Leaving the mountains

I have not had any serious bouts with vertigo since Monday although I frequently have minor ones.  I just stop and wait for a few minutes and then go on.  There were the usual 3 of us at the Lunch with the Lord Thursday.  The weather was still lovely but crisp.  Pastor and Megan wanted some shoe boxes, but I was not returning to the church—I thought.  I went to pay a doctor across the expressway and found that I didn’t have any money.  I returned home and continued packing while Evelyn cleaned.  That night it rained all night: a cold but gentle rain that didn’t knock all the leaves from the trees.  Friday, we had to go to town to get Evelyn’s ankle bracelet she had repaired, returned a book, went to pay the doctor (and get my good PSA results) and went to deliver the shoe boxes.  The Pastor and Megan were excited.  We said goodbye again, and were returned home for the evening.  I hooked the trailer to the car and went to Gary and Linda’s for a turkey Rueben dinner.  They were gracious to give us a sendoff dinner.  We came home and I called to put our Direct TV on vacation. 

I forgot to mention more woes.  We decided to color my hair, thinking it would just slightly colored and leave much of the grey.  Wrong!  Even though the box said brown, my hair is now black.  We went to a hair dresser to see if we could get advice on what we could do to lighten the hair.  The suggestion was to wash it with Dawn and baking soda.  It didn’t work at all. 

We got up early Saturday, finished packing the last minute items, delivered some left over food to neighbors, did some last minute laundry, packed the Direct TV receiver, and got into the car.  I couldn’t get the car to start.  We got Gary to come down to give us a jump.  We got away around 10 and talked to Emily on the way.  We stopped to get a jar of Vidalia mustard relish and some apples for our trip.  We arrived at Stacy’s early.  Tom made his famous Stromboli for our supper and then went to a haunted house.