Sunscreen, Car wash & Booze

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Fortunately, we both had a good night's sleep. I, a poor sleeper most of the time, was particularly grateful for this gift. woke up feeling like my usual self: nothing really to clean, but there was laundry to do and I got to it. I enjoy most work, but laundry is a great favorite: there is a beginning and an end, with measurable results. Extremely satisfying, like snow shoveling and mowing the grass.

We had a few tasks to accomplish this afternoon, but first we checked out the hotel where the Hennessey-Henderson tribe is headed on Wednesday. The Alden Hotel seems just fine for them, and it is only 5 minutes from our condo. We're looking forward to their visit!

After checking out Pass-a-Grille, one of our favorite haunts, we went to Walgreens for sunscreen. Bob felt obliged to check out every individual tube of sunscreen and knocked a whole chunk of the display on the floor. Of course, I picked all of them up, laughing so hard I could hardly accomplish the task.

On to the car wash. Somehow the people in front of us has driven over the rails and a reset to the assembly was necessary. Dear God, I prayed, please let this work out because my husband will be inconsolable if he can't get the salt and mud off his car. A couple of car wash guys -- one of whom looked like a bad guy out of Eastern Promises -- came out to survey the problem and together they got it resolved. Clean car now. Whew.

Norman's Liquor is familiar territory, and we bought booze, wine and beer. I've upgraded from my usual cheap bourbon to Jim Beam, which is quite good. We're now enjoying the late afternoon on the Boca Ciega side deck. It was a good first day.