May 20 - Getting ready for the BIG TRIP to PI

Anticipation… In the days before we leave I get teary eyed every time I stop and think about this trip. My thoughts are often of Lola Puring. Specifically, I remember her sitting in one of the black leather-ish chairs from the round dinette set. We’re in that bottle-neck area of Inay & Tay’s house that separates the living room from the dining room. From that chair, she sits bent over toward the floor as she’s teaching me how to tie my shoelaces.

I don’t know what the car situation will be so I’m packing light. One suitcase packed with 2 changes of clothes for everyone and a small bag of laundry soap for me to hand wash and hang as needed.