Madison When It Drizzles (and pours)

We just wanted to let everyone know that we haven't floated away yet. The hardest hit areas in Wisconsin are close by and many of our roads and highways are closed due to flooding, but we are all safe and fine. We are thankful that the only effect of the recent rains has been a bit of water in the basement, and our thoughts and prayers are with those that have not been so lucky. We are also not able to boat for an undetermined time because the Madison lakes are contaminated with sewage because of overflows at the sewer plants. But again, we are thankful that is all we have to deal with.

Weather aside, we are doing well. Robert has happily adjusted back to working days in the Stroke ward and the girls and Katie are adjusting to not having him home during the day. Our major activity most days is a visit to our gym. The girls have just completed ten weeks of swimming lessons and both are very comfortable and confident in the water. In fact Rose would rather have her face in the water than not. Mary Ann can take a dance class and yoga class at the gym, so the benefit to Katie is that she does actually wind up going and so the investment is paying off. And just for the record, she completed a 1/4 marathon (which she thinks sounds better than 6.5 miles) in 70 minutes and ran a 5K in under 30 minutes this past week. Firsts for her.