Day 1298: Preparing for company

Tonight April posted a picture of her and Colin when they first started dating seriously.  They've been together for ten years!  Married for nearly seven, but ten years!  Wow!  Of course, that doesn't even take into consideration the time they date in high school for a few months.

This weekend, we get to spend time with Justin and Kaoru.  She's a bit skittish.  Tonight he called and said she wants to fly back on Saturday night.  She's nervous about meeting people at his reunion and about staying here with us.  Hopefully, we can put her at ease so she can enjoy all the delights of western NY.  We plan to go to Niagara Falls to ride on the Maid of the Mist on Friday and then experience Sky High Adventure on Saturday morning.  Somewhere we have to fit in a trip to Whiskey Hill for authentic chicken wings!

The pool is incredibly warm.  Yesterday, it was 89 degrees and far too warm for serious swimming.  After each fifty lengths, I had to get out to cool off before I could continue.  This mornings rain cooled it off to 84 degrees which enabled me to swim 340 lengths.  So, now my total is 48.88 miles.  With any luck, I'll reach my 50 mile goal tomorrow.  That puts me nine miles ahead of last year's pace.

Between sets, I continued work on updating my daylily photo catalogue and the database.  I don't know if it's worth the time, but I like to know what I own, where each lily is located and it's characteristics.  There's a short window for this task because many of the lilies are nearly done blooming.  Very soon, I'll be moving on to new jobs - like finishing the book!

Chautauqua Blush