Back to New York

Ana is back in Tenn. and I'm almost ready to depart for Jamestown, NY. Dale and Glenna from Marshall Institue in Raleigh are coming to Savannah,Ga. on Tuesday so Mel will ride down with them.I will drive from Flagler beach to Savannah and meet them there and Mel and I will then go back to Raleigh. I love it when a plan comes together.I will have a couple of days there and then Chris flies in Friday night and we leave for NY on Saturday.
We've had some really bad rainstorms with flooding of roads etc. Holly Hill got hit quite hard.
I'm afraid I am going to really miss this Florida home of mine.I also have a man friend named Mike DePonte from Port Orange and I'm going to miss him.. He came up Sat.and fixed the bathroom door at Jane's house for her.It had not shut right in years.Then he noticed I had a flat tire (nail)so we spent the rest of the afternoon getting that fixed. Sure glad it didn't happen on 95.
He had his own construction co. in England where he lived for 30 some years. His wife died about 6 yrs. ago with breast cancer.I hope he gets a chance to come to the Vikings and spend some time there. He's a great fisherman.
See you all at the Mohr reunion. It sounds like it will be a great one.

Finally I write

I've had some setbacks but now am finally back to the computer. My friend Ana flew into Sanford from Tenn.last Monday. We went to her timeshare in St. Augustine for the rest of the week. She loves to cook so took half of my kitchen with her. (baking dishes, foodstuffs,etc.etc.) She entertained her friends from Orange Park one day. I had a wedding there so took her to a friends so I could go with Tom and Helga on Sat.to the wedding and reception which were both wonderful.Tom was the best man. He is thin and looks tired. He grabbed me for a very short swing dance.I think he enjoyed that.Helga watches him so closly and doesn't want him to get too tired etc.I stayed overnight at Mike and Leslie's and Ana is still there with her friend. I will meet them in St. Augustine on Tuesday and will bring her back here for another week.The Bridge of Lions in St. Augustine is progressing nicely. They are replacing the old bridge making it look as authentic as the original one. There were 2 interesting boats moored in the harbor. Perhaps they were replicas of the Pinto and Santa Maria.
I did get the results back from the genetic testing and it was negative. That's good news for everyone.
We're having much needed rain.I have 4 Bird of Paradise plants out back and one is blooming early for me. It's beautiful.
There's not much else new. I'm slowly working on getting this house and myself ready for my departure to NY. I find life to be so interesting. Every morning I wonder what the day will hold. Usually it's completely different from what I had planned.
I have two Dr. appts. today and then I will go to Don and Janice's to check their house while they are in Arizona for an NRA convention.I hope they are having a good time.
It's still thundering at 8am. We need the rain so badly that I welcome it.

Genetic testing

I am switching my Doctors from Jamestown to Flagler Beach.I saw the Oncologist on Thursday.She is Dr. Doughney and is also Jane's Oncologist. She works in both Ormond Beach and Flagler beach.Since we both have had breast cancer and our Mother, Grandmother and I think Great Grandfather Wilcox died from cancer she wants Genetic testing done on one of us. Since I was there she drew blood from me.It will be sent out west and if my Insurance Co. okays it they will go ahead and run it.The results should be back in 4 weeks. If negative we just proceed as usual. If positive I would have my ovaries and uterus removed. I'm not sure about everyone else. It would probably be a wait and see game. The men must remember that they also can get breast cancer.
The weather is beautiful. It's in the 80's.The pool is nice and warm. A lot of the snowbirds have gone home so it's very peaceful there.Patti and I walked a little on the beach today.
Sunday the Hetricks are coming over. Jack and Rick are going to put those guards on the gutters so the oak leaves don't get in. Mickey, Julie and Jake will probably go to the beach.Monday Tom, Helga, and Elaine are coming from Orange park for the day.
I hope to get to Green Cove Springs at 6:30pm for a Memorial Service for Mary Ann Bentley.She was a friend and neighbor of Ana's and so also a friend of mine. She died Thurs. am from Lou Gehrig disease. She is my age so it's really hitting home.
Now I must think about how I will get back to Jamestown.Hopefully it will be warm and dry when I do come.