Saturday 13 and sunday 14

Saturday 13- I still sick but feeling a bit better.
I went to the Copper Mountain Mesa General Membership Meeting. We elect members to the board who will reign over our little realm. First we had the board meeting: 50 folks showed up for our first Saturday Breakfast ( no power outage this time); Bingo dinners brought in $88; Bingo 12 to 20 showing up during the month; Thrift Room $60;USDA 92 bags of food distributed. Mary Helen told us that the cutoff date for the Christmas basket will be Dec 18. It was sad to hear that Colleen Schweitzer had passed on. There will be a memorial for her at the community center next weekend. I will find out the time and date later but I believe Carol said it was next Saturday from 1 to 5pm. Colleen was one hell of a woman!
After the board meeting there was a barbecue luncheon with hamburgers, hot dogs and all the fixings. Then the General Membership Meeting was called to order by President Katherine Quinn. There was a vote taken and the old board members were re-elected along with new board member Daniel Gray. The board appointed Tim Atzei who will join the board as secretary and voting member.
I got home to spend the rest of the day/night in bed reading “Billy Boyle: A World War II Mystery” by James R. Benn. The book was so good that I couldn’t put it down and finished it that night.

Sunday 14- I’m feeling much better; I think it’s just the common cold (I hope).
Today’s Weather was: Temps of around 43 to 69 degrees, winds out of the NNW at 7 to 13 MPH, humidity around 26 percent, clear skies.
According to the National Weather Service: “Monday: Sunny, with a high near 70. North northwest wind between 10 and 16 mph, with gusts as high as 23 mph. Monday Night: Mostly clear, with a low around 47. West northwest wind around 8 mph.”
I didn’t wake up till 1pm because I was up after 4am finishing the book “Billy Boyle” by James R. Benn; dang great book!!!!! I just stayed inside the house in bed trying to shake this cold; might as well try to enjoy it by not doing anything but rest.
Joel Levy came by later in the evening with jar of instant coffee, one half of a meatball sandwich, and some honey; he said the honey would help my throat.
I yapped at Kelly for a spell until her internet connection failed; we were talking about Wind Scorpions and other strange desert critters.
I wrote both this and Saturday’s journal and posted it early to the web.
Now I’ll find something else to read to keep my mind occupied.