We drove to Portland this morning to visit our special friends, Jon & Joyce. It was wonderful. Joyce recently celebrated one of her "0" birthdays. They were supposed to celebrate that special birthday here in Olympia with us and some other friends of theirs here, but the weather did not cooperate, with anyone on the West Coast, that weekend. So, we celebrated today in Portland. Jon will be celebrating a special "5" birthday in two weeks. We threw the puppies into the back of the truck and headed out about 9:15 this morning. It's only a two hour drive, so it's perfect for a puppy day trip. They love riding in the truck and going fun places, so this was close enough for us to go, then turn around and bring them home for the night. Joyce took us to a dog park about two blocks from their house where the dogs had a great time -- lots of mud. Yea!
Yesterday I had a marvelous day with one of my new Olympia friends. Jules picked me up at 11:00 a.m. to go get a cup of coffee and become better acquainted. Five and a half hours later she dropped me off back at home. We had a wonderful time just yakking and laughing at the coffee shop. Obviously, she is a friend I love spending time with.
We had snow again this week. Yuk! I was totally taken aback by it, too. I woke up Tuesday morning, came out of our bedroom onto the landing, and noticed that the front yard was totally white. It took me a moment to figure out what it was! I did not remember the weather person saying anything about snow on the broadcast the night before. Fortunately, it did not stick around and by noon I was able to go driving around Tumwater again to do some additional reconnoitering for a meeting space.
I'm really enjoying living here. Mark and I have been talking about places to retire when the time comes. We love Wenatchee, so that's an option. Mark likes Spokane because of the great and cheap golf, which I enjoy, too (the golf, that is, not the Spokane winters). But, we're also giving Olympia 'a chance' because we do like it here. Of course, we're waiting to see how well it dries out in Spring/Summer for golfing! (Tee hee)
So, life is an adventure, again. And, so far, this time it's another good one.
That's it for tonight.
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