Hints of Home

FMM: 4 mi

Good day, Mates,

Since we fly to the U.S. Tuesday, my thoughts are turning toward home. Details have emerged slowly from Molly and Nancy. Nancy let it slip that the stove "doesn't really heat up anymore." Before we left , we threw our beloved 34-year-old mattress to the curb; Molly put hers on our bed. She has since moved and taken her mattress with her, so we are mattress-less. Even the girls' desperate pleas to Dawn for CPR (cardio plant revival) couldn't save the two plants we left behind. Both girls have moved home from the dorm and an apartment and their stuff is evidently stacked throughout the house, with paths to both their beds nearly blocked. Three laundry baskets filled with 10 mos' worth of mail is somewhere. I'm afraid to check the odometer on what was my "new" car. Tim says that a mole has taken up residence in the yard. Oh, and did I mention that Mom is coming to visit for a week as soon as we get home?? If you have further information on my house -- a tree on the roof, a dandelion farm in the front yard, water leaking out the front door -- please keep it to yourself, OK?..In other developments...Jessica and Maura are back from Edinburgh. The girls went to the Arlington Hotel to watch Irish dancing and then back to their favorite Dublin spot: Temple Bar..Bob is off to give his final Fulbright presentation today..We had good bye dinners with friends last night and another scheduled for tonight...Things are winding down...

Trying not to use my imagination,
I remain
Tizzie/Tiz/Tizmom/Mom/Liz/Elizabeth