Hi Babe,
I was sure I would get a good night sleep, but alas, it wasn’t to be! Read until 2:00 a.m. before I finally nodded off, and woke up again around 7:30. Got up and did chores and finished packing, had an uneventful drive to the airport, nice flight to Dallas, short flight to Midland, which is a tiny airport, six gates I think, and the car rental counter was in the baggage claim area, so I got all the paperwork done before the bags even came out! I really got lucky on the car, too. I had gone through Priceline, managed to get a really good price on a “dealer’s choice” option, lower than the typical economy car if I paid in advance, which I did, and the woman at the counter ended up handing me the keys to a BMW! If that wasn’t thrilling enough, after I got my bags and walked out to pick up the car, I discovered it was a convertible! Whoo-hoo! Should be fun! Unfortunately, the weather forecast for Friday, my tourist day, isn’t looking very good at the moment, but hopefully the weatherman will be wrong on this one. Still, I may take a drive tomorrow, depending on how I feel.I got to the hotel in short order, checked into one room hoping for a bathtub, but no luck. After I moved into my second room, I looked out the window and discovered it was open, so a slid it a little further open and suddenly a pigeon or maybe a mourning dove was flying around the room! He apparently was hiding behind the drape, he didn’t just fly in. Anyway, I managed to catch him and put him back out the window, but not before he left a little dropping on my sheet, so I had them bring me a new sheet. What a crazy way to start this trip! Finally settled down, got unpacked, got caught up on some stuff, had my Sleepytime tea, now I’m ready for bed. Hoping for a really good night sleep tonight, finger crossed! Good night, sweetie! Love you!

Hiya Sweetie,
Don’t know what’s up with my sleeping habits, but I was in bed by 11:00, still woke up at 2:30, couldn’t get back to sleep so read until about dawn, then finally nodded off for a couple of hours. No alcohol last night, which is usually the culprit, so I can only blame it on not doing anything but sit around yesterday. Didn’t sit around today, so hopefully I’ll get a better night sleep tonight! After chores, walking James through the animal feeding schedule, then breakfast, I hooked up the small horse trailer and took it over to Glenn’s, got help from Bill and Sandy unloading the tractor implements. Chatted with them for a bit, then headed to Tractor Supply to pick up feed and hay. Made several stops trying to find dog food for Lola, went to three different stores in Indiantown, no luck. Ended up at the Publix in Jupiter Farms where I was able to get everything I needed. Got back to the house, dropped off the small trailer (with enough hay to last until I leave here), put the rest of the bales from the back of the truck into the big trailer, so now I’ll have a full load when I head out, so I’m all set with that, and enough horse feed now for close to a month. Did a couple of loads of laundry and got mostly packed for my flight tomorrow, watched a great Richard Attenborough directed movie called Young Winston, ready for shower and bed. Good night, my darlin’! Love you!

Hi Babe,
Finished another book, didn’t do much else today. Saw Karl and his friend Randy for about five minutes. Can’t WAIT to get back on the road again! I can’t remember ever being this bored, sitting in one place day after day. So looking forward to moving on! Well, next week will be busy, so I guess a day of rest is fine, considering how much activity I had yesterday. Another month gone by! Good night, hon! Love you!

Hey Darlin’,
Was up fairly early, headed over to Glenn’s, cleaned the pool, left a bunch of boxes with most of my stuff packed in the trunk of the Buick, hooked up to Glenn’s trailer, came back and loaded up the tractor implements into the horse trailer, then the tractor onto Glenn’s trailer and took that back out to his place. Dropped off my volunteer T-shirts at Dupuis in their mailbox, came home for dinner and a movie, got a call from brother Karl who is apparently on his way here and will arrive tonight, though too late for me. I’m headed for shower and bed! Good night, sweetheart! Love you!

Hiya Sweetie,
Got off to a slow start this morning after not sleeping very well last night, don’t know why. Didn’t have anything on the agenda, but I decided to due a long overdue job, sorting through the closets, rearranging the drawers and getting rid of the excess clothing that I’m never likely to use. Happy with the result, though it will take a trip to Goodwill to get finally get the stuff out of here. Other then that, a pretty lazy day. Sandy came by late in the afternoon for “wine time”, then I settled down for the evening with a couple of Remington Steeles. Just a short shower away from bedtime! Good night, babe! Love you!

Hey Babe,
Had a great night sleep, thank goodness, glad to be on track with having a physical day rather than sitting around, like I’ve been doing way too much of lately. Had a kind of slow morning, but then Sandy and I headed over to Riverbend with my inflatable kayak. We decided that rather than brave the unpredictable intracoastal to just doing a leisurely ride round a mile long loop in Riverbend. It was wonderful! Nice and quiet, very slow moving, managed to sneak up on some wildlife, some interesting birds and fish and turtles, and finally, a little alligator sunning himself on the bank. All that in less than two hours! We had to portage through a tunnel, which was odd because when we went out on the last trip, I know we paddled straight through it, so it is definitely true that the tides affect this river, even though we are so far inland. Hard to believe! It was very nice, great to be on the water again. Came back home and relaxed, sat by the pool and played with Lola, she hasn’t had much exercise so I made her do a lot of swimming so she’ll sleep tonight. Settled down for the evening to a movie and leftovers, ready for shower and bed. Good night, my darlin’! Love you!

Hi Darlin’,
Absolutely nothing to report today. Boring. Did nothing. Going to bed. Good night. Love you!

Hi Sweetheart,
Tried to help Jeff do some cleaning today, but it ended with a fight. I went over to Glenn’s and spent the afternoon weed-whacking, pressure washing and cleaning the pool. Got back around 5:00 and our company had arrived. Sandy came back and chatted for awhile, then later Bill came back for a bit before the mosquitoes got too bad. Watched a movie, ready for bed. I can’t WAIT to get back on the road again! Love you babe, good night!

Hey Baby!
Took a long while to get to sleep, just as I suspected since I didn’t do anything physical to tire me out yesterday, then ended up sleeping a bit later, as usual. Then I got a text from Jeff C. that he was on his way to install my microwave. He arrived before 9:30, and after he and brother Jeff had their morning libations, they began the job at about 10:00. I think they thought it would only take a few hours, but it was nearly 8:00 by the time they finished. It was rather entertaining, actually, because every modification they tried to make resulted in more issues that required more modifications that required more fixes, etc., etc., etc., until it was finally done. I did my best to keep quiet (though it was hard!), and just be happy with the fact that eventually it would get done, and it was. I spent another half hour cleaning up and putting everything away again, and I must say, it looks pretty nice. It’s a lovely microwave, two inches wider than my last one, and has a number of features that my old one didn’t have, like two different light levels, two different fan levels, and a kitchen timer that will be a lot more precise than the one on my refrigerator magnet. Glad that job’s done! Only big job left now to do before I leave are the brakes on the trailer, and I hope that it will get done by the end of the week, or maybe during the week that I’m gone. I hope so, because I’m planning on leaving the following week, start heading north since it’s getting too darn hot down here now. Most nights are only getting down to the low 70’s overnight, and that’s too warm for me. Anyway, finally settled down with a nightcap and a Remington Steele, soon to shower and bed! Good night, my darlin’! Love you!