Well, the ice cream is made, her bed is freshly sheeted, there is a flower in the window, colorful turkish karagoz puppets are hanging in her workroom window, a construction scaffolding that stood for years in front of the house is disassembled and put away, the place is vacuumed, my office is clean, etc. I'll make her favorite food (colcannon) for dinner tomorrow, as well as the spinach lasagne for when I am gone.
The kids don't want to come to the airport, so it'll be just me there, but they have cleaned their rooms and the house is a welcoming place. I'll put on the finishing touches after this.
My birthday is on the 4th of December but I expect to have to leave again on the 3rd, back to the States, for work. That makes the 2nd the probable birthday party day, possibly combined with an early Christmas party. Yes, it will be interesting to see how much effort and love go into any party then.
I will be offline for a bit while travelling the next few days, hopefully back on Wednesday.
Thank you so much for all the suggestions - they are a wonderful compendium on building togetherness.
How are you doing?
Luke
M58, xW54 S22, D18 M 1984, D 2016 Living a new life.
