If you read the Independence Day post before I corrected it, the 16th was independence after WW1, not from theSoviets. That will come in March. Sorry I passed on incorrect info. Del read on the web that the Lithuanian community in Atlanta celebrated in a pub in Alpharetta. Maybe they will let us come next year.
Today was Del's teaching day and my day to tour the mall to see what I could see. My main reason for going was to visit the Walmart equivalent (Hyper Maxima) for a replacement alarm clock. The first one we bought was not intended to survive being violently swept off the night stand at 5 in the AM - my getting up time on teaching day. I bought a new one that even talks, in English yet, but when I got home, I discovered that the directions are written in 5 languages, none of them English. I figured out how to set the time, and we thought Del had the alarm set, but he must have asked it to announce the time on the hour. So far it has spoken at 6, 7 and 8. In just a minute or two we will know if it is also going to tell us it is 9 o'clock. We know that it's common for people to use their cell phones as alarm clocks, and that's what we have done for the last few days, but it just doesn't feel right. The clock just announced the hour, by the way. We may have to take it to Lithuanian class to get the instructor to tell us how to work it. How is it that doing what seem like simple mechanical tasks is not simple? We checked the internet, but surprise, surprise, I bought the on sale brand, and the web never heard of it.
My other reason for going was to look for an electric toothbrush. My gums will not hold up for four more months of my overly enthuastic scrubbing with the person powered kind. They didn't have them at Hyper Maxima so I made my first visit to the drug store. Success! After 24 hours of charging, I will have happy gums. It was amazing how many products might have come from the shelves of Walgreens or CVS. I'll have to make another trip (when I'm not carrying a Rick Steves day pack full of wine and rum and 2 bags of other things from the Maxima, just to sight see. Our kitchen has an odd assortment of things, but nothing to cook a hunk of meat or a casserole in. I also need to buy soup bowls, but my arms were full. Priorities.
I got to the bus stop just as my bus pulled up. Yea! It was full, so I practiced keeping my balance while carrying my hiking stick, two large reusable grocery bags and my Rick Steves bag. One teenaged boy was nearly crushed after I stumbled back into him as the bus pulled away from the stop before I got hold of a pole, but only one, and he seemed nice about it.
It had only warmed up to feels like 2 degrees by the time I got home, so I pulled bean soup from the freezer and served it with tortilla chips to warm us up. Yum! Because we regulate the temperature in the flat by opening and closing the windows, however, by the time Del got home and the soup was hot, it was stiffling in here so we ate it in front of an open window. Sure am glad the heat is included with the rent.
Time to study for Lithuanian class tomorrow. I got to practice one phrase we learned on Friday quite a bit today. It translates to "Sorry, I don't understand."
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