Oct 13/14 - addendum / change of plan

I drove out on 522 to where I had cell service to see if I could text the puppy lady (she has a name, Chantelle) - and sat there for a while hoping for a response.  Nothing.  I headed back.

Once home, I checked the phone and sure enough, something had come in while I was driving back.  She had to fly to Newfoundland for a family emergency and as a result, we cannot pick up the puppy until Friday Oct 23rd.  Presumably once she's back home she has to deal with final shots etc. at the vet.

I drove back out to send a text volunteering to help, but don't know if she's responded.

So ... a new plan.  We'll still leave today for Reading; we've got dinner plans with the Bekeris's and a visit with Wayne and Doris, the latter most important as Doris has been going through chemo.

We'll come back on Monday, stay with Jason and Lorraine, have our dental appointments on Tuesday (yes, those are now set), do some food shopping for stuff that we bring to Florida and come back to the cottage.

We'll leave here on Friday a.m., pickup the puppy and execute most of the rest of the plan from that point, stopping at Stef's and staying over with the Davies, getting to NSB a couple of days later than the original plan.   That means that we'll beat the Davies down to Florida by at least a couple of days !  It only takes a few minutes to open up, so that's ok.

Oh well.  At least everything is ok with the puppy but doesn't sound too good in Newfoundland with Chantelle's family.

We won't bring a ton of stuff with us as we'll only be gone the weekend.  Florida bound stuff will stay here -- I've already put the 4x6 trailer away in the barn.  It's mostly loaded and ready.

I've been going through my closeup and packup checklist and marking things off but I'll only be doing a partial closing -- a weekend away closing.

Onward ...