ahhh Home Again

We are safely home. Jan drove from just before
Atlanta and all the way home while I slept. It was
an easy drive on my end as well. We put over 1200
miles on my car from here to Daytona and then back
up the coast again to Tybee. On Tybee we rarely drove
as I said, when we did it was always under 35 MPH.
Tybee is strictly a slow town in every way. Getting on
that highway today heading home, doing 70 ish… felt
like flying. We all feel like we have been gone much longer
than a week. That it was too much from home and yet not
enough of everything good.

We came in and the pups were as excited as expected.
Kisses for days. They have finally settled down under our
desks as I type and Jan uploads Tybee shots to her flickr.

We are doing laundry, because everything felt dirty when we
unpacked it. So, most everything we took is being washed.
It wasn’t the cleanest place to stay for four days, but we are
ever grateful for the free lodging all the same. To be steps from
the ocean was just too wonderful to pass up. It was a wonderful
time. A few problems here and there but for the most part we all
lived together well and Jan and I found time for ourselves as well.

More images from Jan for me to Mosaic.
Jan’s Flickr

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Our home here was tidy enough, but very dirty. After this week
the dust here was screaming at me to do something with it.
In order to live here I asked Jan and Hilary to help me make it
right. They swept and mopped and started the mounds of laundry.
I dusted and set things right. You could tell two men were
living here this week. But, there again I am grateful for the care
they did take to help us with the pets and general house stuff.

So, we are unpacked, sorted the mound of mail and cleaned
the house enough to do for now. Now I feel at home… breathing easy.
Jan is watching a week of her soap now. She has to go back to
work tomorrow. I peeked in the studio a bit ago. It’s all there waiting.
I have ideas forming, many images to draw even more from.

For now, I want to get my laundry finished and relax a bit.
Maybe make some veggies for dinner. Tybee is wonderful but very
much a seafood and fries, chicken and fries kind of place. We are
tired of fried foods and crave veggies. My body is royally pissed
about it actually.

Oh I forgot to say, the fireworks display off the pier last night
was probably the best any of us has ever seen. It went on for
about 25 minutes according to Jan. If you ever get the chance,
be there for it. But plan on bumper to bumper traffic out to the island.
Thank goodness we didn’t have to drive in for it! Those poor people!

Zoe is at my heels waiting for my lap again.
Occasionally moaning sorrowfully at me, seemingly saying
“why did you go away so long.” She is such a vocal dog.
Emotional, loving, often too much. But that is a part of her charm.
She is me.

I have missed music… just saying.
There wasn’t nearly enough of it this week.