I had some trouble falling (and then staying) asleep last night, and Neil kept Terry up much of the night, no doubt because he had taken a rather long nap earlier in the day. But despite that we still got the hoped-for early start to the morning. 

Neil, however, had been busy "excavating" during the night,

so his morning routine got rearranged to a shower before breakfast. 

Terry and I still hope to get up to the pools for our soak at a reasonable hour, especially since I will need to be back down here early in the afternoon.  At 2:00 I'll be picking up Elinor and driving her into Salida for her follow-up appointment after yesterday's cataract surgery - which (from her perspective, anyway) went well.  Of course it will be nice to hear the same from the surgeon!