Home at last!

Four nights in a row in an isolation room is a long time even with occasional visits from blue-faced chimps (see below if this makes no sense). Finally I got the word late this morning that I could go home. My mom and dad picked me up, drove me back to America Avenue, and immediately headed back to Otter Tail before darkness further compounded their wintery two and a half hour drive (they made it home safely). Sounded like last nights 'basement camping trip' with James went pretty well and that gave Lenore a break from James' recently frequent nightime wakeups. James still remembered me...thought he might give me a cold shoulder after my long absence but he seems as happy to see me as I am to see him. We went to Lake Marquette to have supper with Lenore's mom -- who momentarily took me seriously when I said I thought I should put the plow on the Dodge and do the driveway quick. She was just about to give me heck when she realized I was joking. I am feeling pretty good but not quite that good. We only have a few inches of snow on the ground anyway so unless it continues to pile up for a while the plowing can wait. Just as we were about to head back home the door bell rang and it was a county deputy...seems Auntie Kathleen's three horses had decided to make a trip down the highway toward town. Fortunately for all, they more or less came back on their own. Sweet dreams... /dps