Preparing to leave my summer place is a multi-day process, what with packing, cleaning, closing down Home Sweet Home for the season—and buying a year’s supply of cherry products. I planned to start with the outdoor furniture last Tuesday, but lost the day to rain. By late in the week I was questioning my ability to leave by Saturday (to avoid highway construction and workday traffic). Although the last days were a bit frantic, we left on schedule and made it back in two long days. (With doggie Valium, Holly is the perfect travel companion.) As I crossed the state line into Florida and headed east, a rainbow appeared over my destination and led me home.
After a happy reunion, I collapsed in our comfortable bed, intending to get a long night’s sleep. However, I awoke with a start a few hours later: there was an animal nose touching mine. After several weeks in the north woods, all my fuzzy brain could think was, “How did the raccoon get inside, and what do I do now?!” Then I heard purring and realized it was Hurricane welcoming me home. I am surprisingly content to be here, despite the torrid August weather.
Since my return, I’ve done loads of laundry and made appointments for a haircut and more therapy on my leg. (Not at the same time and place, of course.) And then the new semester will start. Now it’s back to www.patandtomsexcellentadventures.blogspot.com. I’ll pick up this blog again when I have my next break.
