Summer in "The Cities"

Back in St Paul/MSP…driving into the campground in Woodbury was like coming home. We’ve become regulars. We got a front row spot and had our daily happy hour outside, feeding the birds and talking to the staff.

E.D. had surgery on Friday at the VA so I met Mom for the day. He did great, but did need to spend the night. So, we took Mom out for a Afghan dinner. By the next morning, they were back home and out for dinner!

Mom did get her chain gang labor crew working on the 4th of July weekend. We had 10 bags of mulch to put out, light bulbs to change, etc. We did get a chance to relax- taking the pontoon out and enjoying that great Wisconsin lake life-- it was a good weekend.

I spent an afternoon with my high school friends, Kathy and Jane. We had a great time--it's amazing how the years melt away and it's like being 15 again. Even though their lives have been so different from mine--there's still that common history. (Although, I did keep thinking of this Dixie Chicks song about her high school girlfriends marrying their high school boy friends and living in houses in the same zip code as their parents...and being the one that didn't follow that path) Since the last time I saw Jane, she's gone platinum blonde and bought a red convertible T-bird. Kathy’s youngest just graduated high school- so she's facing life as an empty nester...and enjoying her new role as Grandmother! So hard to believe! Jane tried to convince us to join her for a week at their time share in Maui, Hawaii next February. A girl's week in Maui??!!