Sue went to Florida today. She left me a list as long as my arm with instructions on how to feed the dogs. Lisle gets two thirds of the homemade food. Pete gets three fifths of what’s left of that and Mac gets the rest. Then they also get a can of commercially produced food. Lisle gets nine sixteenths of that, Pete gets two thirds of what’s left and Mac gets the remainder. Lisle gets the most because she’s a St. Bernard and bigger than the others. Mac gets the least because he’s loosing his figure. Make sure their water bucket has fresh water every day. The birds get water every morning, and stir their food to get the cracked hulls off the top of their bowl. Birds will starve to death because they eat the top layer of seeds and leave the cracked hulls. Then they think they don’t have any more food because they’re not smart enough to dig thru and find more good seeds. They also get some grass and parsley. Me? I get half a can of beans in the morning, a saucer of milk at noon, and a pork chop at night.
I took her up to the Skyline bus terminal where she will take the 30-minute ride to the airport. She was wearing shorts and a t-shirt. I told her she should take a jacket or something to cuddle up with for the 3-hour ride. She took her flannel shirt. She didn’t think she needed that since it’s going to be 75 degrees here in Denver and at least that warm in Florida.
The parking lot at the Park N Ride has a place called Park N Kiss where you can park free for 10 minutes and kiss. We kissed. Not for long, though because the bus came right away, the bus driver tossed Sue’s suitcase into the luggage compartment and she paid her fare, found a seat and sat down. Then she took her camera out and took some pictures of me standing outside looking at her. Then the bus pulled away. I watched it go down the street, then got in my car and came home.
I have the empty nest syndrome. There will be no one here to say, “Where’s my keys?” or “What’s for dinner?” or “Will you please get up on the roof and get the leaves out of the gutter?” or “Let’s go to bed and read.”
She’ll be back on Tuesday. Thank God!
