We've been home a few days now & it's so good to be back home. Let's just say that after our stint in the loft with the "bed", our bed has felt wonderful & we're both sleeping very well.
Sunday we spent most of the afternoon, unpacking the boxes that had already arrived and the four suitcases. This led to Mark cleaning out his side of the closet, to make room for some stuff. I did the same with all the new cookbooks & other stuff. We had a quick run to the grocery store in the morning, so we could make Frank & Carmen breakfast, which wound up being more like brunch. There was a distinct difference with our grocery store experience - less choices, but a checkout person that was pleasant to us. There seemed to be a bit of a problem with the omlettes Mark was making - some muttering about the pan & the uneven distribution of the heat. There was another "problem" that occured - Mark's car wouldn't start. My car started right up, but his was dead. Frank & Mark tried to use jumper cables, but that didn't work, so we called in AAA. They got the car started, we let it run a good long time & then took it out for a drive. We got around the block before it died on us. Early in the evening we met some friends for a cocktail party & got to catch up. Our lack of food in the house came back to haunt us - I had a bowl of cereal at 11:30 pm, while Mark made a BLT with left over bacon from brunch. It's a bit different here, in that there's not really any place to call for delivery on a Sunday night at 11:30 - we're o.k. with that!
Monday, I started out the day with my morning walk, taking my usual route. There's been some changes while we've been gone on my route. The majority of the my day was more of trying to organize being gone for the last seven months & finding homes for everything today. We tried to jump Mark's car last night & again this morning, but still it's not budging. I went for a massage to work out those last kinks from the loft bed - I was so happy to see Debbie, who is one of the best - I was sore, but it was a good sore when she was done. Mark was back to his workout routine & then had meetings all day. His car was taken in & it needed a new battery, so all is well again. We also grilled a real dinner - it was great being back in our well equipped kitchen & to be able to grill again!
Today was more of the same - but with no boxes having arrived for two days - we had been hopeful they would trickle in at this pont....... I did unpack all my tools from The FCI & found a home for them. We had a shrimp pasta dinner outside tonight & I've already gotten my first two bug bites of the season - oh boy! We also have our first Chicken Foot game tomorrow night & a few dinners set up with friends of ours in town over the next few nights. There's a new restaurant in town that opened, so we'll give that a try.
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