Equilibrium restored

After a stressful 48 hours contacting our neighbours in Spain- to ask them to feed cat if necessary- and complicated communications with Mind My House and various sitters, past and potential, an email from home brought a reprieve.  The sitters have cancelled their ferry booking for Thursday and would even like to stay til May as Mike is responding well to steroids.  If/when we find new sitters they will assess how he is.

We should hear tomorrow if the only viable replacement can do it.  He's a young Kiwi just ending 4 month it in France.  He has a car.  This is now essential as we've realised we locked our car papers in a safe in Spain and we have the key with us!!

We're certainly learning some important lessons re. vetting sitters and leaving things in Spain accessible in case of unexpected events.

So, it's back to the lotus eating: cruising around, listening to Bob FM ( what else?) with adult rock.  i.e. Hits of the 70's to noughties.  A lovely little incident today in Win Dixies when the elderly gent in the queue behind us offered his store card to be swiped for our bill thus saving us $13!

Today is a "starve" day so lunch has been carrot and orange lollies, 60 cals.  Sound horrible?  They are actually very nice.

Wednesday we're off south to Fort Myers to visit Dot and Barry in their winter quarters, just an hour south.