August Happiness Challenge, Days 17 & 18

Tim and I drove to Erie yesterday and spent the night, coming home today. We went so Tim could see Sally, the sister who was in the wreck, and Karen, his sister from Alabama. Karen had originally come up to help Sally move into her new home, but ended up being a big help to Sally's daughter as she navigates this whole mess. 

We ended up helping unpack some of Sally's things when we got there and enjoyed a bit of visiting with the family when terrible storms rolled through and we were stuck until they were over. The power went out and stayed out for several hours. Sally's basement got wet, but there was no damage. 

We didn't get to visit with Sally as long as we'd hoped because of the delay from the storms and then we had to leave to meet up with everyone for dinner...at a different restaurant from the one we'd planned to go to because of the power outage. After dinner (it was 8:30) Tim and I opted to go back to our hotel because it was back in Erie while everyone else was at either Sally's house or her daughter's, about 40 minutes west of Erie.

Today we checked out of our hotel early, had breakfast at Bob Evans, stopped at a favorite farm market, and then got on the interstate to head home.

We stopped once more to shop for lunch supplies for the week and finally got home around 4:00.

I'm happy we saw Sally and she is doing (relatively) well. 

I'm happy Tim got to spend time with family he rarely sees.

I'm happy there was no serious damage to Sally's house.

I'm happy to be home.