A bit warm and humid this morning, but much better than the forecast for the Northeast today.  We are pausing before lunch after a busy morning.  Anne and i jogged at dawn watching a sliver of the moon above the brightening horizon and hearing a mockingbird give its wonderful song of triplets.  A flock of fish crows passed over in the semi-darkness giving their anemic ca, ca, ca, ca calls.  Then with the sunrise a string of white ibis (Chokoloskee chickens) swept across Heritage Cove before a red-shouldered hawk began its pronounced jeer, jeer, jeer call and soared from the oaks to a corner of one of the apartment buildings. 

After our run and stretches Anne took Mom to the doctor for a routine appointment, but one coming at a time when increased shortness of breath made it  worthwhile.  The doctor will adjust her medications.  Her heart is extended and weak.  Still, she is recovering well from the fall and pelvis fracture.  The physical therapist discharged her yesterday.  She is mostly walking with the walker.  We are still wheeling her to and from the pool.

Dad is mostly staying out of trouble, meekly requesting only a cookie or two after breakfast and lunch, like Oliver Twist.  Hard Anne relents to give him a bit.  He settles for only N.A. beer until suppertime thus avoiding what had been a daily mid-day issue.  His weight may be increasing only slightly.  We do what we can.

The aid, Monique, is great.  She relieves us in the morning and lets us even escape the condominium for a few hours on some days.  This morning Anne and I went shopping after the doctor's appointment.  She picked up parts at Lowes for the curtain she is making for Elley and then we made the weekly grocery shop before returning. 

Mom & Dad will nap after lunch and then we will all go to the pool between three and four o'clock.  This is Friday and so we will join the Heritage Cove potluck supper at the community room this evening.  We missed a couple of these but returned last Friday night.  There were many greetings from friends happy to see Mom and Dad again.  They are perhaps the elder sages of Heritage Cove. 

Anne and I work on our chores.  Our summer plans are a bit complicated.  We will return to South Mountain in March to raise a garage in April.  Then we will drive to Colorado and tour in search of birds and scenery in May.  We will shiver a bit, I am sure.  Then we will dump our rig in Cheyenne WY and drive home at the end of May to prepare for and celebrate the wedding.  At the end of June we will return to Cheyenne, reprovision the rig, and tour the Black Hills, Yellowstone, and Teton in July.  We will be home again in August.  Anne will work a bit in Gettysburg.  Our fall plans are a bit undefined, but we will find something to do, I'm sure.

We have a week before company arrives.  That will be a great time and we will be much busier.  We will try to keep the time from being to stressful on all of us as we enjoy treks to the beach.