So after my we´re back post, we weren´t. But hopefully we are now... no promises.
We sent mom and Elliott to the airport this morning. After having people continuously at the house for the last 2.5 - 3 months (with 2 more weeks to go), it was bittersweet to see them go. We had a blast, an absolute blast, I am proud to report. It was great to spend so much time with Elliott. We haven´t done that in, well, ever. I think he had a bit of fun too. And having my mom and dad here was like a suspension of reality. All of the things that we usually worry about, bills, food, enetertainment at a good price, travelling and being able to afford it, seemed to magically be taken care of. It was a HUGE sigh of relief.
We have a full kitchen, an even fuller apartment, and lots of happy memories from this trip. Having them here made us SO excited about them flying us home at Christmas time and being able to spend all of that time with them on vacation. SO EXCITED!
More about their trip when I´m at a better computer!
In other news, Chuki spent his first nights away from us (excluding the hospital) when mom, Elliott, Ryan and I went to the coast. We were gone Wednesday night till Sunday night and I´m proud to report that he did great! Sebas, our friend that watched him, and his family used to have two boxers. So it was a win win situation. Sebas´s and his family got to have a puppy in the house (well in the yard) and we got to go away. Although, we wished we could have taken him because the hostel we stayed at had 4 dogs that Chukes would have loved to play with.
Anyways, despite all the AMAZING meals that we had and the stock pile of cash that we´ve created, Ryan and I were back to soup today. We were sitting at the kitchen table, trying to decide what to add to the ¨Wish List¨ (a list we created of things we need for the apt. that people who stay with us can buy instead of paying us ´rent´.) Anyways, as you can imagine, a lot of those things were purchased by my parents! Including the can opener and the pepper grinder, which we are extremely happy about! We both said, ít feels good to be back to soup´. Weird? Maybe. But its our routine, and its good to be back to it.
Anywho, more later. I promise. I just dropped off 41 lbs of dirty laundry to be washed. See the beauty of soup is, if we eat soup we dont have to scrub the 41 lbs of laundry. Oh the trade offs of life.
I hope everyone had a great 4th of July. I must say it was weird, having the day come and go without a single fire work, flag, or friends around! We miss you all and can´t wait to see you at Christmas time.
MULUB,
Taylor
