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gerisullivanThe 85-mile trip home took most of 5.5 hours today. I built in several breaks, stopping for a half-hour or more pretty much every half-hour of driving. First at the NESFA Clubhouse, then at Whole Foods and Trader Joe's, then a welcome visit with ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
nesfan, and finally at the Charleton rest area, just for good measure.
The frequent stops proved to be a good strategy. When I arrived home, I had enough energy to move sixteen packed bags plus two bags of groceries from the car to the first floor of the Zeppelin Hangar. Sorry,fringefaan; it wasn't 3x3, but rather 4x4. (The ants go marching....)
The house is standing, but the window box was somehow knocked mostly to the ground while I was gone and my beloved not-a-gargoyle is now a scattered mass of shards. I suspect a deer came in close to investigate the romaine lettuce growing in the window box, then had the bejeesus scared out of it when it knocked the window box loose from its rack. I supposed it could have been some other animal larger than a squirrel and smaller than a deer, but deer seem the most likely suspects.
I've just started reading Jim Butcher's Dresden Files books. Perhaps magic or wizardry are responsible, instead.
It sure was a good gargoyle. I'll miss him.
Still, it's good to be home.
I took the bag of dirty laundry downstairs and started the dehumidifier -- the basement really needs it. I suppose I should carry a bag upstairs and make sure everything is okay there, too. There's only one problem. If I do, I may well just fall into bed and sleep the sleep of the healing.
nesfan, and finally at the Charleton rest area, just for good measure.The frequent stops proved to be a good strategy. When I arrived home, I had enough energy to move sixteen packed bags plus two bags of groceries from the car to the first floor of the Zeppelin Hangar. Sorry,
fringefaan; it wasn't 3x3, but rather 4x4. (The ants go marching....)The house is standing, but the window box was somehow knocked mostly to the ground while I was gone and my beloved not-a-gargoyle is now a scattered mass of shards. I suspect a deer came in close to investigate the romaine lettuce growing in the window box, then had the bejeesus scared out of it when it knocked the window box loose from its rack. I supposed it could have been some other animal larger than a squirrel and smaller than a deer, but deer seem the most likely suspects.
I've just started reading Jim Butcher's Dresden Files books. Perhaps magic or wizardry are responsible, instead.
It sure was a good gargoyle. I'll miss him.
Still, it's good to be home.
I took the bag of dirty laundry downstairs and started the dehumidifier -- the basement really needs it. I suppose I should carry a bag upstairs and make sure everything is okay there, too. There's only one problem. If I do, I may well just fall into bed and sleep the sleep of the healing.
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yaay, go you!
Date: 2009-06-12 01:55 am (UTC)Glad you're home. Maybe you needed a more sturdy gargoyle, like one of those stone-looking but some kind of composite ones from Toscano.
My friend Allison has a buddha that is stone. It may be a genuine stone carving, it is about 150 lbs even though it doesn't look like could weigh that much. Someone boosted it at her apartment when she lived near the Plaza, then tried to sell it to one of the antique dealers at 43rd and State Line. Who knew Allie. And called her, "I think we have your buddha, someone tried to sell it to us. We took it and said 'we had to appraise it, can you come back later?' ...."
The person got to meet the police appraiser...
Re: yaay, go you!
Date: 2009-06-12 06:26 am (UTC)