Already Ready to Go Back

Hey, you.

Yeah! The sun is out today and it's supposed to be gorgeous. J and I both are suffering terribly from sun & heat withdrawal; he's ready to retire early and move to California. I worked in the garden a bit yesterday but am looking forward to an entire day in my scrubbies, pulling weeds and reconnecting with my mid-life favorite hobby.

Didn't make it for the run with K yesterday, although I was dressed in all my workout gear and ready to go. She's been sick, so we blew that off and went to coffee instead. When I got home I abandoned JJ (God, I love this part where he's old enough to stay home!!) and went dinking around at Home Depot, looking for deck furniture. My dear friend, Barb, is coming to visit and I don't have lounge chairs!! Still looking; I'm not willing to spend a fortune on the cushy ones and I can't stand the hard plastic ones...something in between should present itself to me before your arrival. Otherwise, we're resigned to towels on the grass, or some other form of suntanning modification.

I got caught up shopping there, dreaming my way through all the home improvement sections, until I made my way home to feed the boys. C and JJ have literally been together since we got home Tuesday night, save for sleeping. C spent the night here last night and they are upstairs now building an Air Force Base in the playroom. I will take this for as long as it lasts...we should be good for the rest of the day before a major I-hate-you-I'm-not-going-to-be-your-friend-ever-again-get-off-my-property blowout. C's leaving tonight for a weekend of family activity so that will be a perfect break. JK's been here, in and out of the mix too, for the past couple of days. Poor thing, she's been waiting 17 days for JJ to get home, and he ditches her five minutes after he arrives. Boys.

I would love to tell you about our trip but I think it might actually be a more suitable entry elsewhere. All in all, it was fabulous. Perfect amount of parent time, amazing weather, good friends and fun times, didn't actually drink myself into oblivion. JJ is the absolute *funnest* travel companion, we discovered, when not overshadowed by his brother's brooding darkness of depression and gloom. We had so much fun with him, just the three of us.

Plus, I have real tan now. So there.

Ok, I'm off to start my day...dinner with K&R tonight on the deck and then a weekend packed with baseball camp, a funeral, a FD barbecue and Casey coming home - Saturday - then Sunday a graduation party for a neighbor's daughter and working on the deck. God, this agenda is killing me. I need a vacation.

Love,
A