Wednesday, May 25

After a great night of sleep the temp this morning was 47 F. Seems just like home. The high today was about 55 F. It rained off and on all day long. The weather channel said it was sunny and in the 60s in Anchorage. Missing the best part of summer once again at home I guess. Oh well this too shall pass.

7 AM wake-up this morning so we could have breakfast with Sonny and Suzy this morning. Breakfast was tasty but no reindeer sausage. The conversation was exceptional and we had a wonderful chance to catch up with two cousins who happen to be great friends as well. Ed and I had a bridge engagement at 10 and I suggested breakfast at somewhere about halfway between the multiple living locations but they came all the way to Waukesha for breakfast with us. We certainly couldn't ask for more. Sonny is going on the Rolling Thunder motorcycle parade in Washington D. C. this coming weekend and getting ready for the trip down there so couldn't get together except for lunch or breakfast today. We wish him a safe journey there and back and a wonderful time with all the bike buffs in D.C. We hopefully will be able to see Suzy again before we head to Florida.

10 AM found Ed and I at the bridge game. My first time partner and I set up simple and few bidding understandings and were off to the races. While it's hard to judge the early rounds things just felt good about the game today. As the travelers began to fill up we most often found ourselves with very good boards. We ended up with a 69% game, which is huge for those who don't know bridge. Had a wonderful and I'm sure Bill my partner did as well. He would probably accept and invitation to play again sometime.

Stopped to see Pat after the game. She is doing well. Spent about an hour walking the halls and watching Ed take care of a couple of chores for her. She seemed to recognize Bonnie and I today but of course we can't be certain. She was in a cheerful mood though and laughed a lot but couldn't be certain what she was laughing about. The disease is really crappy and watching a person or their mind waste away is really difficult.

The evening was quiet. No visitors but there were a lot of phone calls for Ed. Kind of snacked for dinner no one seemed to want much and no one wanted to prepare anything for the gang. So it was kind of a grazing night. But then it gave me time to get the writing caught up and get our seat assignment on Airtran for our trip to Florida next week. More later.