Just woke up to the fact that it is waay into May 2018. What the heck happened to 2017? It was here just yesterday, I'd swear.
So, what's happened with Pumpkin since, uh, the last time I wrote about something that happened to Pumpkin? Well, not much. It took what seemed like forever for spring to arrive for real, not just when the calendar said. Stephen bought a new house in St. Joseph and closed on it a few weeks back. We took Pumpkin out for its post-hibernation run to visit Stephen. Stephen had stored a bunch of his "rough" stuff in our garage and my workshop, so we loaded Allan's trailer with that stuff and took Stephen's stuff "home". Stephen's new home has a separate drive built especially for an RV which was great. It was level and had a good power source, so we opted to sleep in the RV instead of carrying "stuff" back and forth to the house. We parked and unloaded the trailer and said farewell to Stephen's stuff. Whew!
Stephen's new place is beautiful. Oh, don't get me wrong, it is not perfect. In fact, it has lot's of fixing up that must be done. But, that's one thing that makes it great. Stephen will have lots of fun stuff to do as he puts his touch on things. After raking up a few tons of leaves, he plans to attack that ornamental pond, before it attacks him.
Izzy (Isabel), Stephen's dog, is very happy to move to her new home after having to stay in an apartment for so long, poor thing. But now, she has her own back yard and her own squirrels. And her own stealthy, lying in wait, deck where she can rest, snooze, and when awake, keep an eye of the bird feeders. Squirrels can rob you blind if you are not alert.
We had a nice shakedown visit at Stephen's. However, I still had trouble sleeping comfortably. The mattress just wasn't getting it for me. So, I ordered a custom foam mattress. I haven't tried sleeping on it yet, but it looks good and feels good just flopping on it. We're heading to Stephen's again next weekend (Memorial weekend) to take another trailer load of stuff. So, I'll be able to give it a good test. This trip it is Stephen's nice dining table and chairs being held by Michael who appears tickled to be rid of. Also, we still had a couple of antique items at our house we'll stick in since the trail will have lot's of room.
All this sounds good, but how it turns out will depend a lot on how well I feel. I just got out of the hospital after an attack of UTI. To top it off, Joyce has a nagging back problem that has her cussing now and then. I think we're feeling well enough to get all this done. We'll see.
