Friends

We waved goodbye to Marion and Yvonne on Thursday morning. Sadly. We all agreed that their time here had flown. We've been here for 3 months and it feels like one month!
They gave us their "leftovers", which we loaded into fridge and pantry. There was so much that I am sure that Marion deliberately went out and bought stuff just to give us!

Marc and Rosa have arrived. We met them first, four years ago, when they were making their first trip in their brand new van. They were having difficulty backing in beside us so Steve did it for them. When we saw them again a year later, Marc was having no problems at all. They have their bocce set with them as usual, so we plan to play with them one day soon.

The weather has been glorious lately --- spring is around the corner. The temps have been between 21 and 25C and the forecasts are for even warmer days coming.
Podiatrist visit yesterday. It was a relief to have part of the dead nail removed. I dropped a lounge chair on it at Easter. She gave me some good advice regarding tendonitis in my feet ie. buy some really good sandals for summer. I asked her to put that in a note to Steve!

Today I had the first fitting for my teeth. We decided to have lunch in town and to try out a cafe that we hadn't visited before. We went in, looked and walked out. Way too expensive. $7 for a sandwich is stupid!

We ended up in the Balo Mall where we enjoyed much cheaper sandwiches and the company of friends as they passed by. We haven't seen much of Tracy and Scott since their wedding in May, so it was lovely to have them stroll by and give us the news that they expect a baby in late February. Tracy isn't thrilled at the prospect of being heavily pregnant in the heat of summer because hot weather worsens her MS symptoms. Offsetting this is the fact that the symptoms often disappear or relent somewhat, during pregnancy.

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