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Oh - I think Massachusetts may be like that for a Grand Jury as well - and likely that is held in Boston so potentially a painful commute in too. Good luck getting excused!

118.2 - last weight before Aruba (I will probably weigh there but in a bathing suit in the gym).

I was thinking about my morning routines including writing on this forum. When retired one really does build a new morning. DH and I often wonder at the fact that ours were essentially the same even before we met. Get up early, have coffee, read news, etc. for about an hour, walk the dog, shower. The first things I do after coffee are to record my weight, go through my email, then read the comments from the prior day here. Ever noticed that I respond to those first before I post rather than responding as part of my daily post? Because I can't remember them all to carry forward! But you all are part of the start of my day and I thank you for that!

Yesterday was drizzly but productive as most everything got packed. Luckily it was dry enough in the morning for the usual Justice walk. We went to dinner at a new restaurant with DH's DD and SIL who arrived late yesterday with their dog. Good food and atmosphere - we will go back. They are driving us to get our rental car early this afternoon, then will stay the weekend and take Justice back to their house. They leave for a trip to France before we get back so my DS is picking Justice up from them on June 12 and bringing him back here to stay until our return on June 16. The logistics get crazy when you have a dog.

But before we leave, I am doing the last 2 loads of laundry, walking the dogs on the beach and finishing the packing. We are staying at a hotel closer to the airport tonight, then leave on our flight at 10 am tomorrow. Sunday morning at this time I will be drinking my coffee on the patio outside our Aruba room.

Have a fantastical Friday!

Great idea to use something more visual to keep track of your schedule. You would be surprised at how many retired people over schedule themselves then complain. Especially those newly retired. I think retiring to be a caretaker kept that from happening to me. Then when I was ready to add activities back it was COVID time. So easy for me to do it methodically.

And fun retirement celebration! You will miss those folks.

Those slug wine stopper are awfully cute - no wonder they sell like hot cakes.

Part of the reason we meet people when we go out is that we usually sit at the bar to eat and end up chatting with people. When you live in areas where most of the people are in the same age group it is easy to find someone with similar interests. We may join the Elks Club up the street here. It's one of the New England gathering places LOL.

Kirby has found all of his happy energy and then some. He's in a cone for another week. I thought that seemed excessive until I took it off for a minute and turned my back this morning and he chewed at his stitches drawing a little blood. Stinker. I'm sure it itches as it heals and that the shaved skin feels chafey.

I had a lazy day. Yesterday was the annual board meeting for the HOA and I finished the newsletter for the neighborhood. I never feel like there is anything to say and then it ends up 6 pages (though the template is such that there's not a ton on a page).

Tomorrow I have to be at the county courthouse by 8:15 to plead my case why I can't be on the grand jury for the next 4 months. I won't be here! But I have to go in person to tell them that. The bummer is, it's an hour and 40 minutes away. I hardly remember how to get up that early. And I feel guilty leaving Kirby with the cone alone for that long. Normally I would ask my iffy-neighbor-friend to come let him out, but we aren't at that level of friendship anymore. Hopefully it's a quick dismissal for me. And then I can quickly stop at Costco and head home.

I shall report back!