Let's not get crazy...

I woke up this morning relaxed and unstressed. I've decided that there is no law saying I have to leave tomorrow, no schedule to keep, no goals to meet. I can just go when the time is right, when I am confident that everything that needs to be done before I go is done.

Bill's sister Carolyn tells me that snow and rain are predicted for Denver on Sunday and Monday. I haven't checked the weather maps yet, but it's made me realize that this will have to be a "play it by ear" trip because of the late date of departure. There's no point in rushing around to get out of here tomorrow, only to languish in Denver for a few days, waiting for the weather to clear. Luckily, I'm staying with family on the way, people who are as flexible as I am striving to be.

Happy notes:

• I have a CLEAN DOG! Echo reluctantly skulked into the new bathroom last night at my urging, climbed into the tub and allowed me to bathe her with the new hand-held shower. There was much sighing on both our parts, and a couple of dog-dirty-looks, but she is now a traveling companion I can stand to smell in close quarters for 2700 miles.
• Gasoline was $1.98 per gallon yesterday!
• The bathroom will be finished today!

And, it looks like another glorious fall day out there in East TN. Another reason to question being in such a rush to leave this great environment for the Land of Rain (Washington State).