The celebration concludes

Monday, we went to work as usual, a full day with stops in the Ephrata and New Holland area. When we got home, about 5:00, we walked into a clean house! For their gift to me, the kids surprised me . . . they had hired a cleaning service to come and clean the house, including windows and refrigerator. Sarah arranged to be there to organize my clutter, since I had no clue my house would be invaded. The gift includes three more cleaning days. What a wonderful gift. I can't think of anything I'd appreciate more. And Terah had dinner in process, the table set for two . . . steak on the grill, salad and baked potatoes (microwaved with an onion also) and wine, of course. Then she and Nathan took off to look at more houses. I then spent a couple of hours in the office preparing paperwork for the next three days on the road.

On Tuesday, the actual birthday, we packed our bags and equipment and headed north. We had three cows on the schedule at a farm near Elizabethville, north of Halifax in Dauphin County. From there, we headed further north to Wysox/Towanda. These towns are along the Susquehanna River in Bradford County, Wysox on one side, Towanda on the other. We checked into our motel, showered, then headed to the River Stone Inn in Wysox for dinner. We enjoyed prime rib, baked potato and salad, and shared a bottle of Turning Leaf Cabernet.

That was pretty much it. I don't think I've ever before had a birthday celebration that stretched for six days--seven if you include tonight's dinner!

Tonight, after working 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., we cleaned ourselves up and then went to a place outside Towanda called the Italian Villa. We shared a half carafe of cabernet . . . I forget the brand. I had Hawaiian chicken . . . strips of boneless chicken breast in a pineapple sauce (that included red and green peppers) over rice. It was sooo yummy I moaned out loud. Larry had veal Marsala and his meal was tasty also. I'm sure we'll return to this restaurant when we are in the area again.

I've been treated pretty well, wouldn't you agree? Still trying to wrap my head around "senior citizen." I went to bed Tuesday evening, lying in the dark, I still felt like a kid in my inner being. How's that, do you suppose? Maybe because our spirits don't age like our bodies do . . .

Okay, enough. It's already past 11:00 and we have to be back on the
farm by 7:30 in the morning.