Mixed Monday

We are attempting to get in some daily exercise but our bodies are fighting us. Today Mother Nature joined in. Yesterday the bayou was too windy and wavy for us to kayak. Today we put on our walking shoes and headed out only to face a big dark threatening cloud. We turned around and headed home making a walk of less than a quarter mile. I put in my walking time on the treadmill.

Penny’s dizziness hasn’t settled down well since we put major physical stress on it during our trip to Montana. My right foot still hurts some but I think it is slowly fading. It is much improved from when I first got home.

Today was my brother Lou’s day. I joined him in Niceville for lunch and provided transportation for him to the ATM and grocery store. I also delivered a 4 place setting of dishes for him and some real glasses. We got the inexpensive dishes at Pottery Barn and told him he could leave them in his bungalow for the next tenant.

Lou appears to be doing well. He has limited his exploration of his neighborhood because he can’t take the heat and humidity. I told him that our hot weather is supposed to break tonight and it will be better for the rest of his stay. I also drove him down to the bayou that is close to his place. There is a nice little park there and it is only about ¾ mile from him. I loaned him a fishing rod last time I saw him. Maybe he will spend some time fishing.

We ate lunch at a place called “The Boat House”. It sits on the bayou and, of course, has seafood as its main component on the menu. Lou got Grouper parmesian and I had a flounder po-boy. This week it was Lou’s turn to buy. We are going to alternate.

I don’t know what is going on with the gas situation in your areas but here we have some stations that are out of gas and other raising the price to $3.99. We had a run on gas just before Ike went ashore in Texas. Somehow a rumor got started that the price was going up due to the storm. The stations that sold the cheapest gas had cars lined up waiting to fuel. Those are the stations that have no gas today.

The day was wrapped up with a little work for FOCCUS and some yard work.