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Greetings all

It is sunny today. Also noisy. We are only about a mile from the airport and there is an airshow this weekend with all kinds of vintage planes and aerobatic lanes and such. It is fun to see but all these noisy little propeller planes are flying low over our house! Loud.

So I worked at the gallery this afternoon and it was quite busy. Sold lots of stuff and many visitors. Good to be home.

Last night I made chicken and rice with pesto sauce. It was really good. I think I will eat more tonight in spite of the fact that DH brought home pizza from lunch.

So Liz no fun to be locked out. Could have been worse I guess. Even so, Justice suffered!! Hope the parking lots are done soon.

Good luck at the craft show Paula. Seems like it is hotter than hades everywhere. There are heat warnings around here for the inland areas. It means all those people will come to the coast for coolness.

DD wishing you coolness and peace. Actually wish that for everyone. Hope your hip stops hurting. I think you are right that a little exercise, not too heavy, will help. Or maybe chiropractor.

Not much else. Getting a glass of wine to buffer the airplane noise. Thankfully the dogs are not bothered by it.

Diane S

Driving!

117 after 1.5 pieces of pizza last night.

Mostly smooth trip to Florida yesterday though it was still a long day. Justice was as always a trooper. Poor DH had to carry the bag I brought stuffed to the gill - it weighed a lot. Looks like a Mary Poppins bag and I filled it as if it was LOL.

While we were on the way to the airport I got a txt from our handyman that the parking lot which was paved 2 weeks ago was still closed off. Our garage comes off that lot. We were told that the paving would take 2 days, so had to contact the property manager to find out what was up. We had 4 communications with them, 1 conversation and 2 emails saying that we could drive out but replace the tape blocking it and park outside of the lot, but then a voicemail from while we were flying that said we couldn't drive on it. We chose to stick with the majority of responses especially since we were aware that the paver's trucks had driven over it. The car is out of the garage and parked next door.

Glitch #2 was that the toilet in the main bath isn't working. I think our handyman needs to fix something. Glitch #3 was that I ended up locked outside of the condo while DH went to get the pizza. I went downstairs with him to take the car off the trickle charger and retie the tape at the entrance. I didn't bring my phone or keys. Went I went back up the door was locked. We have a key in a key safe but I wasn't sure of the code and couldn't even read the numbers because it was dark and I didn't have my glasses. So I took a walk while waiting. Justice wasn't thrilled because he was in the condo waiting for dinner.

Nice to be back though the weather forecast is iffy. Hard to know what it will be like as thunderstorms forecasted often don't seem to hit our area. Also weird to have it still be dark at 6 am. Sunrise in Massachusetts is 5:40, but it doesn't rise until 6:48 here.

Hopefully we can get a Justice walk in after the sun rises. I have a hair appointment at 9 am so we need to efficient with our time this morning. Tonight we are going to Happy Hour and dinner with friends.

Have a fiscal Friday!

Once I got used to have my hair long I like the ability to put it up in a clip or whatever to get it off my neck. It is a bit more difficult to dry but I mostly let it air dry now. I had short hair from about age 18 until 3 years ago.

Oh, it felt good to sleep in my own bed! But.....

.....from the frying pan into the fire. Would you expect any different from me? I think not!

Woke up early, but stayed in bed because I still felt tired. So I dozed on and off from about 5:30 to 8:00 and then got up. I puttered about until about 10. Got a few things done. Cleaned up Ingrid the transported pup from Ohio, who was picked up around 11 am by her new owners. Sort of fun to introduce the people to their new dog and dog to her new people. Had time for a little something to eat and then had a client come at 1 pm.

After client dog was done, I went to visit my dad. He had had no nap today and his cognitive skills were quite low. I was taken aback when I saw him sitting on a couch in the common area because he looked old and vacant. He came around pretty quickly when I engaged him in conversation. That put me at ease. I asked him to show me his new apartment and we walked down to his rooms. We chatted a bit and then I walked him down to dinner. I will go back and visit again tomorrow.

I weighed this morning, though I was inclined not to do so! I spent three days eating snack food in the car and my legs were quite swollen yesterday. I was up 5 pounds!!!! I've peed a lot today, so I'm sure I will be back down a bit tomorrow. I will have to be a little more cautious with the salty snacks on the Minnesota trip!

It has been HOT here today - mid 90s.

Oh, I did forbid myself from going to the gym today so I could rest after all my dog and dad stuff. Probably a good thing. I'll pick it back up next week before I take off on Thursday for my next jaunt across the country!