August 13
It's been two months since we started our adventure, and I still don't know what to make of it! It has been fun, yes – but also terribly frustrating and hot, and at times mind-numbingly dull. There are a lot of things that I would have done differently, I think, if I'd have thought it through better. Things such as heading north instead of south in the summertime; or simply going west, towards the mountains and the woods instead of spending so much time near the beach.
The cat seems to be going a little stir-crazy, as well. He wants to escape all the time! He pulls down the screens and slips out the windows when we open them to let in a breeze. He doesn't seem to want to go far, though, because more often than not we find him cowering under the trailer a short while later. In order to get him back in, we usually have to entice him out from under the trailer with kitty treats or a laser pointer, or else bring Hershey out for a walk (Rolly will often run up to her when he sees her!). He got out during the rain last night, though, and he must have immediately thought better of it, because before we even realized he'd escaped, we found him hanging on the outside of the screen door and crying to get back in!
Today is Gimli's last day of ear drops, and he's quite happy about that! He didn't like having to lay still for five minutes three times a day. He's has, at least, gotten rather used to the wax ear plugs he wears when he goes in the water; though because of the heat he hasn't gone swimming much lately. He says, anyway, that he is going to keep wearing them whenever he goes swimming so that he won't get swimmer's ear again.
At any rate, we'll be heading back north soon; and strange though it is, the one thing that keeps repeating over and over in my thoughts is "I hope I can find Sriracha noodles in Hartford!". I think I've grown a little addicted to them. In fact, I noticed that there are a lot of foods down here that they I have never seen up north. For that matter, there are a lot of things they have in New England that I can't find here, either.
It'll be best, though, finally getting to be alone with Thorin again! Really we have about as much privacy as a pair of goldfish here; but even if we did have privacy, we're usually too tired and sore and itchy by the end of the day to actually do anything. We do love having the boys around, and it has been quite the experience for everyone, but I miss us (though we sleep next to one another every night, and spend almost all of every day within sight of each other). I'm afraid that we'll have completely forgotten what it feels like to be together by the time we get back!