#5 Saturday: December 5, 2020 "24 Nights in Madison, Alabama near Indian Creek Trail and Bridge Street Shopping"

Weather today: in Madison, Alabama:  High 54 F / Low 28 F and sunny.

We are a week into our 24 night stay in a reasonable 2 bed, 2 bath house.  We have had access to Netflix and caught up on season 11 of the Great British Bake-Off.  Darrell and I have been looking forward to having his pancakes today, and we did!  Gluten free and delicious with fresh berries and real maple syrup.  We drank plenty of dark coffee.  We discussed our christmas gifts and giving in a couple of weeks from now.  

Today we talked about our shopping for particular clothing for hiking in England in 2022, and for streamling our wardrobes to work for each of us in functional and stylish ways.  We are using thinking time to plan our 1st big trip after Darrell's retirement in March 2022.  We are thinking of a month-long cruise to Europe in May/June '22 and one back from Europe in Nov '22, and living in England in between.  We want to hike long miles there.

After breakfast, Darrell called his mom.  We talked about the past holidays, the left overs, the getting back to work, family members who got the Covid virus, other stresses and hopes for good outcomes.

We got a mid-morning video call from Jeremy, Andrea and Quinn.  I just love their sweet faces and their joys in having their son and doing their family things.  We discuss some difficult and controversial topics, and we don't agree on many things.  It's okay that we have different views and it's okay for us to grow in our respect and thinking and observing.

Lunch was reheated left-overs:  Chicken Tortilla soup for Darrell and Chicken and vegetables for me, cookies and hot tea.  I keep thinking about going for a walk because it's warm enough.  It is an hour walking roundtrip to the Indian Creek pathway bridge, or the Pooh Stick bridge as I call it. 

Tonight is my work's Holiday dinner party. 

 


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