Things are getting incredibly busy here. We’re beginning to schedule our days out completely before we leave so that we’ll get all the 1000 and one details done on time. It’s not easy leaving a running business and a pile of animals for two weeks.
Interestingly, I think the big Guy in the sky has a great sense of humor. In the past few days, things have been breaking left and right just to test our composure and fortitude, I think. Sharon’s system has developed the Blue Screen of Death syndrome every 20 minutes or so after running solidly for two years. Our HP Laser Printer/Fax/Scanner and decided it can no long align the scanner and shuts off every few hours with the message, “Scanner Error – Power Off – Power On”. In other news, my motorcycle front forks have blown a seal, the front wheel of my pickup truck was in danger of falling off but we caught it in time, our house sitter cancelled. Sharon’s pulled a muscle in her foot, we couldn’t find our international voltage adapter equipment and had to buy some on the Internet in a rush last minute fashion, and my lower back it telling me that I was unwise with some of the stretches I did in aerobics recently. Ah yes, and then there’s the airline bombing scare in Britan and the resulting uncertainty about what can and cannot be taken on the plane (and us with three airlines, three jumps and 28 hours of travel between Seattle and putting our foot down on the earth in Christchurch, New Zealand).
On the good side, New Zealand has not sunk into the sea and western civilization is still holding together . So, it’ll all be alright – we hope.