Madison is the second largest city in Wisconsin. Sisimiut is the second largest city in Greenland. Madison is 2200 miles south of the Arctic Circle. Sisimiut is 25 miles north of the Arctic Circle. Today's lows in Madison were far lower than the lows of Sisimiut. No wonder we have our eyes out for that territory. Palm tree weather over there! Sure, below freezing, but with our know-how, anything's possible.
Henry slept far better than I did. Too much in my head right now. Not helped by the fact that I was nearly at the end of my second Maeve Binchy book and it was captivating! Plus I had picked Adolescence (the Netflix mini series that claimed more than one award last week) for my evening viewing pleasure and I have to say, it's been a long time since I've seen such a good series on TV. At once riveting and terrifying (because of the huge negative impact social media can have on kids), I wondered if I should just binge watch all four episodes. In the end I pulled myself away after one, but the show stayed with me and kept me awake. As did the book. As did my musings about Henry. As did the forthcoming trip. Who says older people ruminate over one issue? I jumped between so many! I tell you, it was not a peaceful night.
And the morning was cold. But beautiful.
And breakfast was wonderful. I finished the book and liked the ending and I snuggled with Henry and life was good again.
(getting bigger...)
When I drove him to doggie daycare (his last trip there for a good many days), he strained as usual to look out the front window (Snowdrop calls him the navigating Henry) to see where we were going. As soon as we got to the last quarter mile, he began whining and wagging to go be with his playmates. He is that happy to be with other dogs.
At home, I pack Henry's suitcase. Tomorrow he goes to camp. Am I nervous about this? Of course I am! But unlike the first time, I do know he will manage and will come home a happy pup.
In the afternoon I have a complicated pick up: of Sparrow at school, of mom at work, of Snowdrop after drama club, of Henry and Goose from daycare. We do it all. And talk about multi-tasking! While we were getting Snowdrop, I got a call from Henry's vet to talk about his elevator anxiety. I had to say -- forgive me, I'm in the car, with the kids and we're driving up to Culver's, excuse me for a minute, (turning now to the Culver's drive-up ordering) that'll be a kid's meal with a cheeseburger with nothing on it, yes of course with the cheese, just nothing else, with small fries with ketchup, and water and no, we don't have a custard chip and also a medium fries with no ketchup, no nothing else on that either, okay now about the elevator fears...What is it kids? Yes, that's doctor Sarah, your aunt's best friend from school... now back to the issue of the elevator... I was thinking, maybe I should get a second dog for him? Multitasking I tell you!
(these two are not afraid of elevators)
(how they love the excitement of the two dogs coming home...)
Home. Henry is snuggled up next to me, having me feel terrible for leaving him tomorrow. I'm binge finishing the Adolescence series. I finished the book, I ate up all the left-overs. I did not finish packing. I did not finish telling Henry how much I'll miss him. I'll ask them to send photos, every day!
with so much love...
