Just one more day to get through! There is not a lot for me to do today, but I'm sure I'll feel like there is later. First things first, I want to defrost the fridge today. It's one of the old fashioned kinds that is manual defrost and rather a pain. The freezer doesn't get bad, but the "fins" in the fridge part cake up with frost pretty quickly. Will be nice to start with it defrosted and organized. Doesn't take long in this house for my organizational efforts to end up in the crapper! And I'm sure that it will be worse once DS is living in here as well, but, at least we know tht there is plenty of room inside the station to put stuff as a storage, so that will help. And living in a real house is just around the corner.
Yesterday was really tough and very emotional. We took my Mom out for dinner and took a nice drive along the Bay despite the clouds and rain. But, it was a rather wet farewell and although I hadn't intended to go back, I will first thing in the morning for another quick hug and kiss. Our leaving is really hard for her, and that makes it hard for me as well.
Then my sister took offense at my email, sharing some of the things that I do special with my Mom....kind of hoping that she would step in with an occassional "just us girls" picnic or silly, meandering drive. Mother LOVES to go exploring and every now and then we turn on a road we don't know and just sort of wander. That's not my typical behavior, but she loves it and it tickles me to see such a little thing please her. I was more mussing than anything else, but she thought, I guess, that I didn't trust her to look out for Mom's best interest. My gosh, my sister has been the only one of us who has BEEN here for Mom, in the state, for the past 30 plus years since my Dad died. I absolutely don't doubt her devotion, maybe just her sense of fun and adventure!
AND I had to tell the roomie that we are leaving. Mind you, I've been TRYING since Thursday, but she's not been around to tell. She cried. Good gosh, I'm going to get to FL on a flood of tears!
So, guess it's time to hunker down and do the last minute stuff. DS of course left getting his tires until TODAY, and I need to run up and get an oil change. Think that I'll send DH to do that so I can do some of the little stuff that the guys don't ever seem to notice needs doing. This evening we need to get the freezer loaded on DS's truck. It is a big job, but I've moved the darned thing so many times in the past year that I'm becoming a pro at it!
Off to clean the fridge.......
A house without fur is not a home.
Glenda
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