Retired to the Island

Online, 4 am Friday morning Blondie’s flight rescheduled to 7 am the following morning, which was just an hour before ours. We needed to get home and go to the store before Monday. Tuesday was New Year’s Day and everything is closed.


Our marbette is out the first, so no driving after the first except to get the marbette. The first time the sticker expired, we were stopped, just lucky I guess.

The taxi driver volunteered to take us to Orlando for less than I could rent a car for a day one way, so we had a driver from Mobile to Orlando, oh happy day. After weeks of stress, I slept rather well on the road.

The at United’s Pet Safe Program do a great job. Blondie checked without a hitch. Since it was only the third time being in a crate in her life, I am so proud of her.

A good friend met us at Aguadilla Airport at noon. By three pm I was in the store buying groceries. It’s so good to be home.

A little time to clean, and then I’d be ready to go back to the airport to pickup Blondie, who took the scenic route through New York. Does it seem like there should be a problem coming up about now? Yes, that would be no water. There seems to always be a problem with the water company. That’s probably why we all have 500 gallon reservoirs on our roofs. Having water during storms is just a happy bonus.

We were back at the Aguadilla Airport at midnight. He flight wasn’t due in until 12:40 am, so we parked where we could watch the plane come in. About 1:40 am the phone woke us up. A woman’s voice wanted to know how soon we could pick our dog up. From the sound of the barking in the back ground Blondie wanted to know the same thing.

The last day of 2012 we did as little as possible. The beginning of the New Year is celebrated with fireworks. Across our valley bursts of colors punctuated the celebration. Retired to the island; happy New Year everybody.