I accept that challenge! Swimming and aquasize for me today.

I'm sitting in my car in the parking lot of the gym, blasting the heat (and my heated seat is on high). Stupid Still's flare/fever has me freezing. Part of me says no way I'm getting in that cold lap pool. The other part is saying, "just suck it up and do it." Grrrrr.
In a perfect world, I would have a swim spa hot tub on my deck, lol.

In unrelated news, I made great progress on the paperwork project today, AND got a lovely "you can do it!" card in the mail from Nancy (thank you!). Tomorrow I start organizing and packing for Boston. My same friend with this timeshare has two more units booked at the end of May in Williamsburg, Virginia, so I'm going to visit my sister in Kentucky for a few weeks at the start of May, then head to Virginia from there. Jim knew he married a gypsy, so he's used to my disappearing now and then. Before Still's beat me up so badly, I used to take off for two weeks of surfing every spring off Cape Hatteras or along the coast in Portugal, or book some last minute cheap flight to Spain and ferry over to Morocco, then find another cheap deal somewhere warm for Jim and I in the winter. My job had flex schedule, so I often had 8-10 vacation weeks each year (but would work 60-70 hour weeks). Jim doesn't have wandering feet like I do, but he enjoys traveling and is great at striking up friendships with strangers. This may be my year of Ilaris, a new med that I only have to inject monthly (instead of two shots daily of a drug that needs refrigeration ). What a fabulous upgrade that would be!!! It's difficult to ride a camel across the desert and crawl through a pyramid with a cooler full of meds.

Anyway... I am now going IN to the gym since I accepted Nancy's challenge earlier and must do this, plus I know how good it will feel once I get paddling. Less than three months and it will be lake swimming season. Diana, you'll have to come over and float one day. My retired neighbor and I are in charge of floating and reading patrol. And Nancy, will you be in the states this summer? Any chance of a stop in Maine? I can grill some morrocan spiced chicken!

Have a great night all.

K., getting it done in Maine

I did, Nancy! I posted a thank you on Saturday. They smell WONDERFUL! The postage on the package was crazy, though, so I'd love to reimburse you if okay with you.

I'm going to baggy up some of each kind to take Boston. My friend Margaret is an amazing cook, and her niece, who is driving down with me, brings a cooler full of meat from her organic farm for our breakfasts and suppers.

Jim loves the spicy smells, so I'm dabbing a little behind each ear before we go to bed, LOL.

K.