Now It's Time to Say Goodbye

Wow! What an amazing weekend! Full of so many new firsts. Full of dapperness…hehehe And full of happiness. Cherie and I really know how to vacation…LOL

I wrote quite a bit yesterday that I didn’t publish. I’ll probably go through it and piece together a new post from that. I attempted to do a Morning -> Afternoon -> Evening style. But when we got back last night, I was too tired to wrap it up with an evening section…hehehe

I’ll not go into a full recap tonight. The weekend was as full as my heart is…hehehe But I want to have a fresh mind to actually write it all up. Once again, I jotted down most of what we did. At least for the Disney stuff. I did jot some things from today. But there will still be a lot I need to dig out of my memory because I didn’t keep track of all the details along the way today.

Our vacations are my favorite of all time. We do a lot of planning ahead of time. But we also allow the day to flow naturally with the details. So although the big stuff is preplanned, all of the amazing moments within the plans make the vacations what they become…cherished memories that we share and can each carry with us as we go about our lives in between vacations ❤️

I’ve begun packing. I’ll finish it up in the morning because I have some things that need to go in that I’ll also need in the morning…LOL I’m keeping the most important things in my backpack. The clothes and nonessentials are going in the luggage. There is always a chance they need some of us to check our carryon luggage due to the flight being full and not having enough room in the overhead bins. I’ve never had to deal with that. But it’s best to be prepared just in case.

I’m in that bittersweet moment right now. Cherie has gone home. And I’m spending my last night at Ayres. I’m thinking about the amazing vacation we just had. But also thinking about how I’m going home tomorrow. I’m also thinking about how we are going to be back together for another vacation in less than 4 weeks 🤩 And we have already started talking about November. Parting is such sweet sorrow, with a see you real soon…LOL Yeah, bittersweet.

Bingford is on a little retreat…LOL He went home with Cherie so she and her mom can look into some of his face coming loose…LOL I was concerned I wouldn’t tighten things up properly. So I’m grateful they’ll look after him until our next vacation.

I’m hoping tomorrow’s travel will be smoother than my experiences on Friday. It wasn’t my best travel day…LOL I wouldn’t say it was my worst either, though. I still find the little rays of sunshine in the travel experience. I might finish that Disney book I’ve been reading on my flights since last year. And I’m in the middle of “Animal Farm” as well. So I have plenty of reading material for the flights. And I’ll have my art tablet and e-ink notebook if I want to do art or write while at the airports. I also have travel snacks so I won’t need to get food at the airport this time. My experience Friday wasn’t good in the food department…LOL

I’m looking forward to be homing tomorrow night. I’ll be visiting with my parents, who are coming down, and my sister with her husband. So the bittersweet has a little extra sweet waiting for me back home…LOL

It’s hard to say goodbye and watch Cherie leave on a train. Yet, the way we say goodbye is special. It’s only goodbye for a little while. We have the next vacation and dreams of many more ❤️

I am so Blessed and grateful 🥹