Ethan’s Journey

Look at this goofball laying in the sun!  Is it just people from New York that refer to Pennsylvania as “PA”? This seems to be the only state we do this with. We don’t “I am driving through VA” for Virginia. So weird the stuff we do. I woke up tired this morning. Coffee was barely a help. I plugged through the day longing for a solid nap, but no nap came my way. Boo! After work, we visited on the neighbor’s deck. It was overcast with some grumbling in the sky. It sprinkled for about 5 minutes or less. This week’s weather has been exceptionally great! I was talking all day long with my trainee. I really like her. Her training wheels come off Monday. I set up a few meetings throughout the day on Monday with her to walk through any questions she may have. On Monday, I am walking away from Hospital Managers I have worked with for 4 years. Bitter sweet. After work, I visited with the neighbors. We shared stories that were funny. We realized it was WAY past dinner, so Paul and I took a m...

​I made it through another day at work. Looking forward to this weekend and a visit with Sarah. Phil left today. Ethan plans to leave tomorrow. He wanted to go on the antique boat. After work, we headed over to Clayton, NY to the Antique Boat Museum. We got a special invite to ride on the Zipper. This boat started being built in the 1940’s and took about 30 years to finish. It had a smooth mahogany body and was 41 feet long. There was an interior part to the boat. The bathroom and extra seating was there. We went around grindstone Island, went up, passed over to the Canadian side, went under the thousand Island bridge, looped around and came back to Clayton hugging Wellesley Island. The sights were amazing. It was a 360 degree view of awe and nature’s beauty. There were such big a beautiful houses. People with more money that I will ever make in a lifetime. Afterward we had a late dinner at a local restaurant. We were all quite tired when we got home (a little after 10:00….way past my ...

 I felt very sorry for myself having to work today. (Don’t feel that sorry for me). I took advantage of the breeze and sat out at the lake for the majority of the day. Ethan and Phil went in the lake but mostly enjoyed the day by doing nothing. This was my office view today. I sat in the shade and stayed cool. Ethan carried around Jiminy and rocked him in the hammock. Jiminy LOVED it! My work day was a mad dash to try and do everything but not succeeding. Maybe next week? Next week I will be handing over my territories and relocate to my territories in the North.  Paul fluttered around like a busy bee washing the camper, moving stone, washing Lois and Craig’s camper, dismantling the old dock, mowing, weed whacking and more. He made time to go in the lake and wash off his sweat too! In between calls I was able to take the dogs up the road a couple times for a walk. I am far more active here. After work I took Moe for a run while I rode the bike. He did about a mile at close to ...

​today’s weather was amazing! A great day for a boat ride. I took the dogs for a walk and had some coffee. I was glad to have the day off.  Avery and Kendall left this morning to go back to reality. Penny and Moe got to run along side me on the bike. They love this because it is all off leash. They are breathing quite heavy at the end. So am I. I took Moe for a ride in the paddle boat. He loves it. He was not a good helper. He didn’t even help me paddle one time. We went out on the boat and anchored off of Fox Island. Rick came over and tied his boat up to us. The boys took turns riding the jet ski’s. They also hung out at the island for quite some time. The boys chatted, razzed each other and whole heartedly laughed at themselves. It was fun to listen to. I always remember in moments like these that this is something I feared I would miss at one point. I wasn’t sure if I would ever get to talk to Ethan again. I am glad for him to have these moments. I think of our donor family and...

​today was perfect weather. Warm, humid, slight breeze. The sun was shining down smiling on us. Avery, Kendall and I rode the mile down the road to the cottage bakery. A lady has her she she’d set up with all her baked goods. Avery combed through what they had and decided on a peanut butter scone as her birthday treat. I went out on the boat. I totally enjoy the boat ride and anchoring by the small island across from us. I like the stillness of the area. Diane brought her double tube and let me float with her for at least a half hour.  While I was gone, Avery and Kendall drove to Watertown for a bit. When they returned, the wind picked up a little but not bad. Avery and I spent the afternoon tethered to the dock just floating peacefully in the water sitting in the double tube. Kendall sat on the dock and the three of us chatted and giggled at life.  The three boys came out on the dock with their remote control boats. Those boats were zooming around. We were pretending what it ...

​happy 4 th of July! Today was a leisurely day. I woke up at almost 8:30 this morning! Woo hoo!  Avery was up so we walked the dogs together. It was so quiet. We could hear the birds singing. The cows and pigs at the nearby farm were making a little bit of noise and it smelled a little manure-ish when we walked by them. It was nice out until about 1:00. We had our snacks and sat out in the sprinkle. It was so humid, we didn’t mind getting a little we.  The lake is measuring about 82 degrees in the area we swim in.  Ethan and his friends went out on the paddle boards as well as the paddle boat. They were all laughing and giggling, which is contagious. These boys are hilarious with their language and digs on one another. Scott was shooting Phil in the back of the head with a squirt gun saying “I am shooting you in the bald spot Phil.” Just dumb stuff like that. The slushie machine was used in abundance. I had it set up outside with non-alcoholic juice. Normally you can ad a...