May 25, 2010

  • Home Again, Home Again...Jigetty, Jig!


    TALES FROM THE BRAT FARM

    It was good to get home today.  Fighting the traffic out of Atlanta airport was minor compared to the scary time we had locating my car in the park and ride parking lot there.  The bus driver that picked me up had given me a ticket that said just where she picked me up so it should have been easy to get me within a couple cars lengths of MY vehicle.  Not a chance!   

    That's just my luck.  After riding up and down a couple rows in that general area, however, we did finally find it.  We had driven past it a couple times when it was blocked from view by SUV's surrounding it and in the path when we went past.  The poor little Toyota was just dwarfed until the cars in the area had gotten out of the aisle and exposed it.  PHEW!!!  I was so grateful to the driver who went that extra mile, I gave him a BIG tip.  I was very, very grateful that they don't just drop you off.  I could imagine me dragging my suitcase behind me in that heat, trying to find it.  They would probably have found my body sometime tomorrow.

    I enjoyed myself a lot.  It was so nice to see my youngest sister, Babybrat, looking and acting so good.  She's tan, has put on weight and muscle and really doesn't need the cane she keeps in hand except that her one knee still is a bit weak and will sometimes feel like it might *give* on her.  Her short-term memory still sucks and she just hates that but she's doing things that will, hopefully, help the brain build new synapses to replace the damaged ones. 

    Cee looks good, too.  Their routine of walking and swimming a couple times a week has helped her lose weight and trim down quite a bit.  She's not as tan as Babybrat but she never did tan as well as some of us do. 

    My cousin, Jim and his wife, Suzy Q looked good.  They will both be happy now that the whole wedding thing is over and they can get back to THEIR regular routine now.  Suzy Q's brother from Colorado (or one of those states) was there with his wife and one of his daughters also flew in from the state next to them (forgive me, I didn't take notes).  They were wonderful people and a lot of fun.  Everyone at the wedding had fun, trust me on that.  I'm sure some people had to hit a hot tub on Sunday, however.   

    My trip home was not as bad as it could have been.  They talked about some rain possible but I managed to dodge that and the thunderstorms expected in our area haven't hit us yet.  If that happens later, it will be music to my ears and will NOT keep me from sleeping.  I was clutching the steering wheel of the car so tightly (without realizing it) that my hands hurt when I went to take them off it.  I had a hard time opening my fingers.

    The Beast was happy I was home but Baron was even happier.  He wanted to lay in MY lap, have me scratch him, lick my face and lay on my feet all at the same time.  He didn't know what to do with himself, he was THAT happy!  I looked at the Beast and said, *Don't you give him ANY attention?*

    Baron followed me everywhere for the first two hours I was home.  When I went into my bedroom to get clean jammies to put on, I told Baron, *You aren't kidding me, dog!  As soon as your buddy goes to bed, you will be on MY side of the bed.*  And he will, wait and see.

    When I called the Princess to let her know I was home and try to find out if I had to pick up Chewlee tomorrow, she was shocked.  Like the Beast, she thought I wasn't going to be home until tomorrow (Tuesday).  She was trying to get Chewlee ready for bed and said she would call me later but I figure I'll hear from her tomorrow.  It's tiring getting Chewlee bathed, in her nightie and into bed. 

    I finally got my smokeless ashtray in the mail.  It's a penguin and the ashtray portion is in the tummy.  You put that down and the fan or whatever it is turns on and it goes off when you close that up.  I'm looking at it and thinking to myself, *Did I buy this for Bratfink and forget I did?*  It's something I know she would get a kick out of.  I'm going to have to hid it from Chewlee or that will be a mess.

    Well, I'm tired and need to think about getting myself to bed early.  Love you all and I hope you have a wonderful day.  Hasta manana!