Thank you for all of the good times over the past nine years. We will miss you. As we sit here at the airport(frantically taking care of last minute details), we are afraid to think too much about leaving you. We worry that if we do, we will start crying and fall apart. Hopefully we will see you again soon.
Love,
Us
Mom came over and helped clean the house to ensure everything is tidy and in order before we leave. I need to change our addresses on our bills, sell my car and a host of other really boring things.
If we don’t get to see you before we leave, we are sorry. Please keep in touch.
FYI – After the previous post, we have given up on the slanted Aerobed and have moved to the neighbor’s spare bed.
Old habits die hard. Both of our dogs are living at our new homes. Even though I know this, I still find myself heading straight to the back door to let the dogs out as soon as I wake, wondering whether I can take them with me when I run an errand and checking the waterbowl to make sure they have water.
We have spoken with their new mommies and daddies. It sounds like they are both doing well. Here is a cute picture of them out and about with their friend Dixie. Whenever we walked the three of them together, we got lots of attention and more than a few stares.
We have our tickets booked! Even though I have only a few days left in town and sleep on an air mattress, I still have to pinch myself to believe this is happening. We will leave on the 19th and arrive in Geneva on the 20th. Don’t plan on seeing us around town after Wednesday though.
As I was packing up the car today, I received a call from him with BIG news. Our permission for visas has arrived. I delayed leaving to get all the things we need together and am headed to the Swiss Consulate in ATL tomorrow morning. They will then process our information and issue the visa from the consulate. I guess this should be titled “We Almost Have Visas”.
By the way, wasn’t she the cutest little puppy. This is from when we moved in.
We just returned from seeing family in Michigan. It was great to see so many loved ones. We saw both of our fathers, four siblings and their families. We also got to see YaYa and her son (not her real name, but she is a real Greek YaYa and our adopted family). It made us really happy to be able to spend some quality time with people we love. It was a little sad as well. Our visit was tinged with the knowledge that we won’t get to see them again until we come for a visit in December. Our nieces and nephews will have grown and we will have missed a lot of the everyday things in their lives.
Another reason for the trip was to take Jud to his new home. This meant separating Jud and Iz. I took her to the neighbors so that she wouldn’t see him leave. He jumped our fence trying to go with his sister. It was heartbreaking.
We took him to his new home in Michigan. He will live on a farm and he seemed to like it there. He met chickens for the first time. I’m not going to lie. I was a bit worried about how he would do with them and whether he would want to eat them (he is not a fan of Mr. Squirrel). He was really excited (charged the fencing to investigate) and then got over his excitement (thank goodness). When he tried to follow us out the door of our new home, both of us got misty. Well, he got misty. I cried like a baby.
The silver lining is that we have found them the best possible homes with good mommies and daddies. Jud’s new family reports that he is doing okay and seems to be up to his old tricks (gazing admiringly at you while you sleep, following people around the house, getting very excited for a bite of cheese, etc).
Iz is smart, observant and seems to understand too much of what is happening. I wanted to take her to her new home as soon as possible to end her uneasiness. Tomorrow, I will leave to take her there. It a great home and I am sure she will be happy there.
We returned an hour ago and have already recommenced with moving preparations. I have been making telephone calls and am off to run some errands. He is studying French.
We can’t go to Switzerland with our mom and dad. Please adopt us.
Jeff Cooke took these adorable photos of us. His website is: http://www.jeffcookephotography.ca/
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