Saturday, Jan 23, 2021 – Weekend with Friends

Hey Sweetie,
Headed out after breakfast on the drive to Melbourne Beach, really nice to get away and visit Don and Toni again. I’ve thought back many times to you 85th birthday when they met us down at the Downton Abbey exhibit in WPB and the lovely high tea over in Palm Beach that we had together. I haven’t seen them since then, but I invited myself over and they were happy to see us. I hadn’t realized that they never met Lola, every time we’ve met them we’ve left her behind, but Toni absolutely loved her, and even Don, who’s not much of a dog person, ended up admiring her excellent behavior. We took a nice long walk on the beach after lunch, and Lola just had the best time! There were quite a few other dogs on the beach as well, and she frisked around with them as well, which was so good to see considering she’s been a little reluctant to be nice to other do lately, after her incident up at Goethe. We walked quite a ways, though it was a bit challenging because they’re in the process of rehabilitating the beach, so there were massive trenches where the big machinery was going up and down carrying loads of sand. It was really nice, though. After a fine afternoon, we went down the road a bit to a New England restaurant and met up with a couple of their friends and had a very nice meal. I had the lobster salad, which was right in line with my diet (though the wine I drank at happy hour and with dinner was a bit more than usual), but a day or two of indulgence with friends won’t hurt! I ended up doing Snowy River for our table just before we said good night, and then I asked Don and Toni if they’d ever seen the movie. I remember you had done the poem last time we were at their house, and they hadn’t seen it yet, then, either, guess they forgot about it. You know how busy they always are, and nothing’s changed! But they suggested we watch it as soon as we got back, so we did. Prime had it, for a small fee, but it was great seeing it again, since it’s been awhile, and they really enjoyed watching it as well. That took us to almost 10:30, so we were off to bed right after that. I had put Lola in the truck while we were out to dinner because I didn’t know how she’d be in the house while we were gone, but I did bring in her bed from the truck and put it by the foot of the bed, and as soon as we headed upstairs, she settled right into it. Took my shower and got into their very comfortable guest bed, tried to read for a bit but promptly feel asleep. I guess we all got the exercise we needed today! Love you, Babe!

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