FMM - On the Road Again, and Again

It's been a wild week over here - I'm just trying to roll with everything and not get too stressed out over all of the upheaval that's happening.  I spent last weekend in Dallas with Allie, who had outpatient surgery last Friday.  She's doing well and recovering nicely; I was glad to spend time with her and especially entertained by seeing her when she came back from anesthesia - apparently she adored the recovery room nurse immensely and wanted to recommend her as a staff star, so she insisted on writing her recommendation while still a bit under the influence.  She gave me permission to share this with you guys:

If you're ever needing a recovery-room nurse, Pushba comes highly recommended!

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Because both Jeff and I were out of town, I had to board Paco with our vet.  He was a little traumatized by both the experience and the thunderstorm that blew through on his last night, so when Jeff texted me this picture of Paco riding home, I was sad for him:

Bery upset.  Also, WHERE MOM???

Poor dog.  I felt extra bad when we had to board him again on Tuesday; we had no choice as we had an appointment in Austin that day and with the work crew coming and going he needed to be out of their way.  It's a rough life for a dog sometimes.

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Some people say that the happiest place on earth is Disneyland, but we discovered that isn't true...nope, the happiest place on earth is actually at the Teacher Retirement System building in Austin, Texas.  We went there to meet with an advisor and turn in the paperwork for Jeff's retirement, and I swear, every single person there, from the security guard who checked us in, to all of the advisors who greeted each client, to the future retirees themselves - everyone was in such a good mood that we all might as well have been on an airplane heading to Hawaii...that's how pleasant it was.

The countdown has begun to his next career adventure!  July 1 can't come soon enough for Jeff.

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After we finished with our appointment, we went out for a celebration lunch at Brio Tuscan Grill, where I had my favorite, chicken Marsala, which was so delicious.  We noticed that the only other Blue Baker outside of our town was right next to Brio, so we had to go check it out:

True blue (baker) fans here, LOL.

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After traveling to Dallas and to Austin in the same week, I'm happy to just be home for a while, even with the current state of our house in massive disarray.  Hopefully we will have a bit of normalcy tomorrow with a run and then breakfast at - well, I don't even have to say where, do I?

Have a great weekend!