Once More To The Lake

Thanks For Putting Up With Us For Three Weeks

It's early — 6:30 — and we have a couple of hours before our Uber picks us up for the Fort Worth/Dallas airport. We're basically packed and ready for breakfast. Our flight leaves at noon, and we should be in Buffalo by 4:00.

Tuesday was a quiet day for Beth, despite it being her birthday. We were up by 7:00 and sat around as usual with our coffee, talking, while I worked on the blog. Once Evie woke up, we finished it up with photos of Beth that Evie had collected over the years. What memories. Unfortunately, one of Beth's teeth was giving her trouble, and despite the Advil, it wasn't letting up — so she managed to get a dentist appointment at 1:00. Just what you want to do on your birthday.

Knowing it was going to be another 90° day, I harnessed up the dogs and took them down to the lake for one last walk. We were out only 25 minutes, but both dogs were huffing and puffing when we got back and made a beeline for their water bowls. Evie and I did some window washing before tackling the less glamorous task of packing for the flight home. Just after noon, Evie checked us in with American Airlines, and I made myself some Asian soup for lunch. Beth had left around 12:30 and returned at 2:30, bringing sandwiches and fries from Chick-fil-A.

We spent the afternoon reading, napping, packing, and waiting for Marisa to return from her final med school exam. She has a couple of weeks off before her second year begins. Around 4:00, I took the dogs out and let them sniff whatever they pleased in the two yards — until thunder sent them scrambling for the door. Marisa arrived around 4:30, and we helped her bring in her cats and bags, keeping the dogs corralled in a bedroom.  

We had our wine at 5:00, and Marisa caught us up on her classes, exams, friends, and the world of her 50-person med school cohort — a selective group, no question. Beth ordered Mexican, delivered by Uber Eats at 6:15, and we gorged on various delights — the highlight being fried plantains with a dab of sour cream. Beth also received phone calls from both Tyler and Mitchell wishing her a happy birthday. We watched a couple of episodes of Malcolm in the Middle, but by 9:45 we'd all had enough, and everyone headed to bed, tired and full.