Finally Our of Miami Dade

We were treated to a nice weekend, with a rare, for us, kind of a long drive.

Saturday D1 came over, as well as Paul, and his boy Alex and grandkids.  Paul's lady Patricia came a bit later, and all took turns running after the kids -- with a side trip to the city park-sized playground our neighbors put in. Paul and I exercised senior privilege by having a bit of afternoon vodka with our lunch, making for a peaceful, easy evening.  Everyone left, and I took an epic nap as Wifey welcomed Chris, our dear friends' son.  He'll be house and dog sitting next weekend, while we go to NYC for a St. Paddy's Day visit to D2.

As an added bonus, we sent Alex home with the Ds' red Radio Flyer wagon, which they loved as kids.It's been sitting in our garage

Yesterday we fired up the little girlie Cadillac and drove all the way up to Palm Beach Gardens, a/k/a Casa Carajo.  Dana's grandmother Trude, a/k/a Gaga, turned 100 and they had a party for her at her synagogue.  Gaga is remarkable -- she is the best friend to her grandson Steve as well as her great grandson Josh.  The family fights for her time and attention.  She reminds me of my own, late Mom -- happy disposition, never in the way of anyone's life.  It was a privilege to help her celebrate.

From there we drove 25 miles south to my sister and brother in law's townhouse -- they had us over for an early St. Paddy's Day party, complete with corned beef and cabbage.  VERY long time family friend Olivia was a surprise addition -- and we sat around the table sharing tales of the past decades and looking forward to good times to come.

It's funny -- we used to travel in the car much more for many years.  Yesterday, it occurred to Wifey and me, it might have been our first time north of Broward in a year.  I guess part of it was the Ds' combined 9 years in Gainesville --although I flew many of the visits, those long trips back and forth, to move in and move out, got pretty old.

Still, on the way home we got to catch up with D2 and details of her new Hoboken job.  The City is preparing for a mid March blizzard tomorrow -- hopefully it'll be cleared out by Friday, so we can glide into LGA.

So today it's back to the office -- moving piles of paper from one to another.  But no snow in our forecast...