This is Fruitycake The Raccoon. Just a reminder that I am not a real raccoon. I just love digging thru trash. I love trash.
This weekend was certainly…frustrating. We had to leave a house rental that we loved.
And while we were moving, the rain just poured down. And it didn’t stop all weekend.
It was cold and hard to walk in that rain. Girl Person didn’t feel good still and it was not so easy to keep a Fruitycake smile on my face.
But you know, I’m finding that when someone I love is having a hard time, my problems don’t feel as bad. Even though I certainly do not like getting my paws wet, and it bothers me, I knew that Girl Person was having a harder time. I knew she didn’t feel good and walking and moving in the rain was harder for her.
But she did it because she loves me and Brickle. So I tried to be strong for her. And I did feel stronger. It felt good to not focus on myself so much.
It’s sort of a wake up call…this weekend. Where we moved to has problems with hot water. And other stuff. Cold showers for the persons were not fun.
And they found themselves breaking down a bit. But they say things happen for a reason. I don’t know if that is true.
But I do know life can tell us things of we listen. If we don’t listen, that’s our own fault.
So what was all this cold water trying to tell us this weekend? That maybe we need to have things a little bit more comfortable for when we get to that Italy place.
Not just for me and Brickle. But for Girl Person too. Yes. We want to live in our little house. But maybe we need to stay somewhere that we know is a bit more liveable until we feel comfy in our little house. That could be a few weeks or more. But I think all of the small trials of this last week showed we aren’t as strong as we thought we were. And that’s ok to admit.
We don’t know what is going to happen with Italy.
Or with Brickle continuing to get better. Or our paperwork. But on Friday this week, we head back to that Miami, Florida place to take more papers to ask when we can go to Italy.
It’s one step at a time. And we may need to back track. Or move fast. We don’t know. Seems like we keep bouncing around.
But we do know that wake up calls happen. Don’t ignore them. Embrace what you need to know. Because it will make your future better.
Ignorance doesn’t solve a problem. Neither does a cold shower. That’s for sure.
–Fruitycake The Raccoon
