April 25, 2011

Wow, we’ve been so busy since we got to St. Louis! We had a big list of things we need to get done while we are here, and it’s now apparent that we are going to run out of time. But recently it’s been difficult to find things in the RV, and items have been piling up ever corner. So we absolutely had to make time to clean out every bay, drawer, cabinet and closet. That took a lot of time but it’s finally done. And worth the effort, because it made the RV livable again.

For the rest, there are trips to doctors and insurance agents, much-anticipated visits with family and friends, and preparing for an Ivory jewelry party that one of my dear friends is giving for me. We have a list of RV renovations we hoped to do, but something had to be cut of the to-do list, so we dropped those. We can update the RV later, but we don't have too many opportunities to meet up with our friends in the area.

We visited Randy’s sister and my mom, and went to see Randy's brother Lonnie and his wife Chris. They have the most amazing collection of fossils and rocks, and now that we’ve got a little room in the RV, I can get a few! They also have a very big dog, who, despite the look she gave us, let us stay...

Last week, for the first time in all the time we’ve been at the St. Louis RV Park, the weather was bad enough for us to head for shelter. We bundled the cats and dogs into a couple of carriers and went to the RV park shower building. About 6 couples took shelter there, several with their pets. Since Sugarbaby and Julienne are not very social, I put their kennels in one of the shower rooms and shut the door. They weren’t happy, but at least it muffled the barking!

Next, a visit to my Mom. She is not thrilled that it’s been a year and a half since my last visit, and I feel the same way. I’ve visited her a couple of times this month, and Saturday she and Randy were going to catch a plane to California, to visit our relatives there. Who knew that the St. Louis airport would be hit by a tornado the night before? So Saturday we drove to Kansas City so she could catch her plane.

And today I went to Enterprise to touch base with some of the wonderful people I used to work with. I don't miss work, but I do miss them.