Busy and enjoyable several days: Yesterday, Pat and I went next door to the baby shower for Frank and Barbara's daughter. It was good to be there and, especially, to have Pat enjoy an outing. Mike opted not to go and drove down to Bass River instead. He said he liked the hike with Alison and Mike and group on Friday night. They walked ten miles through the pines, then went out for ice cream.
This morning, Mike and I went to the shopping center near Hamilton Mall where Mike bought several things to take back to Singapore. Alison came in shortly after we got home, bringing our little granddog, Lulu. As dogs go, cockapoos a nice little creatures, very affectionate or at least Lu is, so she was okay to have here.
Mike and Alison cleaned out the patio, throwing away stuff I've had back there for a few years and pulling weeds around the new trees. I then hosed it down and it looks good.
We had been invited to a gathering at Bill and Elaine's, five doors down, and Mike and Alison went with me to check out whether we thought Pat could manage it. Unfortunately, none of us thought so, as the party was in the basement (a lovely apartment) and he would have had to negotiate a steep incline to get down there and--worse--try to get up to street level again. Alison, Mike, and I went. The two of them went home in about an hours, but said they'd be back. I stayed for a few hours. A. and M. did come back to make Pat back a platter and bring their own back to our house to eat with him. I ate at the party, but went home shortly after that. Had a good time talking and eating--most of our Sweetwater neighbors were there.
Nice talk with Ellen this evening, who called shortly after Alison left.
Mike leaves at 5 am tomorrow--sob!--when he'll go to Jacksonville to see his houses there, then leave on Tuesday for Singapore.