Day 88
The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step … one step and six animals!
This will be interesting!
Today I relinquished possession of the house I’ve called home for the last (nearly) 26 years … we moved in on Father’s Day 1986. And at 5pm today, May 2, 2012, the four dogs, 2 cats and I piled into the car and started the next chapter of our lives.
It sounds magical and like this would be quite the adventure … all of us – cozy in the car – headed off together into the great unknown … starting on the next phase … in a city I have not lived in since I was 22 and in a house that I bought sight-unseen. In theory, yes.
But before I got to the end of the block Gertie (Pug #1) had taken over the pillow meant for Oscar (Cat #1), Yoshi (Pug #2) was panting so hard I thought she was going to have a heart attack, Dori (Pug #3) had settled into the front passenger seat pillow but was now plastered against the window trying to get away from Oscar who had taken over her place in the car. Mobes was in her dog fort (big carrier) – half in/half out and panting in rhythm with Yoshi … and Henry (Cat #2) was the only one minding their own business snuggled away in his own private carrier.
While the dogs and cats were doing all that I was trying not to run anyone or anything over because I was trying to get Oscar off Dori’s pillow and back into the back area while keeping Gertie from flying into the windshield from the perch atop Moby’s carrier when I came to the first stop sign.
Let’s just say I think the open road may be a little easier to navigate than side streets in suburbia with a van load of animals.
We are all now snuggled in at Sam’s place, for the night. Everyone has calmed down a bit … even Mobes who was so whacked out she spent the evening in the bathtub hiding!
We are all emotionally exhausted … so, we are off to bed. Tomorrow we hit the highway and so the journey begins …