Sunday, May 15, 2011

We woke up to rain, rain, rain.  Lots of it.  At one point this morning, I thought to myself how much it felt like a winter rain storm instead of a spring one.

But by the time we got out of church, the sun was peeking through the big white puffy clouds in a piercing blue sky.  Magic.

It was really weird not having Darla welcome us home.  That is just the routine on Sunday.  She watches us get ready, goes downstairs without us even telling her and gets in her kennel and waits for us to come and latch her in.  Then she acts like she hasn't seen us in 5 years when we get home.  Chris and Mike summed it up when they said it was just weird feeling.

Mike and Adrianne made a great pulled pork sandwich dinner.  They did it in the oven without the grill or a smoker.  Duff had a million and one meetings today.  The rest of us just relaxed. 

Everyday we get rid of a few more things of Miss Darla's.  Yesterday Duff took down the kennel and I washed it good and zip tied it closed.  Ready for our next chapter with a 'tail' one day!  I found one of her scarves in my hair stuff drawer in the bathroom.  She hadn't like that one and I took it off her and threw it in the drawer.  I picked it up to toss it, and it smelled just like her when she first came home from the groomer.  A great memory!