Sunday, January 26th., 2025…… We were up early and dressed for
the dance. It would be a first for us to square dance to gospel music. It was
fun! Not anything different except it
was all singing calls. For non-dancers, normally a “tip” consists of a patter
sequence, with the caller doing any variety of calls to a background music
beat. That is followed by a singing call, where the caller sings along with a
known song, using sequential calls to rotate the dancers around and back to
their partners. Darrell did all singing calls and has been known for this in
the past. It was enjoyed by all of us on the floor for that hour. Once that was
over, we danced to the next caller for the morning and then went off to get
coffee and biscuits and gravy from the concession stand in the next room. We
left and walked back to the hall and danced once again before calling it for
us. We said our goodbyes and came back and changed and got the motorhome ready
for the trip home. The fairgrounds has a dump site, which I took advantage of
since we won’t have sewer hookups at the next outing at Camp Koinonia. We got
home and parked with no problems. Oops, one problem – when I went to open the
slideouts, nothing happened! Not sure
what is going on, but we will leave it for now. We unloaded the food and
clothes and were done for the day. Cathye said her throat was scratchy. I hope
she didn’t get it from me! Since we didn’t have any class tonight, we watched
tv and later, called it a night. It’s too cold to try to make it out to the
spa, plus with Cat not feeling well, we decided to stay in.
Monday, January 27th., 2025…… Ok, it’s official! Cat is sick!
She had a tough night and just didn’t sleep well. I am over mine so I
was able to take care of her. I made her coffee and she ate some oatmeal later.
She will end up staying in bed for the day. I made scrambled eggs for us and
spent the day at home just relaxing and taking care of her. Later, we ate
leftovers and watched tv until bedtime. I
did go online and booked the Sydney Bridge Walk for us. We will have free time our
last morning in Sydney and the bridge was on our bucket list. Not part of any
package, so I went online and signed us up. Turns out I have to get a signed medical permission slip (for anyone 75 and older). It works out that I go in to see my dr.
next week anyway so I can get that signed. But other than that, we are all set.
More on the bridge later, but here are some pics from the site….
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Tuesday, January 28th., 2025…… Cat slept ok last night but it did take some time for her to stop coughing. She went in to the living room to her recliner couch to try to get more upright and it helped. When she woke up and came back to bed, she said she was ok and slept well out there. But it would be another day at home for her. I went off to help at the workshop and then stopped and got us fish and shrimp dinners and caramel shakes and brought that home. Tv and then bed. Oh yeah, and update on the motorhome problem… when I went out today, everything worked! I think I had the backup system (solar power) on which ran the batteries down. But they are charged up now and working fine. Whew, problem solved!
Wednesday, January 29th., 2025…… HAPPY BIRTHDAY RANDY! Cathye was feeling better this morning. She
got dressed and we took the dogs out for a short walk. When we were both
finished with breakfast, I called Randy to wish him a happy birthday. We talked
for a bit and then stayed in for the day. Cathye has energy but still feels the
congestion in her lungs. I’m hoping we will get this over soon. Randy says that
Maryanne gives him a dose of garlic and orange slices when he’s sick. I was
going to Walmart this morning anyway and added those to my list. He said you
cut up one clove of garlic and eat it along with a couple of orange slices (to
help with the taste). We both tried it! I guess we’ll have to wait and see!
Can’t hurt – except for the breath the rest of the morning!
Thursday, January 30th., 2025…… Another cold
day! Temps here are still in the low 20s. Highs get to the mid-40s. But the
forecast is for warmer temps later today. That’s when it rains. They will get
snow in the elevations. I think it’s down to 900’. We are at 340’ so we should
be ok. That might lower tomorrow. Cat is
a little better. She went back to the couch last night and said it helps. She
will use the adjustable bed feature tonight to see if that helps.
Friday, January 31st., 2025…… Cat coughed a lot last night, but feels way better this morning. Maybe
it was the garlic! We woke up to rain
this morning. That means the temps are now warmer. Today would get to the high
40s. Today was Costco day. We walked and fed the girls, then headed out. No rain right now so far. We stopped at Elmer’s
for breakfast and then went on to Costco. Today it was for some basics, so we
kept it under $200.00! Yaay! Once we got back and got things put away, the
rains came again. We had nothing else planned so we stayed around the house and
relaxed.
Saturday, February 1st., 2025…… This is one Saturday where we have absolutely nothing on the agenda. No dances, no meetings, nothing. Our normal Club dance would be tonight, but it is our Birthday Dance (Club is 76 years old) and for some reason, they do those on Sunday afternoons. Cathye went to Walmart and got some things for our dance tomorrow. She has to make a plain cake to add to others, brought in for our strawberry shortcake dessert at break. We did some pre staging for our cruise packing and both of us now have to plan for the desired amount of clothes we want to take, while considering our laundry plans on the ship. We figure to do laundry maybe twice while on board. We will want to have clean clothes for the land part once we get to that last six days. I think I remember seeing that we had two dress up nights on the ship. That’s not bad for 13 days on board! We both have plans for those formal nights. I think we both will still need to get some casual wear. I have t-shirts but want to get some new ones. Same for Cat. Tv until bed.
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