Thursday,
March 6th
through Wednesday, March 11th
Marking Time,
Being Lazy
This is so unlike
us! Duffy plans to make some repairs (bathroom window slide pull,
leaky gas line he installed for a catalytic heater last fall, and the
screen door slide that keeps bugs and insects out while allowing us
to open the door with the screen left closed. And everyday, Duffy
reads, sleeps, and maybe takes a short bike ride. Evenings we spend
with Skip and Susan, or with them and old, mutual friends (emphasis
on “old Friends,” not “old”) at a local restaurant.
Thursday
we ate dinner at Skip and Susan's with cherry pie ala mode for
dessert, Susan's favorite for her birthday.
Friday,
Skip ran some errands with me while Duffy rode his bike along the
Mast Park Trail, then dinner out at the favorite local Mexican
restaurant with “old friends.”
Saturday,
Duffy and I took a nearly three-mile walk in the park here, around
the lake looking at, and for, birds, then up to the office to plan
the remainder of our stay. (It's too nice here this year, we do not
desire to go anywhere else). At 5:00pm, we left to attend the wedding
reception of my cousin's daughter. Lindsay, who teachs elementary
school in Gilbert, Arizona, came home to El Cajon to get married in
her home Mormon Temple and to celebrate with family.
Sunday,
Daylight Savings Time began – hurray!! Although we hoped to attend
church, our need to change campsites before noon foiled our plans.
Instead, we moved into our “new” camp spot in the same RV park,
where we will stay for the next month. It feels both good and strange
to be settling in one place for a while. Maybe this is why we are
being so lazy – there's little or no incentive to accomplish
anything. Except – Duffy did repair the bathroom window pull with
some miracle glue. In the evening, we joined Skip and Susan for
dinner at their home.
Monday, I spent
the afternoon with Skip and his youngest grandson, Leif (aged 1½),
while Susan sped off to her hair appointment. It took me all that
time to get a hint of a smile from Leif. I played, he watched. I
built, he took apart. And, he flirted. We might become friends yet! I
did some laundry while Leif and I played, then after he went home,
Duffy rode his bike from Santee Lakes and we dined with Skip and
Susan – delicious tri-tip steak barbequed to perfection by Skip,
salad, veggie, fruit, and all the squares a meal should have.
Tuesday, I
shopped for Ahna's birthday gift. I hope she has as much fun opening
it as I had picking it out for her. Suffice it to say, she is getting
a colorful new outfit.I then drove up the hill to my Aunt Bonnie's
for a visit and to take her to Souplantation to join Duffy, Skip and
Susan for dinner. Following dinner, we returned to Bonnie's to view
Skip and Susan's travel memories on DVD from their trip to China on
the Yangtse River last year. We enjoyed seeing all the places they
visited and saw as they cruised along.
Wednesday,
that's today. This became a run-around-day: return broken or wrong
items, replace them with others, buy a piece of polystyrene to fix
our screen door, and Subway for the dinner salad we've missed this
past week of dining with family and friends. Tonight we will prepare
for a short trip to Laughlin, Nevada with Skip and Susan. We are
riding over with them tomorrow, and returning on Monday, March 17th.
Lights will be out
on this blog for a time. We will be staying at the Aquarius in
Laughlin, leaving our trailer here in Santee. It promises to be hot
there, and even hotter than it is here now when we return. Loving the
sunshine!
Until next
time...Pam and Duffy
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