Hey, Wendy:

Will a cold glass of tonic work for you? Heavy on the ice cubes. I'd forgotten about tonic, and hadn't had a gin and tonic in many years. It used to be a favorite drink of mine during hot weather. I'm not much of a drinker (I kid that my beer cans get rusty in the refigerator) but I enjoyed gin and tonics (and used to make home-made wine, too.)

Being older, and all of that, I've been bothered by muscle cramps in my calves at night. The Stampeding Calves Syndrome. I've been taking a natural muscle relaxant that works wonderfully, and the other day my doctor suggested that I have a glass of tonic water before bedtime, and that will have the same effect. It's the quinine that relaxes leg muscles. I bought a couple of bottles of tonic water yestrerday and because it's really hot here, I ended up finishing the first one off, long before bedtime. A gin and tonic, hold the gin. I had forgotten how refereshing ice-cold tonic water can be. Do they drink tonic water, over your way?

I worked outside for about 20 minutes this morning, and feel like I just climbed Mount Everest with a piano strapped to my back.

I know the perfect tonic for that.

Jerry