Sometimes I’m amazed at the web world and sometimes I’m just plain confused by it; most of the time, I think it’s really exciting.  Becky told me about this site and I’ll just have to try it out.

 It’s nearly the middle of April and the weather is downright cold here in San Marcos today.  I realize those in the midwest don’t understand cold  in the high 50’s, but when you get used to daily weather in the 80’s,  you find yourself incredibly cold on a day like this, especially when you get some strong breezes from the ocean.

 Conn and I moved to San Marcos, CA a litle over a year ago.  It’s north of San Diego, east of Carlsbad and moving toward the mountains.  We are in a senior complex and beginning to get acquainted enough that we don’t have to call everyone sweeetie.  That’s a great step forward to me.  If I call you that, you can almost bet the farm that I’ve forgotten your name…

Conn has congestive heart disease that causes him to go pretty slow most of the time.  His doctor (who actually comes to the house) said the only answer is to start exercising.  Since he made it official with a prescription pad, Conn said he’d listen.  I realized then that I’ve needed initials AFTER my name to make real suggestions all these years.  Silly me. 

 Celebrated my uncle’s 90th birthday last week.  We made it a mini family reunion with people coming from Wisconsin, NYC, Idaho , Utah and California.  It was just great fun.  We all ate too much, but since everyone, as far as I know, is still alive, I can only conclude that gluttony, while ugly, is not necessarily fatal.  And unfortunately, like so many other of its ilk,  the sin of overeating is a lot more fun than dieting.

I saw cousins I hadn’t seen in more years than I like to remember and enjoyed them so much.  I find that they have the same sense of humor I have and while that’s not altogether comforting, it’s way less lonely!  There’s something in that blood line that makes everyone feel whole.

I plan to go to San Jose a week from Saturday to visit with Lisa for a few days.  I’ll also see my darling friends, Elizabeth and Gretchen, whom I love.  Lisa is facing more surgery on the 4th of May so I want to see her before that.

 Julie is spending this month in Paris where she’s taking a French language immersion course.  I talked to her yesterday and she was bloody but unbowed.  I don’t think any of my kids were born with the ‘quit’ gene.  I am amazed and a little awed as they just keep on plowing through obstacles to reach their goals.