Zelia, who is from Brazil, already knows the game and thinks it will be fun if others of us learn it. So we decide to take lessons. We all use a woman named Sharon, who is an excellent teacher.
By the fall of 2018, we have settled on a Monday night game at 7:15. And we've missed very few games since. There are 8 of us. Our one connection is that at some point, we've all had kids at Horace Mann. It's certainly not a requirement of the group; it's just turned out that way.
Our group has grown to 10 woman. We've added two more Shari's on top of the Shari we already have. Janice or Ellen used to be our weekly host. Now it's typically Ronda or Shari C, both of whom live near me. In fact, since starting our group, Ronda has moved into my building and lives only four floors above.
But now our weekly games have been disrupted.
A couple of weeks ago Shari C had a cold (nothing more), but to be cautious, we cancelled the game. Now of course we can't get together, even though we are all (fortunately) healthy.
So Shari T comes up with a. brilliant idea. We can get together virtually. And now, even Janice (who has since moved to Colorado) and Joan (who spends the winters in Florida) can join us. This week we've played a few games, and today we schedule two: four people at 2pm, and another four people at 4pm.
We use an app called Canasta Junction. Today, uncharacteristically, it takes almost as long to set up the game as it does to play it.
Getting a good internet connection proves difficult for one of the players today. But we are a resilient, patient group (after all, why not be patient over a game of cards?), and a half hour or so later, we begin playing.
Zelia starts out as a skeptic but by the end of the second game, she admits that it's a lot of fun.
It may not be as good as being together, but at least we are eating less since the hosting aspect has disappeared.
Tomorrow we plan to play again.
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