I am headed back to Minnesota on Friday. I will be in town for a little over a week. My dad will be released tomorrow from the care facility. It will be great to have him home for Easter. My parents put a chair lift in the house as stairs are troubling and we don't want another fall.

I cannot wait to see Spike. He is now staying at John and Buffie's house playing with their clumber spaniel, Sampson. Buffie does make a point of telling me everytime we talk that 'Spike is depressed, he is not himself.'