Mirror Reflection on the Lake

It is such a beautiful morning. The orioles are flocking to the grape jelly, the sun is peeking over the cabin and onto the deck and I'm feeling great. How could I not? Yesterday was a fun day of cards and dice and visiting, and laughing. Judy was leaving to rush back to the city for a dentist appointment as Janet was arriving I think around 11 a.m. We had been playing a wild game of cribbage that went back and forth, and finally Kathleen went nil and we set them to boot to win!!! It was a really fun game. But we all were still in our pjs. So Kathleen jumped in the shower, and then I got my turn in the bathroom, and got dressed, and then Gary got dressed, so we always had someone to entertain Janet.....or was that Janet entertaining us? Gary made us a great lunch and we proceeded to play cards with Janet. First spades, then criss-cross, and although Janet had never played that before, she was my partner and we actually beat Kathleen and Gary....to my surprise. Janet is a good cribbage player, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised. She is actually a great game player and wins at most games she plays....kinda like Gary!! Gary had planned on making us dinner, but Janet decided she wasn't staying for dinner, and so Gary put everything back in the fridge, and we went to LaLa's in South Haven...what Gary calls a biker bar. Their hamburgers were so big, that neither Kathleen or I could finish one. So we brought the leftovers home. I can't remember when I couldn't finish a hamburger at a restaurant. While waiting for our food, we played 10,000 and again after we ate. Both times Kathleen and Gary were on the board and scoring big points like 8,000 before I even got on the board. We ran to Annandale and picked up a few items that Gary needed for soup he is planning on making, and then back to the cabin for more cards. You'd think we were tired of cards by then but we played cut throat which we hadn't played all day, so it was good. But after two or three rounds, we all retreated to reading magazines or for me the computer and then around 11 a.m. and the last load of clothes was dry, we all went to bed. Today, Kathleen and I will head back to Coon Rapids and pick some things up a the house, then onto HHH to pick up a prescription, and then onto Rochester and the Microtel. Tomorrow I have my CT scan at 9:30, and then don't see the oncologist for the results till 1:45, so we are having lunch with Jim Arnott. Jim used to teach classes for us at ARCC, so I knew him for 22 years before I retired, and we are the same age, so he started calling me the Queen of whatever age we were....as he is 3 months younger than I am. Every year he would send me great birthday cards claiming me the Queen, and the title grew to be Queen Mary mother magnificent. Once I retired, he had begun working in Rochester for the Mayo clinic, training their staff. And we've had lunch almost every time I go to Mayo. When I was in the hospital after my surgery, he even came to visit me there. Unfortunately this will be the last time, as he is leaving town and moving to Florida in September. I'll miss him. So after lunch I'll return to the clinic for my big results...which I believe will be great! So that's all for now....Love and Prayers, m