My sister and brother-in-law went to my house in FL today. They straightened out my fence, and gave the posts more support. They put a metal shield on the wall next to my stove. They brought over some of my mom’s furniture and put in the house, and took pics for me.

I was SOOO excited to see the house with furniture in it! And especially because it was my mom’s. Nothing heirloom, lol. Just stuff they got for her when she went into assisted living. Accent pieces, but oh it looked so cute.

My sister says every time they go there they like it better. They said my neighborhood looks good, the town is so cute and they can’t wait to try some of the restaurants there.

I so wanted to be there. Every day I guess I’m one day closer. The people who looked at my house today weren’t interested. No criticisms, just wasn’t the house for them. Onward, the right one will walk in here one day.

I’m so grateful for cell phones, lol. Because I instantly got the pics they took. I could call my friend and see if she could run over and get a key from my sister. I will still be able to call my friends here and talk for an hour. It really takes the bite out of moving away, really.

So I thought I was all over that stomach bug yesterday. No issues all day. So I guess I should have paid more attention to what I ate, and been careful, because it’s back with a vengeance today. So back on the chicken soup and kombucha tea. Sucks. Last week the dr. gave me a little kit to take a stool sample if it wasn’t better by now. But it was yesterday…Anyway, I haven’t even looked at the kit, it’s still in the car. Because I just run up against a wall about this.

I bought a bunch of music for my phone yesterday. I figured, I can’t go out with this stomach bug, so I spent $15 on music, lol. Good trade off. But now I can’t get that song Enlightenment by Van Morrison out of my head. And this one by Beth Hart. She reminds me so much of Janis Joplin.  She leaves it all on the stage.  The song was new to me, as is most of her music but I’m making an effort to get to know it all.  This is one of my favorites so far.

I leave you with this.  Someday, someone will.  Lyrics underneath the song.

If I whisper my thoughts,
would you hear the chanting of my heart?
Phrasing melodies unsung in the dark.
Saying hold me through the night.

Hear the music from my room,
calling out to you.
Come home to me soon.
Shadows bellowing duets with the moon,
singing hold me through the night.
hold me through the night, hold me through the night.

And the water drop in the drain,
just like the sound it makes
You’re coming round again.
There’s a soft piano in a warm summer’s rain
playing hold me through the night,
hold me through the night,
hold me through the night.
Hold me, hold me through the night.
Oh ya gotta hold me through.
Ya gotta hold me through the night,
hold me through the night.