This and That...
I found this picture at the top of my stairs yesterday evening. Mabry just realized for the first time that I will be moving away soon. The picture made me cry, too. I will really miss my buddy. She has never known life without me. I remember when my grandmother moved out of our home. I was 14 and we had lived together most of my life. It was a traumatic time, but I learned to live without her. Mabry will get used to living without me, too.
In other news, three weeks ago Melanie fell down some stairs at a friend's house and cracked her tailbone. She's been practically incapacitated since - confined to her bedroom. I broke mine when I was 14 so I know how painful it is. She has found the papasan chair to be the most comfortable now. She has a donut pillow, but as I well know, it doesn't help much.
So the papasan chair is new to Fin (it's been at the old church for several years), and he is fascinated with it. Last night he somehow tilted it back too far and fell, and his head hit the radiator. The gash is small but deep. It quit bleeding rather quickly, and Jeff used super glue to close it. An hour or so later, Fin seemed fine, but he was milking it for all it's worth. I haven't seen him yet this morning, but I bet his head will be sore.
Life is rocking along here in Old Town Portsmouth. Jeff has brought some boxes home for me so that I can begin packing at a leisurely rate. The real question now is how to get everything from here to there. Melanie and Jeff won't be able to move me, and I could drive a moving truck, but I'm not sure I could do that through the mountains while towing my car. I'm thinking of asking my brother and nephews to come get me. We'll see. I have time yet.
Okay, off to get more coffee and decide what to do today.