I spent 2,241 days working for the university. Six years. The days after that last day were spent sleeping, for the most part.
The last month has gone by in a whirl. I kept forgetting to get a photo of me and my trainer, Jesse, and so still don't have one, and I am in Albuquerque now, so it isn't happening at all. Sigh. How do you spend roughly 600 hours in someone's presence over the course of 4 years and not snap at selfie with him?
I've been to Tubac, Tucson, Phoenix, Monterey, New Orleans in the last month. All for fun.
My last day in Flagstaff was beautiful and sad, all at once. I got a shot of hope and excitement from my friends, and a cool tshirt from my trainer, which goes nicely with the boxing gloves he gave me. Both are packed away in the Jenga of my car trunk, otherwise I'd post a snap. Gail treated me to breakfast at Mix and a lovely long conversation. Lori let me stay with her and treated me to lunch yesterday and a card that made me cry.
When I picked up Roxy at the kennel, their going away gift was full grooming, so she smells awesome and looks all fluffy! When we stopped by the vet to pick up her meds, we got to say goodbye to all the awesome ladies there, Kari, Kyndel and Toni came out for hugs. Roxy seemed convinced someone was about to stick a needle in her.
Roxy slept for most of the drive to Albuquerque.
This post is mostly to get you up to speed. I'll be writing my normal quirkiness later.
Although one funny thing... A man in the hotel elevator struck up a conversation with me, and I mentioned I am a professional fundraiser. He then launched into a story about donating money to a scholarship and the student used the money to "gad about Europe studying art history or some such nonsense" and was quite irate about it. My normal self would have listened sympathetically, made some sort of connection. You know the rules, ladies, be NICE.
I just looked at him and said, "I'm sorry you had that experience. I'm really tired, so I'm walking away now." Then did just that, leaving him hanging. Roxy didn't even look back.
Another fun thing, while I was having coffee with my friend Sandra, one of the faculty came in and I got to introduce them and said, You two need to know each other, I think you would be fast friends! and then we ended up chatting with her for quite a while and they DID hit it off. I love making connections!
My big splurge for the trip has been a cooler that plugs into your charger, so you don't have to use ice for everything. I mentioned it to Jesse, and he said, that's cool! I used to have one for my protein shakes! Which made me realize that yes, I could probably put protein shakes in there, not just Roxy's meds! He would be proud, because I have and so far, I'm drinking them.
As I wind my way about the US, I promise most of the posts will have more photos and better stories!
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