sun = the best medicine

Remember last Sunday? When I posted the picture of the blizzard? Well, this is pretty much how our day was this Sunday. No lie. From the moment I woke up and headed out to do my 5K training, when it was too warm to bother with a sweatshirt, right up to the moment we left T&S's deck, this evening at 8:00, when most of us had finally given in to a little fleece over our tank tops, it was the most beautiful day since last summer. We did yard work and washed cars and sat on the deck drinking Cosmos and wearing sunglasses ...barefoot... amazing! What a way to end spring break. And the promise of continuing sunshine, at least for a couple of days, with the kids in school...wow, who could ask for more?

So...I'm sorry, too, that I haven't written all weekend. After we left the courthouse on Thursday, I was a bit of a wreck. Kenneth stopped by (I'll tell you about that later) and then I took a nap; finally I had to choose between paralysis and life, and I chose life. C, J and I went out running silly errands, then ended up over at S&T's, with K&R, for dinner. Bro J and CC came over too and it was a great, great evening of family and friends and processing and support and drinking until it all went away. Friday C and I hung out doing nothing in particular, then took JJ and B to the local pool while we walked the track. We had wine club that night, which was more or less boring...I'm kind of done with that crowd, but that's another story.

Yesterday we dropped JJ and B off at B's house and the three of us went down to the local Spring Parade. It was actually a lot of fun and so nice to be out in the sun, just kicking back. We went out to dinner at one of our favorite waterfront restaurants later; it was a terrific family dinner, even with our missing piece. The four of us talked and laughed and ate and ate and ate; even JJ loved it, regardless of the fact that he practically fell asleep in his mac and cheese.

Today, like I said, was like a dose of July right here in the beginning of April. We were outside all day; the kids even set up the sprinkler in the backyard. It was TA's 8th birthday (T&S's youngest son) so the whole gang was over there eating burgers and cake and various other junk food until it was time to put the little rugrats in bed, ready for school tomorrow. C was supposed to head home at noon, but her parents are so much darn fun she didn't leave until just now. :-)

Tomorrow, it's time to face my real life again. I guess we're going to try to bring M home. I have hardly thought about it/him all weekend, as was my plan. J and I agreed that we wouldn't spend our entire weekend with C (so rare) on stressing about M. It was such a nice break, but, as we all know, it doesn't go away. So I'll try to get a good night's sleep and wake up positive and hopeful. I suppose that's the best I can do.

Hey, speaking of "M" - who is "M" in your post today??? Glad to hear you had a relaxing weekend; maybe we can catch up by phone this week. Any word from W on the job?

Love you,
A