There are a couple of pics this week.
The big news for Danita was work – work – work. Unfortunately, she got sick Wednesday. She was feeling pretty bad. She stayed home from work and backed out of having dinner with Bud. (There’s no sense to take a risk of getting him sick.) She wasn’t better Thursday, but she was back to work. She was also sick but worked Friday. She seems to finally be getting over whatever she had.
Mom & Glenn at Okeeheelee Park
While Danita was working and being sick, I visited Mom & Glen. When I got up Tuesday morning, I received an Email that my flight was cancelled. All other flights to West Palm Beach were full. So I called Southwest. They offered to reroute me through Ft. Lauderdale. It took away from time with Mom on Monday and Friday, and it meant a 45 mile drive in FL. On the bright side, the rental car in Ft. Lauderdale was $100 cheaper than the same care in W Palm Beach. I was surprised.
Birds at Okeeheelee Park were quite bold
I arrived in plenty of time to attend the play “7 Brides for 7 Brothers” at the Century Village theater as Mom’s guest. Wednesday we went to Okeeheelee Park and took a walk. The weather was quite pleasant. There was plenty of wildlife to see. Thursday we went to the Havana restaurant for dinner at lunch time. The food was quite good. Friday wasn’t quite as successful. We went to Sarah’s Kitchen for breakfast. The food was great, but it was so noisy Glen couldn’t hear us talking. On the way back, we stopped at Ocean Reef Park. There were a few picnic tables around the parking lot. There was a sandy path to the beach, but Mom and Glen can’t walk on the sand very well. I walked out to the beach and saw some nice tables, chairs, and umbrellas. I thought that was much nicer than the parking area. Then I saw the sign — this was a private area for the hotel next door. I had planned to leave Mom’s about 12:30, but I started feeling nervous and decided I would rather wait an extra hour in the airport than take the chance of getting caught up in traffic on I-95.
Mom & Glen at Ocean Reef Park
Besides our trips, we spent time going over Mom’s new computer setup and how to get things done. Mom did quite well. Mom wanted a new Wi-Fi printer. With color printing. With a scanner. With a copier. (These are called all-in-one printers). I figured we were in for a bruising, but that’s what she wanted. So we went to Best Buy and picked out an HP Envy. When we got home and I started working with the printer, I was impressed. HP has always made great printers. But in the past, all the options required to make a printer do all these functions made for a confusing set of configuration screens. Then use of the multi-function printers was made complicated by confusing buttons marked with obscure symbols. But this printer is actually a snap to set up and easy to use. Here’s an example. Mom wanted to see how the double-sided printing worked. We found a 2-page document. The printer printed the first page, then sucked the page back inside, then printed the second page on the other side of the paper. It couldn’t possibly be any easier than that. Exampe #2. Mom wanted to scan a document. We had to follow a menu. In every case, the first option was the one we wanted. When we were done, the File Explorer screen opened on Mom’s computer to show her where her scan file was. Every time I wanted to do something, no matter how obscure, I was able to get to it right away with one press of the graphic control panel. It’s an amazing amount of functionality for less than $100.
All good things must end. I came home Friday to move from the high 80s to below freezing. Today (Saturday) is the Church dinner. Danita and I will be servers. It’s going to be a long dinner — from 4 to 8. If we survive that, we’ll go to a SOCA party Sunday.
I hope this finds everybody doing well.