Lorena and Christian are flying to Raleigh, North Carolina today to move out of our house there. Although there is nostalgia and love for a great house, neighborhood, and the most amazing small city in all of America (I know that is a religious discussion, but we really believe that), it was time to move on. The hard part is that we are all still in temporary locations–as if that is not just a fact of life for everyone on this earth in so many senses. The kids are in graduate school while Lorena and I have moved close to Grandpa Milo and Grandma Sarah to be as much of a help as possible now that they are aging.
I got slammed with a cold or allergies or something that I do not want to take the chance of giving to them, so I am hanging out, mostly at our apartment in Wilsonville. Lorena left very early this morning so I drove down to the town where I spent my last two years of high school and had a Sausage McMuffin at MacDonald’s. I did not want to go in to give everyone else what I have so I ate it by myself. It cost me exactly $2.00–no tax. For some reason, maybe it was the cold, it did not feel particularly nostalgic. Maybe it was the cold. I would like to go see my buddies. Bryan, Warren, Curt and Tom, but I don’t want them to get this nastiness either. Curt gets a bunch of the guys together for breakfast one Saturday per month which has been awesome. I am glad he does it and that I am included.
Betty Blonde #272 – 08/04/2009
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