A LOVELY DAY AT THE CEMETERY

NO !  Tell me I am not at THAT AGE where a day out means a trip to some one's grave! Lord help me!
But some times you gotta do what you gotta do.  Cousin L steps into our lives every so often and today was one of those days. Her second husband died about 4 years ago and for some reason cousin L seems to think H and I enjoy a yearly visit to Ed's grave. It isn't about the transportation . . . that I understand. At 82 the old girl should not be driving on highways or actually any road. Florida being Florida we are over run with 80 and 90 year old drivers that should be home or out on the golf course. Any where but driving on the roads. And now that it is "SNOW BIRD" season the roads are more deadly than ever. Knowing all this  the young senior citizens, (H and I), offer to drive 30 minutes north to pick up cousin L and drive her 60 minutes south so she can visit her hubby's grave. It only happens once or twice a year so we suck it up and offer it up to the Gods.
But . . . when cousin L calls and invites us to accompany her to the cemetery just for the fun of it I gotta wonder what my life has come to. L had suckered a friend into driving her to the cemetery today and she wanted to stop here, pick up H and I and then continue on down to the cemetery. Naturally, as any respectable senior citizen knows, none of this cannot be done without including a stop for lunch. H and I used to get nuts when his mother would ask him to drive her to the cemetery to visit H's dad's grave. We never minded taking her but when trying to squeeze the 3 hour trip into a work day, 3 kids schedules and  after school activities the words . . . "WHERE WILL WE HAVE LUNCH" usually sent H over the top and into a rage. The poor old lady just didn't understand that H did not have a full day to take off in order to go to the cemetery.
And now we have the same with cousin L. When we call her to see when she will be home for us to come visit her we are submitted to 15 minutes of her checking her calendar for; nail appointments, hair appointments, Maj jong, bingo, dr. appointments, church meetings and all sorts of other things she has going in her busy schedule. But when her call comes for the annual trip to the cemetery we are expected to be ready to go at a moments notice.
So off we went today and you know what? . . .  It was a very nice day!  The cemetery is actually beautiful. South Florida Memorial Cemetery with all it's white tomb stones with green wreaths on them is a moving sight to see. I'm glad we went to say a prayer for Ed and all the other veterans who have fought for our country.
And lunch was good too.