Back To Sun Lakes Arizona

It does not happen often that the daily Microsoft OneDrive Memories from this Day emails are a memory I remember as possibly being from this day.

But, such may be the case with one of today's Memories from this Day.

Those are my feet, aimed at the swimming pool at the Sun Lakes clubhouse, a place I visited every morning whilst visiting my mom in Arizona.

July of 2019 was the last time I have been to Arizona, to visit my mom. I do not remember the exact dates. I suppose I could look at blog posts from July of 2019 and be able to determine if the above photo is precisely a memory from this particular day of July 11.

It does not seem possible that it has been six years since I was last in Arizona. I do remember that last flight to Arizona had me feeling like I never wanted to fly anywhere ever again.

Storms on the east coast made a 10 hour, give or take an hour or two, delay in flying out of D/FW. It was exhausting.

I did not make it to Phoenix til after midnight. With my mom insisting she be there, with my sister, to pick me up, when I finally arrived. I remember mom looked so totally exhausted....

The 3rd Tuesday Of March Dawns Clear & Cold In Sun Lakes Arizona

Gazing skyward from my current primary viewing portal on the outer world on this 3rd Tuesday of the 3rd month of 2012 I can see a crescent moon and no clouds.

Now, if only the sun would begin behaving appropriately and heat this currently cold Valley of the Sun to something above 12 degrees above freezing I would appreciate it.

The only cold weather clothes I left Texas with were the long pants I was wearing and a long sleeved shirt.

But, on the bright side, I am not shivering as bad as the last time I was in Tacoma during the frigid summer of 2008.

Throughout the day and night, yesterday, I was getting reports and  photos of the major storm that was striking the Dallas/Fort Worth zone with heavy rain and lightning. Near as I can tell I missed the first strong storm in a long while in my current home zone.

I do not know what is planned for today, except for a Wake. Apparently, when you live in a retirement community attending Wakes is a big part of the social calendar, requiring the production of copious amounts of food.

The sun has now completely arrived to begin it much needed heating duty, yet somehow we have managed to lose a degree.

I do not know if my swimming suit is going to get wet in any of the Sun Lakes pools. It is starting to seem like the only time my swimming suit is going to get wet is when I get in my sister's swimming pool to settle a bet that she tricked me into losing with her wily, casino-honed, gambling ways.