so happy to be home
Let me say that again. I am SO HAPPY TO BE HOME. For some reason I was more bummed than usual by the 'rents agedness and the unchangingness of being there. Seeing Amy (aka anonamys) was totally wonderful, though. I second everything she says about being at the house; no use repeating it. The biggest thing I noticed when I got home was how lively the place is. Aside from the obvious difference of having three cats running around, the place just looks livelier. Also messier, but I think that's part of it.
The drive itself seemed really short this time.... Amy says I must have been flying. (I was.) The funny thing was that there were police cars everywhere. On the drive up, there was an unmarked cop in the left lane going five miles over the speed limit and we were all in line behind him. A pickup truck started to pass him and he just turned his blue lights on. No other move at all. It drove the pickup nuts-- he kept hugging the center line, wanting to pass but he couldn't. It was just like a momma cat batting a kitten on the head; I swear I could see the giant paw come out of that cop car. On the way home, I must have seen a dozen police cars, half of them working speeders and the othe half lying in wait. I passed a couple of them, and was going well over the posted speed limit myself. The van in front of me saw them first and hit his brakes so hard I could almost see the nose of the vehicle point down like in the cartoons. We were all going about 15 miles over, and of course by the time we saw them it was too late to even pretend to be going the actual speed limit. Apparently, they were satisfied that we seemed to know that we were supposed to slow down because they didn't move. It works for me.
One of the things Amy and I talked about was geeky tech stuff, and she gave me some hints that have worked beautifully to get me some music. Woo hoo! There is a public radio station in western NC that I try to listen to when I can pick it up-- they have a great variety of stuff. Today I not only could find it, it stayed tuned in for nearly two hours, and I managed to remember the call letters when I got home, and looked it up and now I'm listening to it online. Happy, happy!
I am now going to retreat to my four-poster bed, with my pillow and my book and my cats, and luxuriate in being home.
The drive itself seemed really short this time.... Amy says I must have been flying. (I was.) The funny thing was that there were police cars everywhere. On the drive up, there was an unmarked cop in the left lane going five miles over the speed limit and we were all in line behind him. A pickup truck started to pass him and he just turned his blue lights on. No other move at all. It drove the pickup nuts-- he kept hugging the center line, wanting to pass but he couldn't. It was just like a momma cat batting a kitten on the head; I swear I could see the giant paw come out of that cop car. On the way home, I must have seen a dozen police cars, half of them working speeders and the othe half lying in wait. I passed a couple of them, and was going well over the posted speed limit myself. The van in front of me saw them first and hit his brakes so hard I could almost see the nose of the vehicle point down like in the cartoons. We were all going about 15 miles over, and of course by the time we saw them it was too late to even pretend to be going the actual speed limit. Apparently, they were satisfied that we seemed to know that we were supposed to slow down because they didn't move. It works for me.
One of the things Amy and I talked about was geeky tech stuff, and she gave me some hints that have worked beautifully to get me some music. Woo hoo! There is a public radio station in western NC that I try to listen to when I can pick it up-- they have a great variety of stuff. Today I not only could find it, it stayed tuned in for nearly two hours, and I managed to remember the call letters when I got home, and looked it up and now I'm listening to it online. Happy, happy!
I am now going to retreat to my four-poster bed, with my pillow and my book and my cats, and luxuriate in being home.