Very quick entry—I am nearly ready for the trip tomorrow morning with Jonathan & Kayleigh to Kansas. I haven’t been there in nearly two years, not since October 2003 when we went for a visit & Grama Sprong’s memorial service. I am really looking forward to it. Mom & Dad always have such a relaxed, comfortable place and it is always such a break for me. Jonathan usually loves to run around outside, and he has said that he will go on some walks with me too, which I am looking forward to. He and I spent 2-1/2 hours out on our own yesterday, having left Kayleigh with Dale at the house. That’s the longest we’ve been together alone since she’s been born, I believe. It was nice to have his company.
Anyway, I think I’m in denial about the plane trip. Not too sure what I’m going to do with Kayleigh! She’s much more of a fidgetbottom than Jonathan was; Jonathan is and has always been an excellent traveller. Now that we have an iPod shuffle for him to use (acquired for the England trip), I don’t think it could be any easier. The only question is going to be how to keep Kayleigh from doing her arched-back protest to get down and wander up & down the airplane aisle. Maybe lots of nursing! Jonathan will hopefully provide a good distraction too, and luckily she’s pretty cute (from an objective viewpoint, of course!), which means that maybe fellow passengers will help out. They are much more likely to engage with cute ones than the runny-nosed contingent, I’ve noticed.
I’ll still be checking e-mail from Kansas, and my cell phone will be with me, so please don’t hesitate to write or call! Just ‘cause I’m away doesn’t mean I’ve dropped off the face of the earth. Hopefully I’ll post more entries than I have of late too. Surely I have lots to say (I could mention the governor of Texas signing a bill into law in a CHURCH, but really I have more things to do for the trip and can’t stop for that right now