A week ago, we were "recuperating" from our cruise. That's kind of an odd way of putting it. Perhaps, I could say we were having mental adjustment time.
It took a few days. When you're away, time always is strange, isn't it. It seems either much longer, or much shorter. I always begin with - Oh, I have all week to do this. Isn't it grand! Then as the week progresses, the days become shorter. Maybe we get used to the routines that are on the ship. Anyway, we had a marvelous time.
Plus, being here in Florida is like being on vacation all the time. As some T-shirts say "Another ho-
hum day in Paradise." Very apt.
However, the weather this week hasn't been ideal. Very unusual weather for March in Florida. We have had cool, cloudy, rainy, windy days. Don't see those very often in March, or the winter months.
Rainy season is in the summer. In the afternoon it clouds up between 3:00- 4:00, pours for ten minutes and then the sun comes out and it's as humid as ever. So . . . No place is perfect. I'm glad we can enjoy these months down here and then go up north and enjoy their beautiful Spring and Summer months. We know how lucky we are.
Paul's 18-yr old grandson, Lee, from Odessa, NY, visited Noi and Greg and his cousins, Brenan and Nee Nee from Gainesville this past week. They had an overnight visit with us over Thursday night.
As I said, the weather wasn't ideal, but Lee pointed out - there's no snow! They also stayed overnight at St. Augustine, and the weather was better there. The kids are all grown up now and so tall. When I give hugs, they have to bend over.
We had a big dinner here Thursday night, with Bill, Epril, Bob and my nephew Paul. We had a chicken breast casserole, roasted veggies, and fruit salad. I made a marble cake for dessert. It was almost all gone. Praise the Lord. . . . then on Friday we went to one of our favorite restaurants, Farlow's on the Water, for lunch before they headed back to Gainesville. We sat outside under a covered pavilion. So pretty.
Friday night Carol O. and Bob came for cocktails, and then we met our friends from Bath - Bob and Sue at the Moose Club. We were sufficiently stuffed and rolled out the door. It's been a rough week for watching calories.
Cousin Alice has been out of commission since after Bible Study on Wednesday. She "took herself to the doctor" because she had a temperature that was rising, a cough, and she felt awful. It seems she had the beginning stages of pneumonia. Poor thing.
I've been talking with her each day, and Bob sent me to her house Saturday with some home-made chicken soup. . .(He hadn't had his pneumonia shot, but I had). She has some medicine and all the other items needed, to begin feeling better. Plus she has a million friends and her sister, Carol.
She sounds better each day . . . which is good because her birthday is April 1, and "us ladies" are going to take her out for lunch. Get well, Alice. We need you so we can celebrate your birthday! It'll be no fun without you.
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Just had a surprise visit from Bob, nephew Jon, (Bob's son), and Jon's father-in-law, John. It was so nice to see them. We sat in our new room and chatted for a while. Jon and the family are visiting his in-laws in Sarasota. They're here for their Spring Break in Alpharetta, GA.
I have a bone to pick with school district, universities. Why don't they get together and plan their breaks so that they're the same??? People can't plan vacations because they're not the same!
For example: Jon's wife, Nicole, has her Spring Break from school this week. Her daughter, Brooke, has hers next week. They pulled Brooke out of school for three days so they could visit with John and Carol. They leave on Wednesday to go back to Alpharetta. Luckily, Brooke is an honor student, so they felt she could miss a couple of days.
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