The Ups and Downs

Saturday 14 September 2024

   The beautiful early fall weather continues.  The burnt yellow leaves from the walnut tree next door flutter down all day long.  A sure sign of cooler weather ahead. But for today I cleaned up the apartment, vacuumed and made a grocery store run in anticipation for Diane returning. I grabbed a salad from the grocery store for lunch thinking I'll eat a good lunch.  It was a good salad but an hour after eating I was sick. I'm guessing they must have used a preservative on the lettuce.  Eventfully the gas and bloating passed, and I managed another bike ride.
    I got back Rudy and I were trying to decide what we want for dinner, hot dogs or sausages when the phone rings.  WOO WHO it is Diane, and she is on her way home 😀😁seems Lynne and Rick got back early. Good news for Rudy and me.  She pulled in Rudy ran out jumping, licking and making little whining and grunting noises, he was so happy to see her, and I was too of course. Some wine, burgers on the grill and we are a happy family.

Sunday 15 September 2024

   Breakfast on the grill first time in over a week.  But the honeymoon didn't last long.  After breakfast we got back to the grind, sorted mail, paid bills, Diane went to the grocery store.  She picked up a rotisserie chicken from Wies market for lunch, I picked it, and we had it for lunch, it just didn't have any flavor.  Wasn't bad but wasn't good either. I went for another bike ride, and she did dishes and laundry.  Boy, it is good to have her back. 😏 

Monday 16 September 2024

   And so, another crazy week begins! 😓 I left the house at 06:30 heading to Wellsboro to have a tooth pulled and pick up my dentures. Made it there just in time for my 11am appointment.  In and out just over 1 hour. Next stop was the cabin for a pair of boots to hike up Norman's hill and replace batteries in the trail cam. Back down to the truck and hightailed it back to the apartment. One stop for gas ($2.85 in Lewisburg) and I was home by 5:30. Just in time for happy hour. What a long day (11 hours) traffic was heavy but no accidents.  It took two glasses of wine just to calm down. Diane was bored to tears just sitting around waiting for me to get back. But tomorrow is her turn in a vehicle. She did manage to get a few items packed to get out of here on Saturday. 

Tuesday 17 September 2024

   Today Diane is in the car all day.  She left around 10am drove to Elizabethville to pick up some auction items, stopped for lunch in Berrysburg, on to Selinsgrove to check out a Moho and finally to Kate's place arriving around 4:30.  She pulled in and half an hour later her and Kate were back in the car going to Galeton for dinner.  The place was closed for some unknown reason. Back to the Perma Stone Inn for dinner, food was ok. They made it home by 8pm. She was worn out and has to do it again tomorrow.
   Rudy and I didn't do anything.  My jaw is still sore😩 so it was rest and pain pills😏 most of the day. I also managed to get a small box of items packed up. Getting anxious to get the Moho back. 

Brad always threatened Kate that he was going to start buying her pigs to collect.... she found this one in her house and figured I planted it there for Brad.  😆

Wednesday 18 September 2024

    Diane left Kate's at 10am (see a pattern) heading to her doctor's office in Corning. She was in and out in just a few minutes (appointment was 11:30).  Stopped for wine (much cheaper in NY), then lunch, next gas and a few bathroom stops and she was home by 5:30. Her butt was really dragging two days in a row.😐. And the car was just covered with Tioga County dirt. She flopped in the lawn chair outside and had a refreshing glass of wine.
    I waited until the first glass of wine was gone to give her the bad news. What she didn't know yet was just before she arrived the Maria (from the RV shop) called.  You guessed it......the Moho will NOT be done this week. 😟😠😡. Maybe Tuesday or Wednesday but for sure by Thursday.  No use getting mad, it is what it is. Can't change how long it takes to do the painting. What a disappointment.
   We did have steaks and mushrooms for dinner. This was supposed to be a celebration (getting Moho back) instead we celebrate another week in the apartment.

Thursday 19 September 2024

   Now that we're not leaving, we have a bunch of things to rearrange. Scheduled her car for an oil change, extended our stay at the Airbnb, changed reservations in Dillsburg, wash the car and restock the pantry.  We have been eating what we had so we wouldn't have so much to pack and carry back to the Moho but now we are out of food.  I went washed the car, came back then had to go to the Dollar store and Diane did the grocery store run and most of the phone calls. We are just so let down about the Moho.
   We were supposed to go out for dinner, we just don't feel like it anymore.