I'm going East Coast, just north of Miami/Ft. Lauderdale so expect it will be a bit warmer and a little less changeable. My father-in-law lived in Dunedin, next to Clearwater so I know that weird weather well. He only had a heat pump and, though a transplant from Cape Cod, the cold got him each winter. When we'd visit Christmas or later, even 50 degree nights were cold to him :-)

I'm all cured and feeling pretty well. We'll leave next Monday so I'm scrambling this week to get ready to go. We had house keys made last night for our local friend who's caring for my cats and have backup (stepsons) and contingency plans (next door neighbor). One son is an insurance broker so the next door neighbor can just call him if the house burns down (town houses so presumably the neighbor's would be in trouble too :-) and the neighbor can take over if we have six feet of snow so our friend or one of the sons can't get out here.

I haven't heard a peep out of my asthma since the prednisone. The eating better trial "didn't work", my blood pressure went up again anyway (not high enough that I am concerned about it but higher than it was) and I think that's just me/c-reactive protein versus the prednisone rather than any magic good eating. Was a good week-long+ experiment though, good to know. I didn't have any problem with my asthma last year down in Florida, near where we're going this year. Hope it stays that way.