I was surprised how on-board Siblings 1&2 were the minute I told them – clearly a good omen. Leaning towards Orkney because of the ferries: 90 mins daily from Thurso, or 7 hrs 3 times a week from Aberdeen.
I have decided to keep a journal of all of this. Just for me. And maybe family and some friends. I don’t want it to be onerous – you know, “You must build the habit, Elaine. Set aside 10 minutes every morning to capture your thoughts.” Blah, blah, blah. If I make it a task, it will become a chore. But, I will try to capture things that happen as I go along so that, if nothing else, I will have a record to look back on. So there.
Family is very excited – Nephew 1 is a little bummed about the idea of Scout leaving Milton. 🙂 I’ve decided to do zero investigation until after the holidays are over and this whirling dervish puppy Lyla goes home (a sweetie but hard to focus with her here).