Wednesday - April 10

 Posted by Mark:

Headed downtown for coffee and breakfast at Peter's.  I had haircut at 10.

From there we headed to Fort Lauderdale Airport for our flight to Charlotte.  Flight was uneventful which is exactly what we want.

Philip picked us up at the airport.  Traffic was not too bad.  

Headed to Philip's house.  Got there in time to see Maeve and Luke just before they went off to bed.

Blog updates may be sporadic while we are in NC.

Tuesday - April 9

 Posted by Mark:

Therapy at 9 with Jeff.  Pat said he worked her "good."   After that we did breakfast at Bob Evans.   It is just too handy.  

Later in the morning we called Annette for her big birthday.  Had a great visit.  They ate out yesterday for Luke and today for Annette.  Pretty soon they will be like Pat and I.

Annette and Maeve

Finished packing our suitcases for our trip tomorrow to North Carolina.  Maeve's First Communion is Thursday night.  We fly from Fort Lauderdale to Charlotte.  We have a short flight, Ryan flies to Paris tonight, just can't outdo our kids.

Waited until 7 p.m. to do our walk.  Needed it to cool off.

Pat wanted me to mention 2 items from her hand therapy yesterday.  Paul used a paraffin wax to stimulate the hand and help with the healing.  She also had a laser treatment to help stimulate the nerves.

Monday - April 8

 Posted by Mark

We were out late Monday night so blog won't get posted until Tuesday.

Day started slow and easy.  We did facetime with Luke mid-morning for his 11th birthday.  They did not have school because of the eclipse.

Family Lunch Luke, Annette, Maeve, Philip

Luke is ready for eclipse

Luke's Reese's Cake

Carlos the cat had his birthday also

Pat had hand therapy with Paul at 2:00.  From there a quick stop at Dr. Langford's office to drop off paperwork before her appointment later this month.

Connie and Steve had invited us to join them on a wine tasting sunset cruise with Captiva Cruises.  Their son Brad is a partner in the business.  Before the cruise we went to Mucky Duck on Captiva for light dinner and appetizers.  Sat outside to enjoy the view of the nice calm Gulf and warm weather.

Connie, Steve

Pat, Mark

From there a quick stop at Boop's ice cream palor to get a piece of Orange Crunch Cake

Orange Crunch after a couple of taste tests.

From there we boarded the boat.  It was packed. Very nice evening for a cruise and sunset.

Connie, Pat, Mark, Steve

Sunset over Gulf of Mexico

Once the boat was docked we had almost a 2 hour drive back to Cypress Trail.  Long night but very enjoyable.   Can't beat being on the water with friends.

Sunday - April 7

 Posted by Mark:

Started the day with Mass downtown.  Then went to Biggy's for breakfast.  It's a popular local place, lots of seating, but was packed.  We had a 15 minute wait.  Seated next to us was a familiar face to Pat, She asked if they were from Cypress Trail.  They were.

Home in plenty of time for naps before the Iowa Women's game.  Good game, but tough loss for Iowa.

Took a walk after supper.  Still pretty warm out.

Zoom tonight.  Most of the discussion was Tom reporting on their trip to Japan to see Megan.  She is doing good and having fun.

Saturday - April 6

 Posted by Mark:

Easy morning.  I started to organize the truck little by little. Pat did some laundry.  Jim and Lydia picked us up for lunch at Pincher's downtown.  

Lydia, Jim, Pat, Mark

Came back to their place for games.  First - Rummikube which Jim won. Then two games of Euchre which Lydia and I won, but was 9 to 9 at end of first game before we won.  

For mid game break we had a small piece of chocolate cake from Pincher's.

Huge piece of cake to share.

After light supper we went for walk.  It was actually a bit chilly at first.

Tonight is NCAA Men's basketball.  I fell asleep last night but Pat stayed up to watch Iowa Women win their game.