Recovering today after a very, very busy yesterday. First off, taking care of our priest's wildlife since he and his wife had to go out of town for an unexpected family funeral. They have 9 chickens, four dogs and two kittens. More animals than us. Finally, someone who's nuttier than we are. And might add, honored to be asked, once again, to help them out. Being allowed to go into someone's house, mess with their stuff and have a key. That's weighty trust in my book. Very honored.
Anyway, we've been going over there twice a day and with that plus picking up fourth son at work for the dentist yesterday, waiting 4 hours for that to be over (too far away to waste the gas to leave him and come back again), dropping him off home afterward, and then leaving immediately to pick up daughter at her job who was loaning me her pick-up, having to wait for the LONG coal train, and being in rush-hour traffic, afraid I'd run of gas since her fuel gauge fuse blew----mind-boggling. Today was a time of recovery, and only one trip out of the house, and that was to do dog-duty. Our priest and his wife have 3 chihuahuas in the mix. What could be more adorable, I ask you? No work there. Just cuteness.
Tomorrow should be of minor stress. Looking forward to buying groceries, if a couple of Gary's clients will pony up. I'm a dab hand at making dinner out of whatever's in the kitchen (Tamar Adler of An Everlasting Meal is a wonderful inspiration---since I cook that way anyway, she's good company to have around---in book form, of course). But even I run out of ingredients. Eggs are about it at this point. Now's the time to clean out the fridge and wipe out the cupboards. Empty vessels are the easiest to tidy.
Take care all.
Oh, and by the way. The vinegar is still a winner. Boing, boing, boing.
