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Thank heavens for good souls like you Liz! In the years my parents had their house in Florida, I saw this many times where people were eventually not able to live away from their primary home and family. It eventually happened to my parents too.

Yesterday was a low key, relaxing day. After coffee, outside on the sidewalk tables (!), we stopped by St. Vinny's and I bought a small office chair for my office/guest room. During Covid years, I brought my office chair from my classroom home for maximum comfort while teaching from home. Once I brought it back, I just had an old kitchen chair. Now I'll have something a bit more comfortable.

After that, came home, did some tidying, sun bathed for a bit on the porch, used the hot tub... I slept very well :)

Today watched Fareed Zakaria on CNN, started laundry, now settling in with the NYT paper before going to see The Mousetrap. I'll probably get a little lizarding time too. Then back at it!

Sounds like there will be spring fever in your area today too!

Helping our neighbors is a reminder that we will need help as we age too. Everything that used to be easy stops being that way. They can't tolerate the winters but the travel is a challenge. They are going to have their daughter get in touch. We can work with her on arrangements for the dog, but also on the best way to get them here and back next year without the confusion of this year. Maybe the daughter books transport of the dialysis machine and dog in the same car by a driver. And we pick them up at the airport on this end (arrange it with the daughter so they don't have to think about it, just get driven to the airport by their daughter and we are at the airport here when they arrive).

After writing the last paragraph I remembered the last year my former MIL went to Florida. She was independent for years, first driving her car herself back and forth to Florida, then having the car transported and flying alone. However in that last season she was feeling very unsure of herself so I flew down with her and rented a car. At the end of the season her son flew down and brought her back on the plane.

120.2 - still holding onto that Mexican weight gain apparently.

Usual Saturday for us for most of the day yesterday even though it was with heavy off and on showers which were not supposed to arrive until today. We ate lunch out then went to our favorite place for outdoor music. Luckily we were under an overhang so didn't get wet.

A short while after we got home our neighbors from downstairs arrived at our door in a panic. They couldn't find the flight they booked for this morning to check in and ended up on the phone with someone asking them to pay another $1000 for tickets - they don't cost that much for this flight. We think they called a number that doesn't really exist for the airline by googling and got a scam artist. Luckily we cut that off. This couple is in their 80's. The husband is in somewhat poor health undergoing dialysis every few days. The wife has seemed very overwhelmed by everything this year. We took them to the airport early this morning and found out that they did in fact have tickets, but the airline refused to take their dog (6 pounds overweight). Because of the dialysis the husband had to get north (his machine has already been transported), so we send the couple on their way and have their dog, a sweet King Cavalier spaniel. Now we need to find transportation for him back north. What a crazy situation! Justice is not sure what to think about his new company.

In the meantime, since it is Sunday, the "bus" leaves shortly for breakfast.

As a Star Wars fan would say: May the 4th be with you!

Sounds like spring fever is in play!

125.4, Like Liz I too gained more than a pound in a day. Good thing I'm on the low end of my range so it isn't too anxiety producing!

Our Dos de Mayo party was fun last night. Great group of people and the food was yummy! We have one couple that moved to Austin MN, but the husband still works one week a month here and they have one kid graduating from a private college in Green Bay and 2 others going to school in Milwaukee so they ovarian get together with the old crew!

I'm busy printing more photo art to mat so I can take to my first summer art show in Door County mid May.

Church tomorrow morning and then DH is going to golf 9 with a friend in the afternoon. I'll either take a walk outside or work on photos some more. Maybe both!