Welcome March

I am not sure if March came in like a lion or a lamb.  For sure we are having a cool spell in Naples.  Not anything to complain about as it has been in the high 60s and low 70s but cool compared to what it has been.
We are looking a a busy week ahead.  There will be not much tennis, some meetings, and Terry's PT and then early Friday morning we will fly out to Holiday Island AR to spend a small amount of time with my sister Helen.  She lost her beloved Mike about a month ago and next Saturday Helen will honor his desire to have a party in his name to celebrate his life.  It sounds like I will be the only family as Joan spent 10 days with her in February and Dave is not in a travel mode now with his health.  I am sure there will be plenty of friends as Helen seems to be kind of a magnet for fun people!  We fly out at 7 am on Friday and return Monday afternoon.  Jerry and Susan W will be here the day after we arrive home and am looking forward to that.  They will be on a "couple" vacation as Susan's dad winters in Lakeland FL and his birthday is March 14th.  I think he turns 99!  That sounds kind of old to me as my age now is those two numbers upside down! I still think of myself as 65 so maybe there is a barrier to being closer to 70 than 60.  As I have been playing tennis lately I sometimes feel closer to 80, not really.
I got this new racket from Terry for Valentine's Day and played with it for the first time last Monday.  Kind of a disaster but fun just the same.  I then played again on Wednesday and played quite well so I guess as with all new things there is a learning curve.
We have kind of a busy weekend here.  Tonight we will entertain two couples for dinner and then tomorrow early afternoon we will have 15-20 tennis players over for bagels and coffee.  We have not done anything like that before so should be fun.
There is very little time left here before we head north for the summer.  There is really much to do before we head north on I75 towards Washington D C, then to China, then to New York City, maybe to the New England States and then west to Minnesota.  We will start thinking and preparing in earnest this week.
FP is gone and so is my news.