Molly's A Good Girl; Minds Well

We are pleased to report that your dear mother and friend is minding us well, and continues to avoid any feelings of faint-headiness. As a result, she is perky, very talkative (with Mary), and in generally good spirits. She even noted this morning that the end of our stay on Saint George Island is only about three weeks hence.

Yesterday we all went to Papa Joe's for oysters, which Molly topped off with a bowl of shrimp bisque. So, you see, life for her is more like it used to be, thanks to all the water she's drinking and rests.

We stopped at the Collins Vacation Rentals office on our way back to "Sea Wings," and our great friend there, Helen Griffin, came out to the car to see Molly, over whom she gushed and oohed and aahed, apparently much to Molly's joy. Helen was part of the Collins team that sent Molly a beautiful bouquet of flowers while she was in the hospital in Tallahassee. The flowers are here now, and still in bloom!

Jeff is at the beach teaching the fish how to bite of his bait. What patience. What perserverance.

Tomorrow (Wednesday) night the space shuttle is scheduled to take off for the space station at 9:30 pm. So long as that schedule lasts, we will walk to the beach in order to get a good view of the takeoff some 250 miles away.