{"id":18465,"date":"2020-03-24T15:06:52","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T20:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/?p=18465"},"modified":"2020-03-24T15:06:55","modified_gmt":"2020-03-24T20:06:55","slug":"saturday-feb-22nd-in-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/florida-2020\/saturday-feb-22nd-in-florida\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Feb. 22nd in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Statue update:  it&#8217;s gray and rainy today.  a little sunshine would go a long way around here.  I continue to cough.  Status quo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile&#8230;Saturday mornin, Feb 22nd,  Kevin sent me this photo of a boat on the lake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f127.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f127.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f127-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reason we&#8217;d chosen to go to Tampa  is because mom&#8217;s cousin Barb lives in nearby Lakeland.  Mom went to visit Barb a few years ago.  I tried to encourage Mom to go back for another visit but she hadn&#8217;t managed it.  Barb is in her early 90s and i decided that it&#8217;d be a good idea to visit her.  Our original plan was to go to St. Pete\/Tampa and then stay with Barb for our last night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Unfortunately Barb fell and broke her back before we made the trip.  Breaking your back has to be terrible.  So we weren&#8217;t able to stay with her, but then Mom and Barb talked and we arranged to meet her and her lovely caregiver, Brenda, at an Applebee&#8217;s in Lakeland, an hour away, for lunch on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We drove on I-4 which was way too trafficky and many cars flew by us.  I was happy to get to Applebees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We had a nice lunch (remember when we restaurants were open and we could go out to eat?), and I thought Barb was in remarkable shape.  She was using a walker and had to go slow but her mobility was fantastic.  She&#8217;d fallen in November while visiting her children in California and as i recall i don&#8217;t think she went to the doctor right away.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She  and had fractured a lower vertabrae  and didn&#8217;t have a brace or anything .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her caregiver Brenda, was very sweet and interesting.  Barb had had lots more help but now i think brenda was only assisting her for a few hours a day, maybe four days a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We all went back to Barb&#8217;s and had a piece of this delicious cake which they&#8217;d gotten for Mom&#8217;s birthday, which was on the 26th.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f128.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f128.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f128-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After cake, Brenda had to leave, and the three of us then drove to visit Barb&#8217;s sister Charlotte in a nursing home about an hour away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Charlotte was so happy to see us; Barb hadn&#8217;t been able to visit since she&#8217;d been injured in November.  We stayed for a few hours and i was so glad that Barb and Charlotte got to visit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I worry about poor Charlotte now.  The nursing home didn&#8217;t seem like the greatest, and what&#8217;s she doing now?  Not getting any visitors, I imagine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We went back to Barb&#8217;s and I played her piano a little.  I should do more of that.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s Barb&#8217;s beautiful lanai.  It was so inviting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f129.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18468\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f129.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f129-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We finally left before dark after taking this selfie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f131.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f131.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f131-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I didn&#8217;t want to get back on I-4 so instead we took a back road.  It was interesting to drive through the countryside but unfortunately it got dark pretty quickly so we didn&#8217;t get to see much of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We got back to the house and had more Trader Joe&#8217;s food plus generous pieces of that delicious cake, which Barb had insisted we take with us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back at home&#8230;Riley was in a sack.  Because that&#8217;s what he does.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f132.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-18470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f132.jpg 400w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/f132-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ok then,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">grace on a gray rainy march afternoon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Statue update: it&#8217;s gray and rainy today. a little sunshine would go a long way around here. I continue to cough. Status quo. Meanwhile&#8230;Saturday mornin, Feb 22nd, Kevin sent me this photo of a boat on the lake. The reason we&#8217;d chosen to go to Tampa is because mom&#8217;s cousin Barb lives in nearby Lakeland. 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