Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Our kind neighbor next door didn’t realize Glade had been sick.  Once he found out, he made a special trip to a popular restaurant not too far from here and brought back some delicious chicken noodle soup for our lunch yesterday—hot and ready to eat.  More kindness at every turn.  What lessons we are learning.  It will be nice to soon be on the giving end!!

Things improve every day and Glade is feeling better—mostly.  He still has a cough that will keep him out of the temple tomorrow, but he is so much better!  This flu he had was nasty and hit him hard.  I’m still following him around spraying Lysol in his wake and Clorox-ing all the surfaces—doorknobs, handles, cupboards, etc. 

We managed to pack our big suitcases today and Glade made it to the store to buy another suitcase so we can fit all of our things in.  We shouldn’t have to check it as an extra bag, however, because we each get two free bags and can put one of our small carry-ons in the overhead bin.  So that’s one more hurdle jumped and one step closer to being ready.  I’m going to the temple tomorrow and will be there for the next four days!  Glade probably won’t try to go until Thursday, depending on his cough, etc. 

The sun is shining, the grass is greening fast, and the grounds keepers are busy spraying, trimming, and digging up plants that will need to be transplanted during the renovation.  It definitely feels like spring.  I wake up every morning to a sweet birdsong right outside the window just before dawn.  And then the train rumbles by and I have come to love its familiar sound and feeling of comfortable familiarity.

Squirrels are on the prowl and this black one and his bushy-tailed brown friend chase food trails right outside our window.  I'm going to miss these sassy little creatures!

Love, good health, success, and happiness are always in our prayers for each of you!  Love you  😊  (Wish I knew how to do a heart or something else here!)