Blowing Town

Day 226:

What a week it's been, Conor...  Work has been hectic, planning has been constant, projects have been many, and circumstances have been pressing...  A week to leave in the rear view, indeed.

After dropping the Tahoe off on Monday and being assured it'd be ready for the trip to Sea Isle tomorrow, predictably it wasn't ready.  What's more, I found this news out as I was on he way to get her!  Thankfully, the shop doing the work is a first class, top notch repair shop and on top of that it's owned by a friend.  So to ease the blow, D and V Auto-Body in Sterling, VA was kind enough to give us a 2012 Chevy Suburban for the week.  I'm already dreading dropping it off next Monday and I've only had it for a few hours!  Great truck...  Seems I'm shifting away from my Big Horn pick-up dreams back over to old faithful, Chevy Tahoe.  Still, we're months, if not years away from a new car, Son.  Priority one is selling this joint and getting on with life elsewhere...

To that end, through six degrees of separation, turns out that a friend of a friend has a pretty nice little house over in Penderbrook; about an 1/8th mile from where we live now - which is IDEAL.  Keeping in Fairfax is important to me, Son.  It's more or less where I've spent the better part of the last 25 years, Son.  It's home.  I know it backwards and forwards and, for the time being, claim it as my own.  And save for only three other spots in the whole of the U.S., it's really the only place I can see staying in...  But now I'm getting ahead of myself...

Anyhow... work, houses, cars, and anything else doing it's very best to sap the life from us will all be in the rearview tomorrow, Conor.  This bus is leaving for points Northeast at the crack of dawn, Boy'O.  And with that, I'll say goodnight.

I love you, Conor.  Can't wait to do nothing but spend time with you for the next seven days...
-Dad