I've just returned from a visit with the local vet and a check-up for Pacha. She's now 13.5 years old with a breed lifespan predicted at 11-14 years. We also discovered that she is pretty much deaf, but other than that hanging in pretty good. Her heart arythmia seems to be under control with medication, and apart from some arthritis she's doing pretty well. Now we have a deaf dog and a blind cat aboard and one other cat who is pretty much in charge to do what she wants to do.

I talked with the fellow who fell overboard, and his comment to me was, "Thanks for the help. It was cold in there." That's it! He acted as if it was nothing but just a simple assist, when in reality he was in a life threatening situation. "Thanks for the help." Go figure. Oh well, life on the dock continues. We have a cold front arriving tonight, predicted to go down to 18F (-6C) and only get to about 33F (+1C) during the day. So, we'll look for a cold week ahead. The marina turned the bubblers on this morning, and that churned up warmer water from below giving a boost to our heat pump. If t he cold weather lasts the heat pump probably will not heat, so we'll turn to our other means. We'll be fine. Today our biggest concern is, what are we going to have for dinner?