Looked Like Rain This Morning But...

It was very overcast when Hiker and I got out of bed this morning. Did not take Hiker out for a walk before I went to my grief group because it looked like it was going to rain, but while out to lunch with the ladies from the grief group, the sun came out and it turned out to be a beautiful afternoon. I'm wondering if we are ever going to get any real rain this year. DeDee and I now have 3 other ladies that join us for lunch after the group and we all just sit and talk about our lives and our late husbands. It's so nice to relate with others who know what we are going through. Two of the ladies, Carol and Linda have been widowed for 24 years. DeDee has been widowed a little over 3 years, Ruth's husband died a month before Ben died, so it has been 10 months for her and it's been 9 months for me. Today we went to a little Mexican grill called “Alamo”. It was very good and very reasonable in price. When I got home, Hiker was jumping all over me as usual. I took her for a short 1 mile walk. Didn't want to go too far because I keep feeling like my back is about to go out on me again. It has been “iffy” since this morning. I didn't do anything to bring it on, but most of the time I don't need to do anything. It just goes out on its own.