We arrive on December 21 and head straight up to the Farm. We fly home out of Portland on January 1. I'm hoping to get a day or two in the Portland area before we come home. Sinsull has invited us to her house and I think we'll take her up on it. I'm having trouble getting Wakana to plan that far ahead.

I really want to see everyone I can and get in touch with my roots again. I also need to visit a number of stores to stock up on some items I cannot get on the island. I'm making a list.

I spent most of yesterday (Saturday) asleep. I was beat. I felt better this morning and used my energy to take the riding lawn mower apart so I could figure out why it was eating drive belts and to put my bicycle in the back of the truck so I can fill the tires. Now I'm exhausted again. It's as though I have no reserves of energy any more. I gotta get on that bike and work out some more. My back is starting to trouble me. I'm too damn fat.