Home Alone 🤯

I set the alarm

with the intention to visit the market.
Yesterday it sounded like a good plan. This morning I felt too tired. A plus is the weather is not too good.
My son tried to call me last night, before midnight (I switch off my phone if in bed) and texted me they arrived somewhere in Italy, had to unpack the vans, repack and get out at 3 am. Long days, no fun. The tent was warm and he could hardly breathe the tent mates kept talking. What's the point of putting down tents if you can only sleep for 2-3 hours? I would stay in the car or sleep stretched out on the soil.

The next phone call arrived at 7 am or so. The new debit card didn't work. _You won't believe this 2 euros for one croissant! _ The card problem was caused by the PIN.

Since I skipped the market I decided to clean up a bit more in the 'forbidden' room. The winter coat and black suit ended in a box as well. Dust, dust, dust and me sneezing again.

My son's cat doesn't feel well. He keeps moving his ears and he can't stand light or being touched. I texted my son the cat wasn't well. This didn't start overnight I noticed before my son left he didn't like to be touched the rough way my son does. Headache, ears or? It worries me but for now, I let the cat be.

At 2:20 pm my son called. They still didn't arrive. A very short night. He had to leave at 3 am to be on time to register for the eco marathon (they did online, and received a QR code, this is for a badge. Such nonsense. Why twice?)
His spirit is low, he hates how badly the teachers organized the trip and the fact he only sees highways, McDonald's and tollgates.
The other group stayed behind at the campsite in Italy so at least 50% will have a good night and a relaxed journey.

My son always feels warm, I always feel cold. This is his. I took it, he won't mis it but his room will be so empty... I mean clean which is good for the mood.

Two days of driving is no fun if it's all about driving. Why not take a break in a village and do some sightseeing for one hour, eat something decent and take some photos? My son's mood is below 0 and he said as he called he doesn't care if the rest can hear him complaining to me (he called while driving). He regrets he went, feels dirty, is angry because he left his study books in the other and his legs cramp because a tall person like him hardly has room.
Why is it he had to leave earlier? Because he has to translate. Travelling with a chaotic group bad in organizing, doing things last minute and not speaking foreign languages is challenging for an autistic person.

I understand he feels dirty, needs a shower, wants to wash his hair but so does the rest.
For a short time, he talks about the Mediterraneo houses in Italy, the architecture.

Try to sleep a bit, let's talk later, I suggest, and know they all do their best. This is an experience and you have something to talk about try not to show all the bad energy. Avoid accidents.

I hoped for more time but it feels there's less. I can only do small tasks in between texts and phone calls. I finally bottled the cherry liquor I made out of frozen cherries (2022) and home-made cherry syrup. No one really likes syrup so this way it's not wasted. The cherry tree suffered from stress so no cherries in 2023. The tree has now! Fingers crossed. The birds can be faster.

Only 180 kilometres left, good for at least three more hours if not four. Fingers crossed the exhausted group will arrive in time for the registration and will have a good night rest. Three of them, one is my son, have to leave on the 22nd again. They fly back from France to Spain, next Spain Budapest where they arrive around midnight. Not much time left to rest, and study for the last exams.

22nd is the date the first cars will start driving.

Home alone is filled with worries, I hope to spend the rest of the day without tragedies.