The temps came up all night. It is now 45°F and raining. It is a nice, slow rain, so it is not running off the ice but melting it. Somewhat. All the snow is gone, but we still have about two inches of ice left that was on top from the wintry mix we got last. Unfortunately, we are headed down to freezing tonight and possible flurries tomorrow, but Friday is supposed to be in the low 60s.

Not having to bundle up with a coat and shoes to let Poppy out of the screened room. I just went out in my house shoes and the pullover sweater I am wearing. Yay!

Spending the morning with my granddaughter. We made egg cups/muffins or whatever they are called with lots of veggies for breakfast.

Granddaughter was among a handful of students who were invited to display art at an exhibition in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and she is not even taking art this year. She is so excited. She has never been confident about her drawings and paintings. I hope this will help her realize that she really is good.

My grandson made it home safely last night. He was called out early in the morning yesterday to collect samples for his work over 2.5 hours from home. They ran into difficulties and didn't have it ready for him until after 11 PM. He had to get up early to get there when they said the samples would be there, then wait over 15 hours for them to actually get there, then drive home over 2.5 hours after midnight. Over twenty hours on the clock in one day, more than 5 hours driving on some bad roads. Normally, they would have put him up at a hotel overnight, but where he picked it up kept saying any minute, so his office didn't set up anything before they left for the day.

The roads were clear for my husband to go to his quarterly diabetic checkup today. I had an endoscopy scheduled yesterday, rescheduled from November, but the staff for the pre-tests couldn't make it to the office the day of my appointment, and had not been there until yesterday, so they cancelled me. I am beginning to think I am not meant to get this endoscopy.