We can take it. I know it always seems to pour when it rains sometimes but this week is full of those times.

We we had been planning a littile get-away to the mountains for a while. Leaving this morning and returning Saturday or Sunday. All that is still happening but not without a few hiccups. My dear aunt passed away the other night. She was 91 years young and had been in hospice care for the past couple of months. Her memorial service will be Saturday night in South Carolina so it just means we will have a slight change of plans and be able to drive over to attend and visit with relatives. She and my uncle, my mother’s only surviving brother, were married 70 years!

Our old chocolate lab, Sarge, who is pushing 14 is going to be crossing the rainbow bridge soon. We boarded him with a heavy heart this morning after finding a hard growth on his rear the other day. He has been in failing health, not eating much, and has lost around 15-20 pounds in the past few months. The vet said previously he has had mini-strokes which has caused his odd gait. But at times he seems like his old perky self. The vet called us about an hour into our trip and said it’s colo-rectal cancer. Surgery is not an option really as he likely would not survive. So we just asked that he be comfortable until we return. We know what we will do as we talked about it last night. Doesn’t mke it any easier. Sarge will be in a large air conditioned doggie condo while we are gone and will be loved on. We know that.

This is morning around 2 am I awoke to our house alarm beeping. Not the siren but the monitor beeping. Got up and it indicated a battery in one of the window sensors was bad. I hit a few buttons and went back to bed. It started up again around 5:30. DH got up and so did I. There is a feature where you can hit a series of buttons and it will turn off the beeping for 8 hours. I did that, which I though I had done at 2 am. We looked for extra batteries. Of course we had none of that sort. DH checked the battery and it still showed good. Dunno. So the bleeping thing may beep while we are gone. Don’t know, don’t care.

Sorry for the rambling. And venting. Sigh!!