Monday March 22, cloudy and 80 F in DHS

Lary and I went in to Von's and bought 3 bar b que chickens already roasted for our part of the dinner. We also picked up a large platter to put them on, with handles. Had a swim and then Lary took Di into Eisenhower for her flute get together there in the Lucy Curci Cancer Center.

The group is busily getting ready for their flute recital on April 13th, Di feels very left out, as we will be leaving at the beginning of April, to get the trailer home and in for repairs in Duncan on April 7th. Still managed to play a bit, but you can definitely tell that I hadn't practiced while I was away in Costa Rica. Lary got his INR blood levels checked at Eisenhower Med while Di was in fluting.

Dashed home, and tore the chickens apart, and went up to the upper clubhouse to set up for dinner. By that time it was windy, so no tablecloths, but everyone arrived, Penny and Peter with olives, cheeses, and lots of delicious bread and fresh strawberries, Gord and Bern with a pasta/veggie salad, Dave and Wendy with bean salad, Sue and Jen with tons of fruit on a platter, and a cheesecake with varied toppings on it. All of us had our own libations, the joint effort meal was just delicious, lots of chats, Sue and Penny had worked together at the health unit in Nanaimo. We were sheltered from the wind up against the building, in the area that is somewhat covered with a kind of gazebo over the top of the picnic tables. We were cozy at 2 big picnic tables put together in a row. Perfect setup, nobody seemed to mind us there.

But after we ate it got pretty chilly, we hadn't started til 6 PM, so we asked Dave and Wendy if we could crowd into their park model, and that's what we did, all 10 of us, looking at their photos of C.R. on the computer, and continuing the libations.

It is very amusing because there is a pair of resident mallard ducks that insist on swimming in the swimming pool, they scoop up all the bugs that are coming into the pool at this time of year, it is a feeding frenzy for them, but of course what goes in has to come out, which we aren't very keen on swimming in. Other folks gave Jen heck when she tried to shoo the ducks out of the pool.

Fun way of getting together with all our company at one time, everyone seems to be leaving on Wednesday except for Dave and Wendy, all at once there is a group, then they all disburse and leave us alone once more. Boo hoo. We will miss them all so much.