Goodbye Chicago... For Now

Beach sand, perfect tans. Day walks, night talks. Sleepless nights,

 pillow fights...and  spending every day with those who matter most....ahhh Summertime...

Our summer is soon up in Chicago...oddly enough, I am not too sad.  This year we have

 done so lots of running around that I feel we and ready to slow down.  Thing is 

as soon as a day passes both Arvid and I get restless.  Then something 

happens, and we are ready to be on the move again..

Yesterday we enjoyed dinner at another of our favorite restaurants here in Chicago.
111 Forks has become our restaurant of choice for our "last" outing

Winter will soon be here.  Can feel it in the air.  This makes is easier to go back to Florida.

 Looking forward to that very much as well, and hopefully it will not be so hot. Nothing 

beats Florida in the wintertime.  In Chicago we are always out walking, doing

 something, seeing things...people watching and lots of music and good 

food fill our days in Chicago.  Back home in Florida it's busy time.

This has been a very good summer. I have enjoyed many shopping days at Macy's. 
 As usual we have had long walks in the park and along the lake.  We have enjoyed 
many an evening with good music, food and we even made more new friends.

I think Arvid is getting much better at making friends in the building.

  Sounds good to me!  The best part is knowing that next summer we will be back!
Happy Monday everyone.  May your days be filled with laughter and love.

How lucky are we to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.
When life gets blurry, adjust your focus....

~Nadiya~

Time To Say Goodbye...

There is never a right time to say goodbye...

As always saying goodbye is not easy.  I have had a very good time with family.  I have been 

very fortunate to see Mala and family, my parents and my nephew J, but now it's time 

to leave and to return back to my home.  Back to Arvid and Brutus.

The days here in Vermont were filled with lots of fun, laughter and bonding with everyone. 

In it we managed to go see Sachin play soccer.  My mom, Mala and I went out for breakfast,

 and had a very good time just talking and catching up with each others lives.

We had time to all go to the kids' favorite burger place.  Five Guys.  Darn good burgers. 

I enjoyed playing with Jaxen and chasing him around in the snow.  He is a good 

doggie.  I enjoyed every moment spent with each and everyone.  As

 always good memories that will be with me forever.

The days went by too fast.  Vermont is much colder than Florida, but I really enjoyed the

 cold weather and welcomed the change very much.  Not looking forward to the Florida heat, but it

 is home and home is always where I want to be.  Home is where Arvid and Brutus are.

Sad to be leaving my sister and family, but at the same time looking

 forward to going home to Arvid and Brutus.

Mala and my mom.  Missing them already.

Is it possible for home to be a person and not a place?

A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it...

~Nadiya~