The house has finally settled down. Yuula had a blast with her cousins. They got along wonderfully and tho it's probably hard for them to comprehend and vocalize, I'm sure they can't wait to see each other in May. The countdown begins.
I was in charge of taking the girls for one last walk this morning while their parents loaded the luggage.
This was an impromptu hug.
We waved goodbye from the end of the driveway as they drove off and I asked Yuula if she had fun...
I think she did.
She hurried back in to continue the game she had been playing just minutes earlier with Madison & Charlotte.
Ok. That's that. Crushing loss. Yada yada. And all on the last day ever played in Shea. I think the city can save money on demolition and just invite the fans to tear that puppy down.
We have been attempting to acclimate the cats to the outdoors in hopes of this spring making them outdoor pets, and taking them outside every once in a while when we go out. Mostly they're cautious, creeping around slowly and sniffing every inch of grass and dirt, not really knowing what to make of it all. Abner liked it the best, lying at the window day and night staring outside, begging to go out everytime we opened the door. That, we thought was promising, but little did we know of how badly he wanted to be out there.
Last Monday night we were bringing in the cushions from the patio furniture and this boy took off. We looked after him for a minute but he didn't seem to wanna be brought back in. So we left him. He had spent the night outside before and was at the front door in the morning ready to come in to eat and oddly, use the litter box. So we figured he'd be fine. And hopefully he is still fine. He's just not here. He hasn't come to eat or anything. We left out some food but it only attracted raccoons (and now Fran wants one of those). So who knows.
I just hope he's ok. We haven't seen any cats on the side of the road and there's lotsa strays around here just floating around so maybe he's joined a gang or something. Dunno. I guess he wanted out tho. Enough of the girls or didn't like the fact we just got four new kittens, or maybe he just really wanted out. It's not a surprise. He's been in love with the outside for a long time. So, I'm guessing he's out there somewhere. Hopefully getting enough food and licking the drops out of faucets and sleeping in the sun and such. He's probably loving it.
I hate my phone. I hate my carrier. I haven't had a working phone since Christmas. Everytime I try and get it fixed they just recharge it and hand it back to me, even tho the model I have was recalled probably the day after I bought it, they still refuse to give me a new phone. Three years with this little turd of a phone, and on Monday, it all comes to an end. No more Sprint. No more LG. No more No more.
I couldn't be happier. I think the only thing I'll miss is my voicemail message. I've heard it makes some people laugh and others question if they've even got the right number. If you wanna hear it one last time you better call before Monday cause I'm taking it out back and shooting it DEAD.
Less than a week now! Crazy. Crazy things are happening, but there's no time for talking about that right now. Fran is on her way home from work and then we're leaving for a weekend in Hilton Head & Savannah, living it up Pittman-style. Haha. It should be wicked fun.
Anyhow, we've had 2 (count them 2!) going away parties this week. Kinda random last minute gatherings really.
First on Wednesday we had the family version
We had hash brown casserole and ginger cake. Tasty!
Then last night was of the Aspera+ version
This including all the corn chips and mexican cheese dip you could eat and some Dominos pizza. Oh the grandeur!
Both included good-times-had-by-all, reminiscings, laughings, sadnesses, hugs, I love you's, and obviously good-byes. Fran & I are ecstatic about moving on and starting fresh somewhere new, but it's crazy to think of all the memories we get to take with us.
The countdown to the day we leave Georgia - FOREVER!!! We are: excited scared nervous thrilled tentative sad reflective drunk bored conjuctive optimistic worried numb weird aware curious
Yes, we are those things. Today marks our 'official' final month living in Georgia. I moved here 6 years ago with genuine naivet'e. I have cherished my six years & honestly am unable of an earnest retroflection (is that a word) at this point, 3 glasses of chardonnay in, for this posting to be worth any sort of value.........I'm lost.............ok...............gather.................................................. ......................
It became abundantly clear today that we are leaving. Something about it being less than a month, I keep thinking back to the day I moved here, with Michael Gobiel, in a huge rental, he crashed it, whatever. Our time with this state has come & gone. We are ready to leave. But we have a few things to take care of before we leave this bible belt. Fran, just today put in her 2 weeks, altho a bit early, nontheless, she gave it. Her goal til the 23rd is to scan as many of her family photos as she can fit into a workday, and search Pottstown for houses. My goal, nothing really. I got a few gigs, kinda. Buffalo the 14th & 15th. Maybe finals. Really just uploading stuff & making as many covers as I can for Fran to print on her work printer. :) Lowdown dirty. That and packing; again.
We've accumulated a checklist of things we wanna do/visit before we leave. They are as follows: -Centennial Olympic Park -Kennesaw Mountain (the actual mountain) -the World of Coke -the Pittmans in Savannah -Stone Mountain -pictures of things we like (?)
We'll take care of a few of those tomorrow after (hopefully) a quick visit with Dr. Jeff. So stay tuned as we prepare to bid a fond adieu to the state of Georgia. There are many, many people we love here, but the time has come, & we gotta go.
P.S. Fran loves "I Love Lucy" P.P.S. This post makes Fran think of Gob from Arrested Development.
