Tomfoolery's Florida Adventure: DAY 58: WEDNESDAY, FEB 24, 2021: WHAT A WHIRLWIND 24 HOURS

Twenty four hours ago, we were at Grace and Werners for a meeting of the crew, our annual enjoying each other's company safely' We all have had 2 vaccines' Some have compromised health. But, everyone needs to see people. To stop being totally abd completely isolated' Be safe, be alive.

Geri sent these beautiful photos. I sent Grace and Werner a heartfelt thankyou' Joan texted to say whatba great time she had for the first time in a year.

THE GIRLS HAPPY FOR A CHANCE TO DRESS UP AND SEE FRIENDS

HOLDING OUR BREATH WITH MASKS OFF FORBTHE PHOTO ( HURRY UP, LOYAL HA HA!)

THANKS, WERNER AND GRACE

COLIN, THE THORN, WITH THE ROSES, PEGGY, SUSAN, AND PEGGIE

NO , BILL, NO! GRACE BOUGHT THIS FOR BONNIE. WE HAVE THE EARTHQUAKE, RED BLEND 🍷 WINE

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL NIGHT NEEDED BY ALL.

WE ARE- ALL TOGETHER AGAIN , WE ARE HERE. WHO, KNOWS WHEN WE WILL BE ALL TOGETHER AGAIN, WE ARE ALL TOGETHER AGAIN WE're HERE WE're HERE!

Jann, Bill, Tom, and I helped Werner and Grace carry the left overs upstairs to the kitchen, and breakdow, and clean up their huge patio..

That was as much of a memory as the event. Geri texted to say she lost her hearing aid. We found it, fortunately, and left it in her mailbox on the way home.

By midnight we were home. At 7:00 am, I was up and headed to the rec center to help Belle , Bill, Sandy, and Mac prepare and serve the pancake breakfast. I had the easy job, serve the plates.

Tom picked up breakfasts and brought them to the RV.

When we were done, Sandy and I headed to play pickleball. It was hot, but we had some great games. Only 5 of us so we played a lot..

After pickleball, we ate breakfast or brunch!

Sharon , Steph, and I shared photos of homes in Florida for sale. Sharon has bought. Steph may look one day. We will look at few on the 9th of March with Judy and Michael. Our lives are always in motion. Living every moment to the fullest in whatever we do. Water never pools at our feet, nor does grass have a chance to grow. Weeds, maybe.

Staying sane.

We will see Shirley and Kev on the 4th. We hope to see Steph and Jacque while we are Sarasota also.

1:00pm :CORN HOLE time. Mike was my partner. I played pretty well but the opposing team was a pro. We won the first round and lost the second.

Tom and I packed up the kayak stuff and began carrying it to the marina to launch it. The maintenance guy saw us, put iton his trailer, and met us at the launch site. How kind! We had no $ to tip,him. Who needs $ when one is kayaking?

Off We went..

OFF WE GO ON THE MAIDEN VOYAGES

CHECHING TO SEE IF THE NAVIGATOR IS PADDLING

I AM SURE HE IS RELAXING, SMOKING THE CIGAR, AND NNOOTT PADDLING

We headed out west island around to the Gulf and then pulled into East Island and traveled upnand down all the canals. We saw many people. Some snorkeling, some swimming, some hanging on their boats and docks, and others were cleaning fish (evident by the number of pelicans waiting for a handout or toss out).

We returned to East Island and went up and down those canals , steering around boats returning from a day of fishing.

We returned to East Island for our haul out at the mini park near us. A neighbor saw us and helped get the kayak out of the water. He told Tom:

IF YOU HAD TWO,OF HER YOU WOULD NOT NEED MY HELP OR YOURS!

He sees me running every day.lol.

Time for the mundane. I needed to do a load of sweaty and salty clothes from all of today's activities. Of course, this takes at least an hour and forty five minutes.

Timer went off:clothes into the dryer

More fun coming: BEDTIME STORIES WITH LEO, STELLA, BIANCA, MOM AND DAD

GOOD NIGHT, MOON 🌚

THE KIDS ARE ADORABLE' WE MISS ALL OUR GRANDKIDS!

They are growing too fast. They enjoyed the book and we enjoyed reading it to them'

Unlike, the mail which is sooooo slow. Charlotte just received the Congratulations card I sent her with $ for straight A.s. I asked Charlotte to ask Jess and Joseph if they got theirs. So slow!

Mike and Polina sent a thank you for their Valentine's Day card which they got today and i mailed Jan 28th ahhhhh. No excuses.

Day isn't done. Line dancing class is tonight on the basketball court. Always fun! The day may be nearly done after that. I need to get up at 3:30 am to fly to RI.

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Timer went off. Clothes are dry. Time to fold them.

On the way to the dryer, my phone flashed with a type of fireworks saying: 9 HOURS ACTIVE!

I think I knew that!