#52--homecoming

Alas—we are home…but before we got here, here’s what happened…

We woke up Monday and packed up—we all felt conflicted on going home and all that’s involved, but over all—we knew it all had to end. The good news is that I figure that we can take the trailer about once a year and go someplace for a month. We learned about efficiency and saving money, so it should be feasible to do something about every year—at least that is our plan.

Monday we basically just drove, talked, and watched the country change. Stopped east of Ok City at Firelake Grand Casino, where they let us camp for free in their parking lot and didn’t care if we use the generator. Stacy and I went to it and ended up having a lucrative night. I won $30!!!!! And Stacy helped the cause by winning $210. It was cool.

We woke Tuesday with fog and a dreary day. We drove some more. We ended up at home by 5:30 and after doing the basic head count and finding the house all well, we joined our group up at El Charro’s. Not our official homecoming but a small start.

Tomorrow is Stacy’s B-day so it will be her day. I bathed 3 of the dirtiest dogs tonight and we have clean sheets so I figure sleeping late will be the first agenda. It also sounds like she wants pizza so that will probably be lunch and it sounds like there will be an even bigger gathering at El Charros tomorrow night. Then hopefully we can just relax a bit. Our friend Audrey did a good job on keeping up on the bills so it is an easier homecoming than some. And everyone did a good job on the house and working some in the studio. And it sounds like as long as we kept it to just one month—all would take it on again.

We appreciate everyone’s effort—taking care of our life can take some time…So we need to find our trinkets and gifts and pass those out after Stacy has felt she has had her moment. But it is first off Stacy’s day…