The time has literally zoomed by since Anders arrived last Sunday. It feels like he just arrived and now he leaves. We're not ready for that to happen. And making it tougher is he slept in till 9:30 giving us even fewer remaining hours with him. But I'm glad he was comfortable enough to do just that especially since we've had such a busy week. At least we'll be sending him home well rested.
Eggs and toaster pastries with some good cold milk was his breakfast this morning. He raced through that because he wanted to go shopping again at the Dollar Tree. He decided he needed to give Karsten a cup too and therefore had to find one other thing for Dagny. Course grandma is buying again so knew he also wanted more Pokemon cards for himself. But that is ok - it was just fun going out with him on this mission. He finally settled on some glittery nail polish for his sister.
We returned and stopped at Ken's cousins place to see if John would give him a short lesson in playing Shuffleboard. John is on the team here at Hillcrest and a pretty good player. He was delighted to spend time with Anders and show him some of the fine points. And it didn't take long for Anders to catch on to the rhythm of the game. He scored in every round which is certainly far better than I've been able to do. Anders definitely has a gift for games - physical and mental.
We couldn't stay long as the clock was ticking and I wanted to get back to pack the items that had been in the dryer as well as make a pan of chocolate chip cookies to put in his backpack for nibbling on the trip home in the plane. By the time that was done we had to load the car and go. And take one last picture of him in front of the house with his Grandpa.
I'd made sure he had his packet of ticketing info around his neck before heading to the car and sending him for a trip to the bathroom before we started the drive. Well, that proved disastrous as he took off the packet to go to the bathroom and left it in the chair so 20 minutes into the trip he noticed it wasn't around his neck (what can I say, I didn't notice). We had to turn around and go back to get it then really felt under the gun to make it in time. But we lucked out. Ken dropped us off and we were able to get to an agent without waiting more than a minute or so. Then she informed us the plane was delayed so we had lots of extra time.
I figured the best places for something to eat would be on in the terminal after we went through security. Besides we then would be through and not wondering if there was a long wait to get through. Well, I was wrong. There was precious little choice but we did find a stand where they made 4 piece pizzas so ordered one and a drink. He ended up only eating 2 pieces, so I had the other two. He followed that up with a fresh cooked cookie from his back pack. Then we played a couple of games of King's Corners before heading to the gate.
After reporting in we found a seat where we could watch the plane come in and started a game of Fish. Before we were done, they called his name and he was escorted on the plane. He was so focused on the destination he really wasn't even in to giving a hug. But then that made me feel good because he was so determined to be the "big" boy and look confident and ready to take on the world. But it sure was hard to see him go!!!
I hung around till the plane left and gave it time to take off talking with Janet for a short time to let her know he was on his way. Then I set off to find Ken who was waiting down in the baggage area. By then, Bette Foulke was wondering why I hadn't been in touch with her as we were meeting for dinner. The delayed plane and extra time needed to see it take off really put us behind the time schedule. But we could GPS the time and distance, let them know and arrange to meet there.
So 45 minutes later we were sitting at a table with them at the Red Lobster on Bruce B Downs and having a delightful time. Ken is starting to come down with this same crud I have so once we were home he was good for watching a couple of taped Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune games and then was off to bed feeling rather miserable. I will crawl in shortly and hope not to cough my head off like last night. This is where I get very envious of him because he seems to be able to sleep no matter what- sure wish I could. Oh well, not much on the calendar for the next couple of days so maybe on can get the photos added to these blogs tomorrow and still get lots of extra rest.
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