Having fun around town

[sasha_feather]

I'm having a disease flare and am feeling more sick than usual. Despite this I did a couple of fun things recently, in an effort to get out of the apartment and see people more.

On Friday I went to the zoo with a friend. We have a nice local zoo that is free, and I used to go there a lot but haven't been in years. We especially admired the giraffe, rhino, seals, and otters. They have big glass walls where you can observe the seals and otters swimming underwater.

Today I went to a cemetery walk run by the local veterans' museum. They have re-enactors portraying some of the local folks who are buried in the cemetery and this year they focused on women of WWI and WWII. One of them was an awesome lesbian woman. Our tour guide was a little bit awkward but I loved the actors.

I'm grateful to have lots of good TV to watch, because things are a bit hard right now and I need to rest so much. I am achy, not sleeping super great, and using my inhaler every day. I'm also grateful that my dog is low maintenance.

Abbie got a new dog bed in the mail from her friends in New York State. It's a memory foam bed. It took her a week to try it out and now she loves it.

Comments

[nny]

I'm sorry to hear things are tough at the moment. So much respect for getting out there and doing things anyway, it's so tough not to just huddle.

[sasha_feather]

Thank you! I'm trying to be like "say yes to things" at least some of the time.

[lilysea]

I'm having a disease flare and am feeling more sick than usual.

Oh no! :(

Much empathy and solidarity!

I hope it gets less-bad soon!

[sasha_feather]

Thank you!

[brainwane]

I went on a downtown Cleveland walking tour that had reenactors a few years ago and it was so awesome. I am glad you have recently got to enjoy something similar!

[sasha_feather]

It was clear to me how much work had gone into it: researching the people, writing the script, putting together costumes, etc. Very impressive!

Given the time I spend there

[jesse_the_k]

I'm very pleased to hear an earwitness report on the cemetery tour -- I'll make sure to go next time.

Scroll down to take last year's virtual tour: it uses something like Google Street View. The four enactors are within icons, so a click triggers a well-captioned YouTube video, well captioned.

Re: Given the time I spend there

[sasha_feather]

I'd gone once before but that was like 12+ years ago, and I'd mostly forgotten about it. Apparently this year it was sold out; I only got to go because my friend had an extra ticket at the last minute. It was very neat!

[celli]

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