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Don't know where the sun is in Florida this year, not around now. Mostly over cast with scattered showers. We did manage a trip out in the boat on Sunday afternoon. We decided to try to find out where Gene's old friends, Dave and Barbara live.
We had some clues as to what their subdivision was, what kind of boat they had and that the house had been remodeled from top to bottom. We turned out to be pretty good sleuths as we did find the house! And there was Barbara in what looked like the den, cleaning. We could not land as their boat took up all the space. So we blew our horn....no reaction. She then moved over to the windows and began washing them. We hovered in the canal waving and blowing the horn and though she was looking right at the windows, she never noticed this large boat with frantic people right in her backyard. Finally she finished washing and went on to do the ones on the front of the house so we gave up and went back home. We had a real good laugh on that one! Gene plans to call her and tell her she missed a spot.
Later, when we talked with Dave and Barbara, they said that neighbors on both sides had asked them about the people on the boat waving and yelling. Obviously she is serious about her house cleaning work.
Our hostess, Judy, is half of a singing duet and had a gig at a local hospital auxiliary on Tues. Tony is their sound man. I tagged along also and that worked out well, as it was raining, we were delayed and so my help was welcomed in getting all the equipment in and out of the hall. The performance was of Italian love songs and they did an excellent job.
On Wednesday night we had a "Fly Away Party" prior to our scheduled departure on Thursday morning. There were about 30 people there who were already Foundation members or had just joined. It was a fun time.
Gene has been sick all week with a respiratory problem that he keeps saying is getting better. Neither of us has gotten much sleep as it seems to worsen when he is lying down. After hearing him wheeze all night, I suspect pneumonia and am advocating seeing a doctor before we launch.