A Few Little Adventures

Oh I get by with a little help from my friends
I get high with a little help from my friends
Oh I'm gonna try with a little help from my friends.
-The Beatles

The first adventure involved our electricity going out. The ice storm in Kentucky peaked on Wednesday and we lost power that morning. Though we made it through a good part of the day at our house, our friends Amberly and Ryan took us in for a nice warm dinner. We also found friends and neighbors to help us wash dirty diapers and keep an eye on the house. And while we shivered through that first night well enough, our friends Dru and Adam let us stay with them until Saturday morning (unending thanks to all of you!).

That is when we set off for New Jersey. Our flights went well. Lucy was very happy to see her Noni and Poppy on the other end. Since our arrival we've enjoyed good food, lively conversation, and catching up with my folks. Lucy is trying her hardest to coax Gus into a friendship, but he just barks and runs away when she calls out "Pup! Pup!" We'll have a chance to see relatives this week and go up to Nyack for a little visit.

It is so nice to have a respite in between Alan's classes, and for the first time since we've moved I appreciate the onslaught of traffic, the crabby faces, the comforts of my home state. If I'm diligent I will post a few pictures of the whole affair after we return.

Buildings an' people down under the skies
I walk down the street lookin' out through my eyes
Where it's dirty for dirty, it's an eye for an eye
It's a tooth for a tooth an' a sigh for a sigh
An' ev'rything's edgy like musical chairs
An' ev'ryone's lookin', but who really cares?
I'm 's'posed t' be happy, I'm here where it's at
I'm a face in the crowd, I'm a big city cat.
-Steve Forbert