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It’s a fresh 46 in Maryland, will be near 60 where we’re headed home in north Jersey. Some clouds will make the drive more comfortable, DH is using dark glasses, he’s a bit light sensitive now, not unusual. SO happy for Vanessa being pain free, so Amazing! And for Chuck’s cancer receding, fantastic! Now fir replacing that stent…. And to get Maurice’s approval! That would make a Happy Birthday 🎈🎂 Loving @DeeniEncinitas paintings! Very uplifting! Glad you posted them! I’m just looking again to breathe them in! Seems I was just a few days early on my Santorini comments 🤣. We took the excursion tender to go to Akrotiri first so didn’t go up the cliff. By the end of the day the cable car line was 90 mins to come down so we walked down. Nearly got knocked down by a mule, not my favorite memory. But Santorini is a stunning place to visit, something for everyone! Thanks Sandi, your pictures are lovely. Hoping for better news for those in angst. Sending out blessings to all our Dailyites, for our country, your country, and the too many war zones. Thanks for being here every step of the way, every mile today. The run up I-95 is always a slog but I’m grateful we can do this. @ottahand7 Nancy, I was pleasantly surprised we didn’t encounter any unusual traffic getting through Baltimore. We use I-895’s Baltimore Harbor Tunnel. Maybe the decline in shipping has cut the traffic? sad and burdensome for so many. We’re planning on a 10:30 departure to get us through without hitting any of the rush hours. 🤞 Elizabeth, what’s the status of your car? Sorry if I missed it, hoping it’s cured! Time for eye drops! And grateful for a new day! And every bit of my DNA🧬 ! Wishing you each something good for you today! Maureen

Late check in… DH’s doctor said it’s all good. Got new instructions for medications, 3 types, one 4x, one 2x, one 1x a day. Plus eye massages 10 sec on 10 sec off 2 mins 2x a day. Patch taped on at night, glasses to protect during day. No bending over, 10 lb lifting limit. Patch sealed for showers. We can do this!! His vision was good, eye looks a mess but it’s working! Elated to see friends!! Terri, please be kind to yourself. Breathe. See what tomorrow brings. If the meds help, great! Baby steps. Enjoy Jim being with you. Love if your Life! That is more important than travel right now. Hugs and more hugs! And Elizabeth, sad about the cruises, and the reasons you canceled. So for the car, try Google and You Tube. Horrible about the school. We’ve gotten numb, but it’s just horrible. I’m sure I missed things tonight but I’m hitting lights out. Tomorrow will be a long slog. I’m ELATED today was excellent! Good night all. Maureen

We’ll be in Maryland today. 56F going up to 72, and breezy later. Checking out of hotel this morning, then eye doctor check. If is the eye is good and we’re cleared to go we’ll head over to a friend's. She lives in the retirement community where we lived. It’ll be interesting to be back, should be beautiful with the flowers and trees all in color! I’m looking forward to a special hour at the chapel with some of my prayer circle friends too. Then we’ll drive home to north Jersey tomorrow at an hour between rush-hour traffic times in DC area, Baltimore and NY region. That’s the plan. Thank you all for the comfort of your support! It helps a lot. I’m thrilled for Vanessa and sure hope it continues! And we need some more good news for Maurice ! We were in Lofoten Islands on our Hurtigruten cruise, very picturesque but we had rain so it looked very different from Sandi’s pictures. Thinking of those in need of healing- Paul, Jacqui, Annie,Chuck, Elizabeth, Amber, Murphy…. Comfort- especially my niece and brother, and those remembering loved ones lost, Graham, Pauline and Sarah… and Hope- Terri and Jim, Terry and Tana, and all in anxiety. Know that we care! May all our cruisers have a grand time, safe travels to all away! Life is Good🌈! Onward, Maureen

Thanks Nancy. Got through today. Tomorrow is the day-1 check, we’ll find out what’s what, how she thinks it is. Last time he was very relieved to be able to see when they took the patch off 🙏. He’s asleep, I’ve set up for lights out in just a few…. m—

I am tired. DH had 2 slices of pizza (that we brought with us) and is resting. I’m so glad we got through this procedure. It all happened! What a gift! Tomorrow we do the day-1 check, remove patch, restart meds. Keep moving forward. Thrilled for Vanessa @JazzyV! Amazing right? Fantastic news. Let the healing begin! 🎆 Thanks @bennybear for the beautiful pictures. Ahhh. It’s good for the soul! I think I’ll take the rest of the day off… m—

We rented kayaks in Kona, just next to the tender dock. Had a hoot in the bat watching the spinner dolphins! I was in England 1972 and the coins were a mixture of the old and new… confusing for everyone. Overjoyed for you Vanessa! Go slowly! DH is in recovery! Haven’t seen him yet but soon! It’s suddenly easier to breathe….

Thanks Gerry! It does get more familiar but it never gets easier! I’m in the tiny waiting room, they’ll get me after they have him prepped and I’ll sit with him until they take him in for surgery. It’s a 60 min procedure whereas the drain emplacement was 10 mins, that with cataract lens emplacement was 15 mins. We’re so blessed that they can do such things. Prayers for Maurice for perfect timing. No word on my sister-in-law. We brought funeral clothes with us in case we had to go to services Thursday morning… not looking likely. later, m—

Happy birthday Charlene 🎂 Blessing for your procedure Elizabeth👁️ Vanessa, please go slowly and gently. 💤Rest.

