Today Mustachio got serious about the trip to Chicago. Looks like it's going to be a 2-car caravan since he will need to return on Sunday, the 26th and Cee and I won't be leaving until the 27th since MY reunion with my girlfriends is on that Sunday. AND...this is the primary reason that I am making the trip. You can't ignore friendships that have lasted almost 54 years, can you?
Of course, that Sunday is also my 70th birthday. Seventy years old. My god but that seems like an incredible age to me. My bff is 10 years older than I am and I can't even imagine how she feels when she thinks about being that age. Truth is, no one feels as old as they are. Age is a number, not the way you feel in your heart. As you grow older (in numbers), you will discover this for yourself, too.
I'm really looking forward to this trip with Cee and Mustachio. We hope to make it to Brookfield Zoo one day that we are up there. I want to call Kay and see if she is *up* for a barbeque at her place on Saturday. I'll buy the hamburgers and hot dogs and some ribs, too, I hope. I would love to spend the day around her pool and see the pictures from their trips. I saw what she posted on Facebook and I am sooooooo jealous. But I am also so very happy for her because she is a great person. She's been a hard-working woman all her life and she deserves that kind of happiness. I'm so happy that Pete loves her the way he does. She deserves to be happy after all the misery my brother put her through.
Mustachio is booking our motel for the five days he will be there and I am hoping that Kay might let Cee and I come over on Sunday and spend the night with them. Cee and I will leave on Monday for our trip (via Louisville then on to Nashville to see Marcus and family). My grandson is now out of the Marines and back home so we will be able to see him, too. Then it's home again....sigh. By then, we will be glad to be back, I'm sure.
Today I got to visit with the *girls* and gathered another egg (the Beast had already gotten four early in the morning). I think this last one was kind of hard for the hen to lay. It might actually have been her first. It is actually pointy and makes you think she had a difficult time getting it out. I gave them some corn but I think they were disappointed that I hadn't gathered any greens for them. Tomorrow. Tomorrow.
I took Baron out front for a bit and watched our little fur baby trying to cuddle up with him when he was relaxing on the driveway. She was so cute. When she gave up on his playing with her, she came over to me for some loving. She has such a sweet disposition. She came into the house with us when we went in and did her routine walkabout. She cuddled with Baron by the front door for a bit then came over to me to get me to let her back outside. She only *visits* with us from time-to-time.
I did some clothes and hung them up right away. I hope to be able to vacuum and then clean my rug in my computer room tomorrow. I want to go over to Cee's house on Tuesday to let her know what all Mustachio wants to do with us when we get to Chicago. I know he doesn't want us to rush anywhere and I assured him that was never my intention. I want to be able to stop here and there or when we see something we might like to explore (like this one interesting shopping center I've seen but never stopped at). It looks like something out of a mining town and I would love to see it close up. But I don't remember just where it is located so we will have to keep a lookout for ads about it. I'm sure there are billboards that advertise it.
Once I have my rug cleaned, I will start on packing my suitcase. No, I'm not the least bit excited....LOL. My son, Mustachio, wants to do a good deed for this place that he once lived in when he was down and out. He wants to host a barbeque for the guys that live there and the man that owns it. My son stayed there when he was kind of down-and-out and got his shit together while he stayed there. Without that place, he would probably not be in the position he is today. I told him that I thought that was a really sweet thing for him to do. With Father's Day coming up, many of the guys staying there have no family (or children) and he just felt it would be a good spirit lifter for them all. He's very grateful for the chance it gave him to change the course he was on and get his shit together. I love him for that. I told him that I was very proud of him as my son. He has a good heart.
Well, I didn't sleep well last night and I am so tired that I can barely keep my eyes open. Love you all. Be good and be happy. Life is too short to let your spirits be ruined by anything or anyone. Chin up (or chins, whatever!) and dance in the rain. Laugh with your whole body and who cares? ***Hugs***
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