Please Come To Boston

“Please come to Boston for the springtime.”

Well, she might have said no, but yours truly will be going to Boston for the spring and summer.  Well, at least I hope it is springtime when I get up there.  When I was there at the end of April it was still wintertime.  Surely by the end of May it will be springtime.  Surely.  Maybe even summertime.

“Please come to Boston, she said no.”  I’ve always wondered about that song.  I mean, come on….

“We’ll move up into the mountains so far we can’t be found

And throw ‘I love you’ echoes down the canyon

And then lie awake at night until they come back around”

That’s one of the most romantic lines I’ve ever heard.  How could anybody say no to that?

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Scott has insisted that I go to DIVA Fest next week.  He’s going up to Boston for another quick two night trip by himself.  I felt like I should have canceled the DIVA trip altogether, but he made a pretty big fuss over it.  But I am cutting it short.  Just feel like time is precious.  Especially healthy time.  He might be pretty sick before the treatment is over, and I feel like I need to be with him and help him make the most of every minute. 

Pretty much as soon as I get back, we will be packing the car, shutting up the house and hitting the road.  All three of us as far as Atlanta.  We will be leaving SugarBear in Atlanta with his foster family.
I’m going to miss that cat.  He has become the sweetest, funniest cat I’ve ever known.

I know that leaving him in a stable loving home for a few months is the best thing for him, but damn I’m really going to miss him.  And I worry that he will think he’s been abandoned again.  Poor little guy.  But it just wouldn’t be fair to subject him to the uncertainty of Boston.  And we will eventually end up in the Hope Lodge and they don’t allow pets anyway.  I know SugarBear will be fine, but it’s been a hard decision.  It’s going to be a weird summer, but then our life will get back to normal.

It should be interesting driving all the way to Boston.  I’ll be seeing country I’ve never seen.   It will be a lot of time on the road.  All by myself on the way back.  

I really hope the time in Boston is fun as it can be.  At least the first few weeks Scott should still be feeling pretty good, so I hope to spend time exploring the city.  His treatments will be every day, but only for 30 minutes or so, I think.  Looks like there will be plenty to keep us busy the rest of the time.

So, “Please come to Boston.”  

What else can I do but go to Boston?

“Now this drifter’s world goes ‘round and ‘round

And I doubt that it’s ever gonna to stop

But of all the dreams I’ve lost or found

And all that I ain’t got

I still need to lean to

Somebody I can sing to”

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