Lamb E Umptum

Departures

The week between Christmas and New Year held great promise but then, I got the flu Tuesday night and I was sick all the rest of the week. I have not had the flu in probably 20 years and it knocked me flat. Added to being sick was everyone leaving. Julina left Monday. Elise left Wednesday (although not after she had to linger for many hours waiting for her cat, Tonks, to appear from her unobtainable-to-human-hands hiding place behind the furnace. Tonks must really hate to travel in her pet carrier because this is not the first time she has hidden whenever she sees Elise making ANY packing preparations. In fact, Elise actually drove away and we planned to rendezvous with her mid-January. It was then that Tonks decided to come out. Kirsti heard her on the stairs and grabbed her and stuffed her into a bedroom and called Elise. Fortunately, Elise was only about 30 minutes away so she turned around and came back to retrieve her BAD CAT.

(yes, Tonks, hide your face in shame)

Sarah and Sadie left on Thursday for their epic journey back to Maine. Before leaving, however, Sarah had to get a different car as her old Saturn was just not worth repairing. Thankfully, before I got sick, we were able to locate a newer car – another Saturn, interestingly – and get all the paperwork done before departure day. Here is Sarah with her new car packed to the rafters.

(put some shoes on, Kirsti!)

And, on Monday, Kirsti left to go back to BYU. Notice that she is standing in front of another gold car which is not Sarah's.

That would be our "new" car - a 2001 Volvo that our neighbor was selling. He has a foreign car repair shop and had this vehicle he had fixed up and was ready to sell it. I LOVE it and plan to have it for a LONG time.

My last photo is of Sadie looking at me from Sarah's car as they get ready to pull away. SNIFF....


This week, I started out feeling pretty glum after last week. But, as I have continued to improve in health and as I have been able to tackle projects hanging over my head (putting away Christmas was a biggie), I have come out of my doldrums so that I can say that today, Saturday, January 8th, things are pretty much back to normal and life is good.