A Brief October Recap

The wedding was fabulous, the car trip was fun, the visiting on the road with Ron & Kendra, Gary & Anita, Mark & Jo was so wonderful! Ozzy was quite put out about being left in the hoosegow for 5 days, but eventually he forgave us. He and Juli shared the futon, though Juli says he's a covers hog.

Juli and I made blackberry jam with all my summer pickin's from the freezer. Then we hauled out all the peaches and made spiced peach jam too. She and Bill argued politics at high volume for 5 days.

Juli and Bill flew their separate directions on the 24th. Bill went to Florida for a 3-day computer class. Juli went home to her husband, refreshed and content. I went back to work and found that the air-conditioning is finally being fixed--JUST IN TIME for winter!

Bill came home Thursday and left for Illinois the next day. I'm hoping to see him come home tomorrow, just in time for his drug test and his inevitable shipping out, probably early next week. I spent 3 days cleaning the rental house that the previous tenants trashed.

Yesterday, I ran around Kingsport spending money. I finally got in to see Mr. Acupuncture (ah--relief!), then went to Best Buy to recycle the dead printer and buy a DVD cleaning disk. Then to Lowes, where fruit trees were 50% off! I bought white peaches, red peaches, bush peaches, two kinds of pears, a plum, and an apricot. Lunch at 5 Guys, then to Walmart for new glasses and dress work shirts for Alex. On the way home, I stopped at the vet's and bought heartworm pills and Frontline for Ozzy. Whew!

Now it's Tuesday, and time to go back to work. The mornings are delightfully frosty, and the days are sunny and blessedly cool. I am loving being back on my mountain, and savoring every moment. Soon, when Bill leaves and I find a tenant for the rental, I'll be leaving for the long trip to Los Angeles.

I feel like I've been traveling all year long. It would be nice to just plop and rest, but there are big doings coming up again, and I'll be back feeling frantic again in no time.

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Wow. I was just typing in the time and date and realizing I was surgerized 3 years ago TODAY.
How strange life is. What suffused my entire consciousness then is now just a distant ho-hum today. Life is good.