I DROVE HOME ALONE ALL BY MYSELF, but I wasn't lonely as I prayed practically all the way HOME for 5 hours. Had an incredible drive through IOWA, MISSOURI and finally back to KANSAS. Went last week to spend some time with my 92 year old Mom and Sister in IOWA.
Went to a doctor's appointment with Mom and we girls did a ton of shopping and talking. I am officially dog tired.
HUBBY stayed HOME to work on our bathroom and it is coming together beautifully. I decided that I could handle the trip by myself with GOD helping me. He didn't disappoint me.
The scenery was gorgeous. Hints of AUTUMN are present as AUTUMN began on Sunday. It rained some as I drove HOME. Lots of semi-trailer trucks on the interstates and highways. When I pulled up to my COTTAGE yard, I was relieved that I was HOME again. I had a neat time with family, but am pleased to be HOME with my HUBBY.
I phoned my Mom when I arrived HOME so she'd know I arrived safely. She was excited to tell me that a different apartment had opened up across the hall from where she lives that faces the South to where the patio would be getting full sun. The apartment she's in faces North and the patio has a huge tree by it that cast branches onto the patio where she can't use it. Just yesterday while we were parking the car to get out to go inside of the building where she lives, she said she wished that she had gotten one of the apartments right there. She got her WISH.
This evening, the Iowa family is working on moving her stuff across the hall into the new apartment. Heavens, this all happened so fast it makes my head spin. She had just told us that she wished that her apartment was on the other side of the building. Well, tonight it is. She started moving her clothes this afternoon. Wham.
I can't turn around and return to IOWA right now to help her move. I had no way of knowing that she'd get a different apartment so quickly. If I did I would be no good as my energy is GONE. A 5 hour drive may not be anything to some, but to me, I do not travel the best. Low energy doesn't multiply more energy for me. It drains it. So much for being 69.
As I drove alone, I felt empowered as I have seldom traveled alone without my Husband by my side and here I was navigating strange territory. It's important to be somewhat independent as an older gal, huh? I had time to think out loud and run through my mind steps of what to do next with shuffling furniture in the COTTAGE to make the place more manageable for us.
HUBBY remained HOME so he could work on the bathroom. It's looking nice to me. Soon the clawfoot tub will be installed and we can bathe in comfort. We purchased the tub so long ago, I can't remember when we got it exactly, but the feet were nickeled about a year ago waiting for their place on the tub. It's a small tub and we bought it for the rock house with a tight fitting bathroom. Hung unto it and are now using it for this small COTTAGE bathroom which isn't overly large.
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