We were moving stuff to the car, preparing for a trip to Good Will, when Danita missed a step. She fell on the garage floor which was both cold and hard. She bruised her hip and pulled a muscle. She had difficult mobility for the rest of the day, but she’s recovering well. She still has some discomfort.

We were planning to spend this afternoon at Ed & Lynne’s. We were going to stay overnight, go to 10:00 mass at their church, then head up to Mark’s. Unfortunately, Ed & Lynne were exposed to Covid. They are testing negative, but the recommendation is to stay isolated a few more days. We cancelled the time at Ed’s. Instead, we’ll watch the broadcast of our Church’s 4:00 service today, then drive to Ed’s Christmas morning. We’ll exchange packages on the porch, then go on up to Mark’s. Fortunately, everybody who will be at Mark’s has not been exposed and is testing negative. We’ll stay overnight and return Monday. We’re looking forward to meeting Jiajia’s parents. Jiajia informs us that westerners have great difficulty pronouncing her parents’ names. She suggest we call them “Jiajia mama” and “Jiajia baba”. It should be an interesting day.

We’re doing well at getting everything together for our vacation. We have our lists of what to pack. We have all the medications we are going to need. As usual we found a couple of small items that would be helpful that we didn’t have. Fortunately, Amazon offered to deliver both on Tuesday, so we don’t have to face the maddening crowd of seasonal shoppers.

As everybody knows, it’s really cold outside. Our high today is in the teens, but the wind makes it feel like single digits. Weather that invigorating is nothing less than an invitation for a bike ride. So that’s exactly what I did today — on the stationary bike in our clubhouse gym. ;-)

I hope everybody has a wonderful Christmas.