Friday, January 25, 2008 (DAY 29)  Only 6 days left now, and the weather is not cooperating; today was rainy and cool (high 40s) negating any outdoor activities. It still beats the weather at home, a high in the low 30s with some frozen precipitation. Kay and I discussed the insanity of our returning home to that kind of weather. Oh well, we’re both a little homesick for Dunnhill Lodge, our friends, and church. Because of the weather, we took it easy today (seems like we do that a lot), reading and surfing the internet. We did a little planning on our route home, and will probably go via Houston. Linda Hagedorn, our cousin from Houston, called and said she and Tom were coming down on Monday with Jack and Betty, from Judsonia, next door neighbors to my sister. My, but it’s a small world. All these folks, along with two or three other couples, camp together each spring and fall on one of the Corps lakes in Arkansas. Anyway, we plan to get together with them at least once before our leaving on Thursday AM. Larry and Vicky invited us to go with them and Lynnette to the Olive Garden in Harlingen, followed by a movie. Kay and I had our usual calamari, soup and salad, and it was all good. We opted to see Bucket List with Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman. It was a great movie about two guys who were diagnosed as terminally ill, became friends in the hospital, and made out a “kick the bucket” list of things to do before they die. We thought of our friend who, though not terminally ill, made out a “bucket” list several years ago, completed it, then made out another and completed it this fall with a safari to Africa and a trip to Switzerland. Kay and I made out our own “bucket” list when I retired, and are completing things one at a time. This trip to the RGV and learning to dance were on the list! Consequently, seeing the movie along with facing our own mortality, has caused us to renew our efforts to do the things on our own “bucket” list.