I went to the beach. I looked at orchids. I was bored. I don’t want to look at any news or social media since I can’t handle that right now. I played some games, read, organized my clothes. I still had hours to kill. I talked to Carter, talked to Russ. Just not enough activity for me.

Eventually it came time to get ready for the welcome to Mah Jongg week cocktail party. I took the longest shower I could stand before the guilt of using too much water got to me. It was all of four minutes.

I went to the party and had a wonderful time seeing previous students and meeting new ones. I ate a tuna tartare bite. It didn’t taste quite right. I started to get a little clammy, no pun intended. I can not have one bite of bad fish take me down.

I begged off my dinner invitation and came back to lie down. I think I am OK, but now I am bored again. I can’t wait for classes to start tomorrow. I need the stimulation.