So it's been a while since I've posted. I apologize, but I do have a good excuse.
My paradise is lost... We have moved again... To Michigan.
Well, actually we are in the process of moving... a hotel is our home for this month while we wait to move into the new house. I used to think hotels were fun but now they are just depressing. Too confining.
Especially for our dog. He's gotten into the hotel kitchen at dinner time, made acquaintances with a skunk, dragged my 4 year old out to the pool (and scraped her up something fierce), and regurgitated more than once onto the floor... The hotel will probably throw a big party when we leave...
But the explorative walks in the woods behind our house, the season of unlimited snow skiing I had planned on, the warm days sunning at the beach, the empty lake waiting for our boat to disturb it's waters, the friends who loved us just the way we were... those days are gone for us.
It's been hard for me, but I'm trying to look forward. There are new adventures to be found. Maybe not the same things we had in Duluth, but good things nonetheless...
Shopping is less than a mile away from the new house, schools are rated higher and the kids seem happy there, the roads aren't crumbling quite as bad, and our neighborhood is nestled among a beautiful country club so my walks will still be scenic --but I will miss letting the dogs run free.
Something about letting the dogs run free feels really good. Maybe it's just because I can't hold the leash tight anymore...
Well, it's time to pick up the kids from school... gotta hold onto that leash...
