When I was a kid, I would complain to my mother that time just dragged on - you had to wait 'forever' for the 'good things' in life and the 'bad things' seemed to last forever. Mom, in her own way would explain that my perception wasn't really right, and one day (in what seemed 'forever' away) it would seem like time went to fast.... My mother was so right - about this and most other things and life lessons that she taught me in my first 48 years of life. The days just seem to slip though my fingers - it feels like trying to hold onto air.
The eastern Europe trip was amazing and fabulous. I am definitely a 'cruise convert' - it IS the only way to vacation....there have never been so many people so interested in my happiness all of the time. There was the 'little' incident at the end of two days in St. Petersburg where the Russian mafia decided I was a perfect target and pick-pocketed my fanny pack and got my camera - so all of my pictures for the first half of my vacation are lost to some idiots in Russia....I showed them, I bought a new camera on-board the same night!!! I loved Estonia (Tallin) - it was a picturesque European city, like you would see in pictures and/or paintings....and I did some great shopping! Berlin was amazing - especially from a historical perspective - to walk though the Brandenburg Gate and lean up against the Berlin Wall and walk around Checkpoint Charlie - somehow it was really profound - as a woman who remembers the weekly air raid drills in grade school, it was really quite something.
Work on the house continues - actually I've almost decided it is never ending. Most of the outside work is done...well, not really - I'm getting new handrails for both the front and back steps, and a new rail around the perimeter of the front porch, that will happen in the next couple of weeks. I've picked the shingles and skylights I want for the roof - but that needs to wait for the reno on the attic to begin....and Friday I did select a contractor, so hopefully, that will start sooner rather than later. Next year I will get an awning for the front porch - continue with Scott's lawn care and the landscaping - and that will pretty well close the loop! Well....there is the matter of the driveway that is going to need attention eventually - yeah, it just never ends!!!
Health wise, I've been hanging in there - after the Europe trip I was a little out of commission for about a month - some kind of 'bug' got me, and it was wicked. The infusions every 28 days (there's that 28 day number....!!) are really kind of miraculous. This last month the last two weeks or so were more difficult that others, I'm not really sure why - but Wednesday was infusion day and I'm feeling pretty good now!
In September I became a Grandma again - this time a little boy! Next month I'm going to Texas to meet the little guy and spend some time with my girls!
The demo/construction next door is starting in earnest - and soon the Gunn gang will be moving in, as my two year old niece says, "aventure"!!!! Sometimes it's hard - as the screened in back porch fell to the ground....but, it is a wonderful thing for my sister and her family, and for the first time they will really be able to create their own home.
Soooo...time just keeps marching on - it can't be boxed up and saved for later - you gotta grab it while it's here!
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