On The Road Again

It's Sunday evening, almost 9 o'clock. The children are tucked into their beds. The men are reviewing the latest news about Hurricane Ike. The dishes are washed and our bags are almost packed.

We decided today that it would be best for us to head for home. At this point we are just marking time here, waiting until Kelly's surgery is scheduled. Our time will be better spent taking care of business at home, knowing that we will be back here later in the fall for Kelly's surgery.

We will leave tomorrow morning and head west to Freedom, in the Southern Tier of New York State. We will spend the night with my baby sister, Annie, and her family. We don't get back to western NY too often to see family so this will be a good opportunity. We will take our time driving back to Griffin. We need time to decompress and time to get a little extra sleep. Can't wait to be back in my own bed!
We should be back by the middle of the week.

Olivia is pretty sad tonight. She doesn't want us to leave. Sam is a little more indifferent, but he will surely be asking for us the minute we go. But, go we must. It has been a long month away from home. We really enjoyed our vacation to Cape Cod and we loved being near our family. Still.....home is in Griffin and it is time to be there for a while.

We had a nice family dinner this evening. Kelly and Eric joined us. Every one was in good spirits and the food was excellent. The little ones entertained us as only they can. Liv made one of her special concoctions for dessert(remember my turkey and chocolate sandwich?). This time it was chocolate sauce, sprinkles and walnuts. It was a big hit with Eric. We had a tasty apple pie as a back up.

I will miss times like these. I will miss spending time with the munchkins, telling them stories, exploring nature, role playing together. it is hard to see their tears when we go. As I always tell them, "We'll be back."

I will continue to post here, especially as news becomes available about Kelly.

Thanks for reading and for commenting. Watch for more soon.