October 10-17, 2007

October 10-17, 2007

We are staying at an adult snowbird resort in Tucson till we can find an apartment to rent. This park is huge with space for over 1500 trailers of all sorts. It is an RV park, gated retirement home, trailer park, and adult summer camp all rolled into one. Like many communal living establishments, this place has strict rules and Aimee seems to be running afoul of them almost daily. Security has cited her twice already for parking the car in the wrong place on our spot. Like who really cares? Despite this Aimee likes this place and even wants to check out more permanent living accommodations. The facility has lots of activities for crafty residents like Aimee. She thinks she would enjoy quilting on Monday, stained glass on Tuesday, pottery on Wednesday, painting on Thursday, jewelry making on Friday, and lapidary on Saturday. On Sunday she and I can play tennis, golf, swim, shuffleboard (of course) and pickle ball (whatever that is). You should have seen her face when I told her she wasn’t 55 yet and couldn’t stay.

While we wait for our apartment application to be processed Aimee and I take little advantage of the activities. At the end of our stay we finally take a Lapidary class together. In three hours we learn how to cut, shape and polish a rock into something worthy of mounting in a pendant. Since I threw away all my work ties and may need to attend a wedding next summer, I am going to polish a stone for setting in an Arizona bolo tie.