Back to Sevilla

We did some last-minute clean up and packing of my mom's house while a couple of home inspectors looked it over to let us know of any serious issues in the home. Kathy packed up her car with a bunch of photos. Jo-Anne with other keepsakes and documents. Keith came over and took Jake and the cat over to his house. We also learned that the two dogs, Donnie and Midnight, will be adopted by Shine's sister, so they'll go from being siblings in one house, to cousins in two houses.

While we were working, a FedEx truck drove up and dropped off two donuts from The Salty Donut sent by Rachel from Miami. The Salty Donut is her favorite donut shop. On the left, we see the STICKY BUN DONUT Knaus Berry Farm sticky bun wrapped inside our 24-hour brioche dough, brushed with secret sauce, wrapped and topped with homemade pecan toffee sauce. On the right, SEA SALT CREAM + COOKIES 24 hr. brioche filled with a homemade edible cookie dough cream, ‘melted ice cream’ glaze & topped with chunks of homemade chocolate chip cookie & maldon sea salt:

They were both very good.

Here's Jake enjoying his last moments on his favorite love seat before being carted off to my brother's house:

 Here's a photo of my mom's 4 children just before we all went our separate ways:

From left to right, me off to Sevilla, Jo-Anne back to Michigan, Kathy to Virginia, and Keith who lives in Rehoboth Beach.

I drove a rental car up to Newark Airport. The drive was uneventful and I left myself enough time to not be stressed as I navigated the rental car return and customs. You can see downtown NYC from some of the gates in the airport. If you look just above the wing here, you can see the NYC skyline off in the distance:

My flight is pretty efficient. 6 hrs to Lisbon, an hour to Sevilla. About 9 hrs gate-to-gate.