Peach's new home

It was a mix of feelings today: sad because I will miss the Peach while I'm here, and happy because I know she has a wonderful new home. There are other cats & dogs there, and she is a very sociable 4-legged, to be sure. The 2 legged who runs the place is very partial to dogs & cats, so I am confident the Peach will adjust nicely. Still it's hard for her not being here tonight. I miss here drolling on me, rubbing on me and generally getting all the strokes she can.
The Peach was such a close link to LaVerne. After L's Tai (her German shepard) passed away, L & the Peach became even closer. I have an oil portrait of Peach and hope to have it for a long time. With peach blossoms on her head & a fruit between her paws, it's easy to see how she got her name. She is, for sure, THE peach.....I miss you sweet peach and know that all is well, or will be, for you.....enjoy!

Serenity, please

With departure only 2 weeks & a day away, frustrations have been mounting lately. People not doing what they say they will do, phone calls not being returned & general beauracratic b.s. has made me a little irritable. So, I did what I've done so many times over the past couple of years: went for a long walk & recited the Serenity Prayer, long version. It's the best prayer I know & never gets old. Reinhold Niebuhr is credited with this version.

"God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can & the wisdom to know the difference, living one day at a time, enjoying one moment at a time, accepting hardship as a pathway to peace, taking, as Jesus did, this sinful world as it is, not as I would have it, trusting that You will make all things right if I surrender to Your will, so I may reasonably happy in this life and supremely happy with You, forever, in the next. Amen"

It works for me every single time, no matter what's bothering me. Perhaps it may help you through a tough spot sometime.

Itinerary

The next leg of the big adventure is coming together nicely. Here's how it stands today:
May 4 Depart Raleigh, arrive Twin Lakes campground Lake Hartwell, SC

May 18 Depart Twin Lakes, arrive Cedar Mountain, NC, Black Forest campground (near Brevard)

June 18 Depart Cedar Mountain. Destination not yet determined. Probably Hot Springs, NC, then to West Virginia

July 19 Arrive Douthat State Park, VA. Camping with the Crowder boys (SIL & grandsons)

July 26 Depart Douthat State Park, maybe. Destination not yet determined.

August 10 Arrive Lake Powhatan (aka Bent Creek), near Asheville for 45th high school reunion.

August 24 Depart Lake Powhatan. Destination yet to be determined.

September To be in Charleston around mid-month for the wedding of a friend. May also attend Tradition Golf School, for the 3rd time, at Pawley's Island, SC

October & November Possible destinations include St. George Island, FL, again. Gulfport, Mississippi. Orlando, Port Canaveral.

December 1 Arrive Sarasota, FL.

Updates will be posted as they occur and labeled as such in the title section. Thanks for looking!

"On the road again..."

The house is for rent, Peaches may have found a new home & I have a reservation at Twin Lakes on Lake Hartwell, SC starting May 4 for 2 weeks. Lots to do and feeling very good about it. "I can't wait to get on the road again..."