Wednesday, March 23, 2011

Winding Down


Just sent Ralph off to work his last shift here. This is an historic day for us as it's also his last shift before retirement. And he's got call tonight.

We have 48 more hours before we leave for the airport to start our long trip home. We arrive at the Orlando airport in the wee hours of Sunday morning, the 27th, then will spend the rest of the night in an airport hotel. Raymond and Faith will pick us up late morning and take us to Brooksville where we will stay with my parents for a couple of nights. Our house is rented in The Villages until April 1st. We will head north on Tuesday the 29th, stopping to visit some friends and family along the way, before arriving in Knoxville Thursday. The plan is to get our sweet Charlie (Cavalier King Charles Spaniel for those who don't know him) back from friends who've been keeping him since September. Back to Florida on April 1st, and getting our belongings out of storage. Then we will fly out to California 6 days later for David's wedding. Not sure that we will feel like we've gotten "home" until mid-April!

Really going to miss NZ and the people we have met and the friends we have made. We'll be trading the threat of earthquakes for the threat of hurricanes (at least hurricanes come with plenty of warning!), and open screenless windows for central heat and air. We've just finished with summer here, but get to experience it again in the US.

I've been treated to lunch twice this week by some very special friends. Yesterday two of my friends from church took me out to a cafe. The picture was taken by a waitress.

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