I was over at Mease Countryside Hospital today, to visit my brother-in-law Bill. While walking up to his room looking out the hallway windows I saw their newly built courtyard. Right out the door was a soft rubber playground surface and a few low climbing logs and rocks. It made me smile that the designers of the project included an area for kids that also looks like a peaceful stream flowing through the courtyard. I'm sure this area will get lots of use once the pandemic restrictions are lifted.
Now that I'm retired each morning really is a new day. In the past most days have been planned out well in advance. Get up shower, eat breakfast, go to work, repeat till the weekend. Weekend, do what I could not get to during the week. Now I got a more open schedule. I find that my mornings consist of getting up when I open my eyes. Then fixing coffee and drinking a cup. While I'm doing that I decide what I want for breakfast. Jan is not as infatuated with breakfast as I am and can get by with just a bowl of cereal. But I need something cooked and more coffee. So I start the morning with no more plan than to fix a nice breakfast and have coffee. I watch the news, read the paper, and eat breakfast. Some days I mix it up by eating out on the patio. My signal now to start my day is when I reach the bottom of my cup of coffee. As you can see I'm now at that point. Today my plan is to get out all the suitcases out and see which ones we will be taking on our upcoming trip t...

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