Thursday September 13, 2007

Monday

Our family from Maine left for home at 7:30 AM – taking Hezekiah with them.

Hezekiah was a part of our lives for the past three months, so it was a bit difficult to say goodby, and send him back with his parents.  In case you missed the reason he spent the summer with us – it is our gift to each of our grandchildren who live in Maine – the summer they are twelve. 

The local grandchildren get to spend seven days with us each year after they are twelve (their choice of days) anytime through out the year – including a day on or near their birthday.  Jenna is coming Friday night and Saturday because she likes helping in my office – especially making address corrections in my database – and I have a lot right now.

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Remember the Monarch caterpillar I found when we were visiting our Amish friends on Saturday?

Today it is traveling to Maine.

Lydia enjoyed my caterpillars and butterflies and wanted one of her own.  We put it in a quart jar in my aquarium of caterpillars, but it kept crawling up to the screen – so I covered the jar with a cling-wrap and punched holes in it.

On Monday morning it was in a J formation on the cling-wrap!  The girls called about half-an-hour after they left, saying it had turned into a chrysalis, however, with all its wiggling it fell off the cling-wrap.  I assured them that it would be fine until they got home, then told them how to tie it to a stick so it will have a place to hang for the next ten days or so.

Goodbyes are over and they are ready to get on the road.

Keri, a young girl from our church is spending a year in volunteer service in Maine, and had come home for her brother’s wedding, so chose to travel back to Maine with the Myers – and take the girls in her car.

And they are on their way!

I spent most of the day doing laundry – as there were sheets from seven single-sized matresses, a lot of towels and washcloths – plus keeping after my office work – including a noon meeting at the International Office.