After William left, we had a few days to go through the rig and get everything put back to normal. We moved some things around so that he would have places to tore his things while he was here. Now we had to get ourselves setup for Tim's mom's upcoming visit. She was with us for 15 days starting on January 10th. It was wonderful being able to spend this precious time with her. We are very thankful and greatly appreciate it.
After picking mom up from the airport, we immediately introduced her to The Gieger Key Grill and their great dinner fair and a fantastic sunset. It brought back memories for her of her and dad"s visit to us in Spain and watching the sun set over the ocean there. Great memories for us, for sure.
The next day was set for mom and Roseann to compete in a Mah Jongg tournament. Well mom won at her table as was rewarded with her trophy pen. That was just the start of many days of her and Rose enjoying Dominoes and Mah Jongg game times.
Then on the 12th, we were able to celebrate her 91st birthday. What a great treat for us and special to us all. Her phone was buzzing all day as family called to wish her well.
There were football game parties, game nights, quite times, hot tub soaks and good sharing times. There was also the morning exercise Yoga class on Tuesday and Friday that we attended. The Friday TGIF gathering gave us good food, entertainment and meeting friends.
We were also able to attend a seafood festival at the park in Key West and sample great food and, of course, ice cream. Mom was able to do some shopping too. It was a fun day for all.
Most of all, there was our time to go fishing. Mom fished from the dock that was 5 ft behind our rig and from the nearby bridge. She did really good fishing from the dock but she kept complaining that they were all small. So it was to the bridge we went. There she did extremely well at feeding the fish. It's a little difficult for her to feel the fish biting. I briefly thought about going out on a boat but quickly gave it up because of the current weather condition making it a little rough.
Before we knew it, her time with us was over and it was time to take her to the airport. It was a special day. We know our time of having her with us on this earth is getting shorter and we will cherish these moments forever.
After mom left, we just sat back, took a deep breath and got the rig back to normal. Well almost normal. There was something left behind that needed to be mailed to her. Oh well, we were happy that is wasn't anything really big and heavy and we were able to include a little gift from the Keys.
Now we are fully back to normal and waiting for the fishing tournament coming up on Tuesday. The weather has really been bad lately giving rough seas so this will be an interesting time. No one has been able to go out and scope out the good fishing spots. I've joined the boat club and was able to get a ride with one of the members. This will be a fun time for sure. They will be giving only two very small prizes for each category but the more important thing will be bragging rights for the winners.
