Making up for Missing Game of Thrones...and other TV Trivia

Note that the TV pictured above has a blank screen.  So like my life!  I don't have Netflix (sad) and so I have never watched Game of Thrones.  To make up for this travesty, I ordered the set of books for my Kindle.  The note at the bottom of the page says, "110 hours left to finish books."  How many months/years/decades will it take me to get to the end?  Then I'll have to read the prequels.  Plus I have book club readings and "guilty pleasure" readings, too.  I'll do monthly postings.

Since I don't have Netflix, I spend most of my TV time watching sports.
    1. The Rockets didn't make the Western finals....again.
    2. The Warriors did, of course.
    3, My prediction that the Milwaukee Bucks would win the Eastern finals was wrong.  Toronto won.
    4. The Astros have beaten the Red Sox 4 of 6 times in the past 10 days,

I watch The Voice on Monday and Tuesday, but they are off for the summer.  I watch
Flea Market Flip on Sundays, and lately I have been watching Turner Classic Movies.  Yesterday I saw Inherit the Wind. 

And I watch Jeopardy.  I love James Holhauzer (not sure of the spelling).  I heard an interview with a person who almost beat him.  This guy says James has an advantage because he has played so long and is able to buzz in faster.  He also said to win on Jeopardy, you have to practice answering questions standing up--it's harder than when you're sitting down.

Another Year, Another Birthday

Thursday is my xxxx birthday.  This has been a year of change for me.  First and foremost, retirement.  After many years as a speech-language pathologist, a career I loved, I finally decided it was time to leave speech therapy behind.  It was a bittersweet ending, but the beginning of new things to do and more time to do them.  I've given away most of my therapy supplies; now I have an almost empty closet.  I've started volunteering at Shriner's Burn Hospital for Children in Galveston.  As a burn survivor myself, this is close to my heart.  I've enrolled in a senior memoir class, which has been great fun, and where I've met a delightful group of people.  I'm facilitating a writing group at Angela's House for women who are transitioning from prison.  And last but not least, I had learned to play Mah Jongg, something I thought I would never do.  Tuesday is Mah Jongg day, and I look forward to playing and chatting with the women who used to belong to a grief group...but as we've navigated our new normal, we've changed our title to support group, and we do support one another.  All in all, it's been a great year and I'm looking forward to the next.