Tom rolled in just before 9:00 last evening.  He was pretty road-weary, so after putting the fish in the freezer and taking a shower he was pretty much done.

This morning Marcela called, primarily to tell me that Marge (Steve's mom) had finally passed away from Alzheimer's.  In other news, she also has a young couple, Hailey and Ethan, set to rent the new upstairs apartment next month.  

When Marcela had visited here on Memorial Day she mentioned visiting Phoenix again "soon", which is when I had (half jokingly) invited her to tag along on my drive East for my October visit with Mom.  As it turns out Marcela has a family wedding (in Florida) to attend, but since that's not until November the timing didn't seem quite right so I didn't give it another thought.  However the idea percolated with her, and now she's seriously considering doing it!  

Of course given the crises of the past several months (and with new ones erupting virtually daily) anything could happen in the 3 months between now and then - but here's hoping that it actually happens.  Would be wonderful to have a companion (and additional driver) for that long schlep.