Monday's Weekend Recap...

 

What a blessing it has been to have a job with no stress and that my boss and his wife have become good friends!  Actually, all of my coworkers are so great and even the volunteers know to come in my office for a piece of candy from my candy jar.  Monika is the "boss" volunteer for Florida Trails.  She and her crew mow the over 20 miles of hiking trails at Tenoroc.  They are on the property every week and do invaluable work for us.

That said, I had Danon, Mali and Monika over Friday evening for dinner.  I made baked ziti with meatballs, salad, garlic bread, and had brownies and ice cream for dessert.  They like to play board games and especially my marble/card game based on Aggravation.  Danon is still on sick leave after his extensive back surgery but he is doing great and hopes to be back at work after the July 4th holiday.  We all ate well and had fun playing the game.  I won one game and Danon won the second game.  I didn't take one picture but here is one from a few years ago when we were all together for the Beyond Van Gogh show that was down in Sarasota.

Me, Monika, Mali, and Danon

I got up early on Saturday to head south to Punta Gorda for lunch with Lauren and Tristan.  Tristan is still looking for a job and has been on a few interviews.  He has more lined up in the coming weeks.  He is lucky/blessed to be able to take his time to find something he really likes.  He told me he wants the next one to be his "career" spot, where he can stay for years to come.  I hope he finds it.

Jeremy didn't come this time.  His family had been down in the Florida Keys and just got back on Saturday.  It was nice catching up with what Lauren and Jeremy have been doing.  They went with Jeremy's family to the Dry Tortugas and camped on one of the islands.  They went fishing and did a lot of snorkeling.  Lauren said it was lots of fun.  She showed me pictures.  His family really likes Lauren and she is so happy.  Jeremy has been great for her!!  Here is a picture our waitress took...

I feel so blessed that they will give up a Saturday to have lunch with their grandma!  It was a good time!!

I woke up at around 1:30 a.m. Sunday morning with AFib going on.  It's been a long time since I had an episode. Not sure what brought it on, but this one took about three hours to settle down.  I don't get anxious anymore which helps keep my blood pressure down and I just let it run its course.   BUT, I was very tired and decided to stay in bed and skip church.  I sent an email to my friends who usually sit with me so they wouldn't worry.  They responded with prayers.  I didn't get up again until around 10:00.  The cats didn't know what was going on!! 

Feeling fine. Got my two loads of laundry done but not much else.  This week, I have a doctor's appointment on Wednesday and lunch with Shirley on Thursday at Glory Days.  That, plus work, is it so far.  Wishing you blessings in the days ahead!

Peace and Hugs!

Praise God from Whom all blessings flow...