Our family reunited

For a month Jett and I have survived without Rusty. Jett’s son Josh took him from Florida to Virginia so that we could get north on the train (where dogs are not allowed) and took very good care of him. He returned him to us last Friday by driving up from Virginia after we took up residence in the Extended Stay America (ESA) hotel in Westborough MA. I am sure that Josh would have made the trip any time we asked (thank you, Josh!) but he conveniently combined the delivery of Rusty with attendance at his aunt Sybil’s 80th birthday party. Sybil is, of course, Jett’s sister. She was very happy to have her nephew at her party.

Rusty probably misses the large Virginia house. He is now cooped up in a studio apartment much of the day every day. But he does get out for his regular walks and, of course, gets his regular treats. His tail still wags. And there are other dogs in the hotel, so he can even socialize a bit.

Meanwhile, we are getting settled into the apartment. We have a small kitchen and so are able now to make simple meals. We had to buy a lot of disposable dinnerware because ESA was a bit slow to get real dinnerware to us. And when it arrived it was a pretty paltry set – 2 place settings plus a saucepan – so we had to get more at Wal-Mart. The refrigerator was also very small, but ESA has upgraded that to a 14 cf model which is more than adequate. So we are settling in. We expect to be here until at least mid-September. Maybe longer.

It probably won’t be a fun summer. But at least the whole family can now suffer together.