It’s surprisingly easy to get up very early when you have to be at the airport and checked in by 7:15 am. Some internal clock goes off inside your brain, at least it does in mine, and I usually wake up well before the alarm clock reminds me it’s time in that gentle way it does.
Had a great visit with daughter and s-i-l at their house just outside of Orlando. Funny, we left DFW with a forecast of 104 degrees only to go to Florida where it was actually cooler. Mid-90s mind you, but cooler. And, it rained nearly every day, so that helped.
Got see the old car show in downtown Kissimmee (six cars total, I think). Not much of a show really. More of a parked-by-the-curb-and-take-a-look-if-you-want affair. Stopped in at the local art studio for a meet-the-artists open house. Didn’t meet any of them and no one spoke so I’m not sure what that was all about except for the free wine and cheese for some. Paitings were eh, anyway.
Too much excitement there so we drove over to Ricardos’s and Janette’s new house for Aunt Lilo’s 84th birthday party. R&J just moved in that week but it was a good-sized place for all to gather. They have a pool, which gave the disaffected yutes a place to hover away from the menacing adults. Best of all, though, the house is on the canal that connects to Lake Toho (I think that’s the Kissimmee lake name). Blackest water I’ve ever seen but swift and deep with sandy banks. Still seems odd to see all that sand instead of black gumbo. It’s like a whole ‘nother state!
Helped install a rain barrell at the kid’s house. Connected a 55 gallon plastic barrell to one of the downspouts of the house guttering. By the time we left Monday morning, the barrell was full and overflowing from only a couple of small rain showers. Just goes to show you there’s an enormous amount of water that runs off the roof even from a small downpour. Glad they don’t have an HOA! There’s no telling what kind of turmoil that would cause! Don’t get me started… I can’t think of any more useless organization on the face of the planet. Oops, did I say that out loud?