Mexico

We started the day today with a bike ride to Retama Village for their annual yard sale, which opened at 9:00 a.m. I made some finds and consider the foray successful: a very sharp reversible silver trimmed belt, a Chicago Metallic jelly roll pan, and a two-burner reversible grill/griddle--plus a free copy of Frozen Assets by P.G. Wodehouse. We got to nearly all the sales before we had to head home so we could go pick up Steve and Jan for our trip to Mexico.

This was our second trip to Progresso this season, and as usual we went to Jessica's for drinks and snacks and then to the Red Snapper for lunch. G.W. and Hugh were there, but David was home sick. We sat near Kurt and Jean, Louise, Jean B. and Steve and Jan at both places. There was lively conversation and laughter as usual. Afterwards we went to Ruben's. Steve and I got pedicures, and Jan got a manicure while Ken read his Kindle. Jan wanted a haircut also, but it turned out that none of the guys cutting hair would cut women's hair, so we headed home. For the first time, we found ourselves in a long line of people waiting to walk through US Customs to get back to the States, but eventually we all showed our passports and declared that we were citizens, so they let us through.

By the time we got back to Mission and dropped off Steve and Jan, it was after 4:00 p.m., and both of us were pretty exhausted. We had a date to take Gary and Judy out to dinner at 5:00 p.m., but I went over and talked to them. We rescheduled for tomorrow afternoon--much better.


I talked to Carol and Aunt Iris and Aunt Helene this evening. Carol was getting ready to take Christine to see The Diary of Anne Frank at the Tyler Civic Theater. Carol actually already saw it last week, but decided it was so good that Christine shouldn't miss it.

Aunt Iris sounded good. She had injections in her back on one side earlier this week and said that side felt really good, but the other side was starting to hurt again. This getting old stuff is no picnic in the park! Helene says that she's blind in her right eye and the vision in her left eye is deteriorating due to macular degeneration. She's taking the AREDS vitamins--which I am also taking, in the hope that they will slow the progress of the disease. Helene is still driving at 91, but only to the grocery store and church during the daytime and not in snow or heavy rain. Here's hoping she stays safe.

One of her main concerns is that Honey Bockhoff has advanced Alzheimer's and has been in a fetal position for a year. Steve is going broke at $6,000 a month!