Friday 06.05.2009

I slept pretty good again last night. I was just a little stiff/sore across the shoulders, but I expected that. A very warm shower and my exercises helped.

Clear blue skies again today, temps in the low 40's last night. Just a light breeze on the water.

I had breakfast and picked away at getting the cabin cleaned so I could leave.

And then I started sneezing. And sneezing, and my nose was dripping like crazy. What was this?? The longer it happened the more annoyed I got. And I was sneezing like every 10-15 minutes.

Toma and Kathy were out in their boat and I saw them approach my dock. I went out. We chit-chatted, and we watched a bald eagle soaring way up there. So cool. KS came back in the van shortly. I dug around in my bags and found a claritin and took it.

We went into Hale, taking my trash to the "transfer station" and we each picked up a couple of things at the grocery store. Back at the lake, we sat down on the dock in the sun. Lovely.

My nose wasn't getting much better. I got the house cleaned, the car loaded, and stopped at the Goodwin's to say goodbye. KS had a motrin/sudafed combination pill that I took. I hugged everyone and was on the road at 4:05 pm.

Traffic was light to medium going south, medium to heavy northbound. I got home without difficulties at 6:55. And the Pontiac G6 showed that it got 27.9 mpg. That's better than the Sebring at 25-26.

Daniel was home; it was good to see him. He helped me unload.

My nose had eased up some, but I started sneezing and dripping again. I took another sudafed with the idea that I was going to write here then go to bed. No such luck--I couldn't get online at home, either. I passed the computer over to "tech support Dan" and I ended up laying on the sofa with a pillow at the back of my neck, snoozing for an hour or so. When I woke it was 9:30 and Dan had gone to bed. The computer was "active"--I don't know what the problem was, but I'm glad he fixed it.

Tomorrow I work, he's golfing. I hope my head clears up soon.

Thank you for reading. Hugs.

Thursday 06.04.2009

What a glorious day! I slept as good as I do, heard the loons calling this morning, briefly. I listened to the radio for a short bit and dozed off to sleep again. I was surprised when I got out of bed, wandered around a minute, and saw that it was 10 AM!!

The sky was clear, sunshine, the lake mirror. Absolutely Beautiful. Warming, but still cool with frost on the windshields. I got myself ready for the day, breakfasted, baked some muffins to warm up the house a little, cut up fruits, made coffee.

I wanted to walk down to the Goodwin Cottage to visit before getting started on my projects for the day. I looked over there—Ann was getting on the paddleboat. I went in and used the restroom, picked up my water and looked out again. She was coming my way. I went down on the dock to greet her. I came back up, got a boat cushion, and we paddled around and back over to her dock (which is right next door).

We had a nice visit. Tom took Kathy and me back to my place via his boat. So pleasant on the quiet water.

On with my project.

I pulled the speedboat out of the garage as far as the cement apron would allow, hooked up the hose, and got started. I washed and waxed the outside of it, which took me all afternoon. But I got it done. And swept the garage out, pushed the boat back in, swept the outside of the garage (cobwebs and bugs and such), swept the back of the house off, picked up after myself.

It was seven pm when I came in for my supper. I heated up a meal that I had brought from home and enjoyed that after I washed up. I gathered a flashlight, warm jacket, and a water, and headed down to the Goodwin Cottage.

Little did I know that they had called to tell me they were having a fire. Perfect. My phone connection is intermittent and unpredictable here.

We enjoyed the fire and the company. Shortly after nightfall, the bats started coming from Anne’s roof. We shone the flashlights there to see just where they were coming from. I guess Don and Tom are going to Great Foam the gaps in the near future.

It was time for me to head home. Kathy Sue and I walked along, listening to the very loud frog noises. She walked me halfway. The moon was bright so it wasn’t real dark.

When I got in, I went down on the dock with the flashlight. Lots of fish swimming around in there; I saw smaller ones, but the bigger ones were jumping and feeding.

The rest of the evening I had a snack and wrote here.

Tomorrow I’m not sure what I’m going to do. The weather is predicted to be low 70’s and just as beautiful. We’ll see. I have to go home tomorrow evening, too.

My shoulders are pretty sore, but I expected that. Tylenol and motrin are my friends.

Thank you for reading. Hugs.

