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Greetings from Madison, New Jersey!
Sep. 15th, 2014 06:21 pmI got on the road at 10:15am and arrived in Madison at 2:45pm, which is not the best time I've ever made, but not bad at all considering I had to walk Dottie at every stop and there were some construction delays around Binghamton and Scranton. Dottie was thrilled to be home, but shortly realized that my parents weren't here waiting for her. She then got onto the back porch, climbed onto a table, set her paws on the windowsill, and stared disconsolately toward the garage where their car mysteriously failed to appear. :-(
I have fed her, walked her, and played her own particular variation of "fetch" with her (the trick is that she won't bring the toy to you; it's as much a game of "tag" as anything), and she is now sitting on my lap as I'm typing these words, soaking up the comfort of human contact even if it's not the contact she really wants.
My parents' flight was delayed leaving London, so instead of landing shortly after 9pm, they are now forecast to land shortly after 10pm. They will call once they exit the plane, at which point I will get into the car and start driving. With a bit of luck, their time in customs and baggage claim will match my time in transit, and we will meet outside Terminal B. Failing that, I can just circle the airport and try again. *wry*
I have washed two loads of laundry, one of which is now dry and one of which is currently in the dryer. The third load -- all my linens, basically -- is in the wash. And a bunch of shirts and pants are hung up on drying racks or hangers and should be ready to pack tomorrow.
I believe the plan is for Mom, Dad, and me to go out for breakfast -- or maybe just do a sit-down meal with pancakes and bacon? A proper "family meal" of some sort, anyway. So Susan and I have agreed to meet for lunch at 1pm at the sushi place by the bowling alley, near the border between Madison and Chatham. I will avoid ordering anything with raw cucumber or avocado, and will bring a couple Benadryl in case I want to live dangerously and sample something from Susan's plate that I'm allergic to. (I do like sushi, but my raw vegetable allergies -- and particularly my avocado allergy -- restrict my options a LOT.)
And now I am going to kill time for four hours until I get a phone call summoning me to my chariot. :-)
I have fed her, walked her, and played her own particular variation of "fetch" with her (the trick is that she won't bring the toy to you; it's as much a game of "tag" as anything), and she is now sitting on my lap as I'm typing these words, soaking up the comfort of human contact even if it's not the contact she really wants.
My parents' flight was delayed leaving London, so instead of landing shortly after 9pm, they are now forecast to land shortly after 10pm. They will call once they exit the plane, at which point I will get into the car and start driving. With a bit of luck, their time in customs and baggage claim will match my time in transit, and we will meet outside Terminal B. Failing that, I can just circle the airport and try again. *wry*
I have washed two loads of laundry, one of which is now dry and one of which is currently in the dryer. The third load -- all my linens, basically -- is in the wash. And a bunch of shirts and pants are hung up on drying racks or hangers and should be ready to pack tomorrow.
I believe the plan is for Mom, Dad, and me to go out for breakfast -- or maybe just do a sit-down meal with pancakes and bacon? A proper "family meal" of some sort, anyway. So Susan and I have agreed to meet for lunch at 1pm at the sushi place by the bowling alley, near the border between Madison and Chatham. I will avoid ordering anything with raw cucumber or avocado, and will bring a couple Benadryl in case I want to live dangerously and sample something from Susan's plate that I'm allergic to. (I do like sushi, but my raw vegetable allergies -- and particularly my avocado allergy -- restrict my options a LOT.)
And now I am going to kill time for four hours until I get a phone call summoning me to my chariot. :-)