🎂🎂🎂 Happy celebrations today @marshhawk Annie! Love you bunches! Thank you Sandi! I opened todays Daily then skipped ahead, will read in the waiting room while DH is in surgery. He’s better I think today, yesterday some of it was weighing in him. He’s being very brave! He’s always been phobic about his eyes! At least we’ve had the blessing of the successful surgery for the first one! It’s a really strange surgery and healing progression but we keep moving forward! Thanks all! Oh, time rescheduled to 11:45, no bets. Later, Maureen

We’re in Maryland at hotel across the street from the eye surgery center. Yea! No problems really just the usual that makes a 4-hr trip take 5 hrs. The front desk charged the credit card $225 above the confirmed price, the $200 deposit and the $40 parking fee…. guy says check back tomorrow…. like I have nothing better to do tomorrow. Hospital changed time for surgery to 11:45, at least I’ll get breakfast! We’re here and I’m very grateful! Terri, you are stronger than you realize, doing what’s very best for you and Jim! Give yourself a big hug, we’re all with you. Annie, thanks for your trust to share your angst. Two things to have to do: breathe in, breathe out! Again! 🤗. We all want Chuck to feel better. Roy, hope your consult was encouraging. Gerry, hugs to you too and also hoping for a new path for Maurice soon! I confused Mykonos with Santorini this morning. Guess I’m not at my best. Thanks for understanding. I’ll update you all, thanks for your support! Maureen

🙏 for Vanessa May it be Amazing! Hugs to Graham and @Angelcat1 Good luck to Roy 🎂 Sue 🛳️ Bon Voyage Dixie Good Passover ti all celebrating! 🙏 for the Hostages 🌎 Happy Earth Day! Love Dr S quote❤️ Love the pictures from @aliaschief. And Mykonos! We visited Akrotiri ther and tge archeology museum, very impressive! I should have taken a pic of the mules as we walked down the cliff path. That was memorable! No news from my family about Sister-in-law still lingering. Sigh. Blessing all, I’ll update later. Thanks for your support. Maureen

Still cool in north Jersey, mid 30s peaking into low 50s, cloudy and breezy. I think we’ll make a quick run to get some snack food for the week’s travels. Maybe one last small laundry load today then pack everything to be ready for tomorrow's late morning departure. There’s to be a truck here at 10:00 tomorrow to pick up shredding, I hope it’s on time, we generated a bunch of paper to be shredded between taxes and the move… but nothing like when we moved from NM where we burned out our own shredder then took 30 lbs to UPS and paid them to finish it up! Terry, splendid that Tana ate with the family! What a lift for you all! Have a grand time together! 💞 Happy Golden Anniversary Brenda @bennybear and DH 🎉 Milestone of Love well lived! 🎂 Happy Birthday Tony @sailingdutchy 🥳 🛳️ Bon Voyage @kazu Jacqui and @VMax1700 🍾 May your cruise be Grand! I love chocolate covered nuts! Too much so! Kindergarten was a giant leap forward into new worlds! One part was very upsetting to me - girls were not allowed to play in the block corner! Maybe that propelled me in a direction for life to “show them” what girls can do! Blessings to all in need. Praying for Amazing for Vanessa! and Maurice, Tana, Jim, Elizabeth, Annie, Chuck, Amber… all in acute situations, may you have a shift soon to better paths ! Thanks all for being here with your caring support! Maureen

Very unsettled weather expected today in north Jersey, 40s to 60s, maybe a shower, high winds! I need to look at my packing list and start organizing things to be packed tomorrow. We’ll bring food for car lunch snacks and hotel room suppers so we don’t have to venture out. We’ve collected pizza slices and quesadillas for suppers. I’ll need breakfast items with me for Tuesday to eat while DH is in surgery, there isn’t even water in the waiting room but there is a coffee bar in the lobby. We’ll leave home Monday late morning, two nights in the very nice Embassy Suites across from the medical complex; then we hope to have Wednesday night at a friend’s house… that will allow me to attend my old church group event that night, give us a good visit with my friend in our previous community and drive home Thursday morning at a time to miss most of the rushhour traffic. That’s the plan, we’ll see what really happens. Blessings to all in need of healing, comfort or hope. Toasts to those celebrating! Smooth travels to all away! Thanks all for being here. Hugs to you! I hope Sarah is perking up! Good news Brenda! Better weather Denise! Praying for Amazing… Tana, Vanessa, Maurice, Jane, Jacqui, Roy, Melissa, Pennie, Jim, Chuck… Enjoy something special today! Maureen

Wow, thanks Annie. I hadn’t thought of that. Sounds like you had a mess! Real stuff in life is hard enough! I appreciate you sharing about this and hope you have no more of these bogus problems. m—

@luvteaching Karen, nice to hear t such a tough day went well. Never easy and new losses trigger previous ones. You’re allowed to have tears! Jacqui, we’re all on your side! Safe travels! Brenda, great to hear you had a good report! Yay! 👏 Vanessa, the insurance confirmation is a load off! Hoping you can rest tonight. No news here…. DH missed a call today that popped up as Johns-Hopkins Breast Imaging! I never used JH for mammograms so we’re confused. His eye surgery folks have a different number. No message left… I’m just hoping everything is on track as planned. That’s all we can do. Leaving Monday late morning, hotel check-isn’t till 4pm. We’ll see what tomorrow brings. I should start arranging our packing! Good night all💤