Final Chapter:
It's now very late Thursday night and I've been trying to finish up with my blog entries. I think I've finally caught up, and I'm pleased to say that officially I have finally successfully completed my very first travel diary (completed being the optimum word!) I hope that anyone who chose to read this was somehow entertained (and thanks for keeping up with our adventures and my verbose entries!!) but I ultimately wanted to jot all the events down to keep as memories for James and I to read now and then- as I know we won't be able to make a trip such as this again for long a while to come. As I glanced down at the time in the bottom right of the screen just now I saw it read as 11.49pm-we have basically finished packing, James and Ben are in the TV room watching a documentary and Fred, I think, is waiting for me to leave so he can get in his kennel and go to bed. It's funny- I know as soon as I finish this entry that's exactly what I will do- leave the room, turn out the lights and go to bed, and then when I wake up it will almost be time to leave. I almost feel like if I keep writing it will slow down time, do you know what I mean?
Chinese dinner tonight was great, although we had a very sad goodbye with Apple and Pop who made us promise we'd be back in the not too distant future. I hate goodbyes. It was bad enough when I just had James to say goodbye to, now we both have to say goodbye to his whole family. Errggghhh.
Part of me is ready to go home; only because I miss the cats and I've now spent all my spending money (aside from approximately US$7.50, hehe) and of course it will be great to see friends and family again. But I am also dreading going home, having to walk into our house and discover all that we had that we now no longer have. I just don't want to have to walk in there and see all of that, even the thought of it makes me feel sick to my stomach. Ever since news of the robbery both James and I have had it in the back of our minds, always thinking about it more or less. We can't sleep properly at night because we can't stop thinking about it, just going round and round in our minds. Sometimes I have been able to shrug it off in a way because rationally I know there's nothing at all that can be done about it now so why dwell on it?! But it's easier said than done. I mostly just hate the violation of it all, the person with no conscience who did this to us. Hmm, anyway, we have to go and face what needs to be faced- and from all the emails we've received from our friends and family I know we don't have to do it on our own. I can't tell them all just how greatly we appreciate that.
I suppose this is my goodbye to Baltimore, and to the travel section of my blog... (until our next weekend adventure with friends I suppose!!) We have had a truly amazing time, spent with the most beautiful people- and we will have countless memories to treasure always :-) We both feel very lucky to have had the opportunity to come here and be looked after by our wonderful family :-)
When we get home I'll auto-balance and post some pics, so stay posted!
Sooo... at the end of our time here my animal count is as follows: I have seen 25 squirrels, 7 deer, 2 cats (Leo and Max), countless dogs (including Fred, Shags, Regan, Ky, Mesa, Lexie and Colby), 1 rabbit, 1 fox and a dead raccoon (it still counts!!)
Chinese dinner tonight was great, although we had a very sad goodbye with Apple and Pop who made us promise we'd be back in the not too distant future. I hate goodbyes. It was bad enough when I just had James to say goodbye to, now we both have to say goodbye to his whole family. Errggghhh.
Part of me is ready to go home; only because I miss the cats and I've now spent all my spending money (aside from approximately US$7.50, hehe) and of course it will be great to see friends and family again. But I am also dreading going home, having to walk into our house and discover all that we had that we now no longer have. I just don't want to have to walk in there and see all of that, even the thought of it makes me feel sick to my stomach. Ever since news of the robbery both James and I have had it in the back of our minds, always thinking about it more or less. We can't sleep properly at night because we can't stop thinking about it, just going round and round in our minds. Sometimes I have been able to shrug it off in a way because rationally I know there's nothing at all that can be done about it now so why dwell on it?! But it's easier said than done. I mostly just hate the violation of it all, the person with no conscience who did this to us. Hmm, anyway, we have to go and face what needs to be faced- and from all the emails we've received from our friends and family I know we don't have to do it on our own. I can't tell them all just how greatly we appreciate that.
I suppose this is my goodbye to Baltimore, and to the travel section of my blog... (until our next weekend adventure with friends I suppose!!) We have had a truly amazing time, spent with the most beautiful people- and we will have countless memories to treasure always :-) We both feel very lucky to have had the opportunity to come here and be looked after by our wonderful family :-)
When we get home I'll auto-balance and post some pics, so stay posted!
Sooo... at the end of our time here my animal count is as follows: I have seen 25 squirrels, 7 deer, 2 cats (Leo and Max), countless dogs (including Fred, Shags, Regan, Ky, Mesa, Lexie and Colby), 1 rabbit, 1 fox and a dead raccoon (it still counts!!)
SEE YOU BALTIMORE!
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