Wednesday 06.03.2009

What a day! I feel like I slept hard from about 12:30 to 3:30 ish, then dozed until Daniel got up about 5. I thought sure I would get another “quality” bit of sleep after he left at 6, but my mind was busy thinking of the things do and in what order to do them. I got up at 0620.

I started getting things together, checking the lists I had made. After breakfast, I did a quick glance at the email before turning off the computer and packing it. The sun was shining in a beautiful blue sky—I decided that it was important to me to take care of my physical fitness and got ready for a jog.

Lovely. I had a nice jog, met and visited with a neighbor as I was cooling down by our building, then came in and showered.

Now I can finish getting ready to go.

Packed, loaded, hungry again. I made a sandwich to eat on the road, fixed a coffee to go, and I was off. 11:20. First stop Meijer.

I made the exchange I needed to do, picked up a couple of items to bring with me, and was on my way.

Now, there’s construction in Lansing. (Isn’t there construction all over??) I used the GPS thing to guide me around and get me to the highway. I had some idea of where I was going, but not enough to get there myself. Anyway, I think the thing took me the long way. It was a half hour to get through town.

Finally on the expressway at 12:30.

Driving was good, and I arrived at the Jacque Cabin about 3:30 pm. It was sunny, breezy, and high 50’s. I was just getting the last thing out of the car when Tom and Kathy Sue pulled in.

We looked the car over (I had the Pontiac G6), then went inside to check Daniel’s internet antenna project.

We couldn’t get it to work, unfortunately. Daniel will have to get us fixed up himself.

We visited a bit. I washed the wall where the curtains were from and KS helped me put the living room curtains back up that I had laundered. Much better.

They left. I fixed my supper, and as I was just finishing, KS was back by herself. We had a nice walk and talk, then she went on back to the Goodwin Cottage.

I wrote here.

The lake is quieting down, turning into mirror. The moon is coming into full and will be very bright tonight. It’s also predicted to be cold; mid 30’s.

Tomorrow I plan to clean and wax the speedboat. Beyond that, I don’t know.

Thank you for reading. Hugs.

Tuesday 06.02.2009

I woke feeling almost rested, getting up when the alarm came on and getting myself ready for work. Dan had gotten up before I left; that's kind of nice.

I drove the Sebring down today. It felt familiar, though I'm still not sure which vehicle I prefer. Probably the Pontiac, as the hard top and the lumbar support on the driver's seat rate pretty high. Anyway, as I got down the road I noticed the fuel was low. Shoot. I stopped at Mason Meijer and filled up. $2.74. Geesh. On my way.

A safe drive, thank you God, the shuttle in the lot, thanks again, clocked in, and another busy day. Finally time to go home. I'm more tired than I though I would be. Oh Well.

Driving home was pleasant, the sun low on the horizon so it was behind the trees. Traffic was light. On a straight stretch of road, coming across the southbound lanes, was a deer. It went into the median, and I had plenty of time to slow down. No one was behind me, but I put my emergency flashers on anyway. I about had to stop, as the animal continued sauntering into the northbound lanes, then turning and coming towards me several steps before heading onto the shoulder and beyond. Thank you God for letting me see that and having no other vehicles there at that moment.

I continued on my way and made it home.

Daniel was there waiting for me. We visited, watered the plants on the balcony, I had a light snack. It wasn't long before Daniel went off to bed. I wrote here.

Tomorrow I'll be getting ready for 3 days at the lake, the first "3-day stretch" of the summer, I hope. Tonight the gas prices had jumped to $2.88. If prices keep climbing, I may reconsider going up as frequently as I had hoped.

I'm off to bed.

Thank you for reading. Hugs.

Monday 06.01.2009

I slept quick last night, interrupted, of course. When the radio came on I was...sleeping.

I got up and got ready; Daniel got up a half hour after I did. It's new to have him awake and moving around when I am, so early in the morning. But nice, so far.

A safe drive, thank you God, and I walked over to the hospital to put in a fairly busy 12 hours. It was finally time to go home.

Another safe drive home, thank you God, and Daniel was home, too. He had walked over to the body shop and brought the Sebring home and put it in the outer garage. I'm so tired I didn't go out and look at it. He says it looks real nice.

I've been really hot today with not many "cool" periods. And my shoulder has been annoying, too.

I'm not staying up much longer; tomorrow is another work day.

Thank you for reading. Hugs.