dual personalities

I had a super quiet but weirdly topsy-turvy week. The DH and I had intended to take a little trip. We had to take the car to the dealer in Plattsburgh, which is 2 hours away, so we figured we could combine that with a visit to the Wild Center in Tupper Lake that we’d been planning to visit for a while. The Plattsburgh portion of the trip was necessary because for the past few months our barely-a–year-old car had been knocking, clanging and moaning like Marley’s ghost. It had become so alarming that I felt the need to take it to an actual Honda dealer rather than our local garage. Of course, as soon as I made the appointment the noise stopped and hasn’t come back since. Whatever rock, stick or scary monster had gotten stuck in the undercarriage evidently worked itself out. The car is at peace – or maybe just toying with us à la Christine, the demonic car.

Anyway, the appointment having been canceled, there was no longer any need to leave the comforts of home to “stay in some flea bitten hotel” as the DH so eloquently put it. Heat and a chance of scattered showers gave us the excuse to postpone the Tupper Lake part of the trip, so we stayed home and kept working.  

While we have been plodding along, our three sons have been busy, busy, busy. Our eldest, beating his deadline by a hair, will move into his new apartment this weekend; our middle son and his wife found a better house and will move in the next few weeks, and our youngest found a new job that he’ll start it in a week! I’ve been trying to remember a time when I had such energy but I cannot.

If anything exciting happens today or tomorrow, I’ll update the post – but don’t hold your breath. In the meantime, have a great weekend!