Monday was another nonstop, whirlwind kind of day. Dawn and I walked over to Sunrise Restaurant and met with Mary, Lori, and Erin. Jonnie was not feeling good, so she didn’t join us. We ended up sitting there for 2.5 hours talking, laughing, and reminiscing.
When we got back home, we took Joey for a walk and then had about 10 minutes to rest before we left for a tour of some apartments at Greenspire. I know, I haven’t mentioned this much but I have decided to move back to Stoughton and this is one of the subsidized options there. Every apartment was remodeled last summer and cabinets, appliances, bathrooms, heating & AC, patios or balconies were all completely redone. It is a complex of about 80 units in ten two-story buildings. The grounds are nice with mature trees and it is location in a residential area. After seeing the options, I am thinking a 2nd floor unit with balcony would be preferred. So…I am looking at a possible move in July or August, depending on availability of units.
The hardest part about this will be moving away from Ben and his family, as I have been closely involved with them for the last 13+ years. My thinking on this is that when I do come to his house for a visit, it will be more hands on quality time spent with the family - rather than the little snippets of time we have together now. I feel that I am ready for small town living again, will welcome the quiet that comes with that, and I don’t feel I will ever lack for an active social life.
Dawn and I went to The Feiring, a new restaurant in town and had a cocktail and a serving of bruschetta that were both yummy. Then we walked over to Fahrenheit 361 and she had a glass of wine and I abstained since I was feeling pretty chipper after the jalapeño margarita that I had at the previous place. I dropped her off and then went to hang out with Pat and Tracey for about an hour before saying our goodbyes. The days have been really busy and full and I have slept so good every night - including an 8-hour window of sleep one night - that just doesn’t happen for me very often.
This morning I was packed up and ready to hit the road by 9:30 and I made it home by 3:00 with a short stop at Randy’s house in St Paul to drop off a care package from Dawn. It feels real good to be back home and I enjoyed a nice, hot bath and walk to the park.
