OFF TO NEW ENGLAND……….. (i secretly love it there)
It has been 18 days since I’ve seen my 4 year old, Maggie Georgia….. Seriously… who lets their 4 year old daughter go stay with their Aunt and Uncle for close to three weeks???!!??? It’s been…. ahhhhh…. it’s been nice, yes, to not hear the fighting between the two kids, and it’s been nice not having to hear the whining, and it’s been quite nice to be able to spend one on one time with Anders, but it hasn’t been nice inside my heart, especially these last few days. The first week she was gone was an adjustment period. I missed her, but I was also enjoying the silence. Then, the second week, I started missing her, and spent major dough on her new wardrobe for school. New shoes, new nighties, new dresses, new everything… I was missing her, and was spoiling her and she didn’t even know it. Then… these last few days have just been physically hard. I just wanna feel her… hold her, kiss her face, smell her hair, rub her arms at night, pinch her butt as she’s walking by me, tease her, hug her… all that stuff. Apparently, she hasn’t whined ONE TIME since she’s been there. She’s conquered the diving board at the pool, they took her golfing several times, she went to the county fair, she’s been sleeping in her own bed… I mean,, all these things that make her seem a different child to me. She should be rolling up with my mom and my mom’s friend, Nancy this afternoon. Mom is on her way up here from California to watch the kids while Eric and I go to New England for a wedding alllll next week. Seems so bad…. we haven’t seen her for close to three damn weeks, and then we’re turning around two days after she’s back and leaving for a whole week? That’s messed up right there…….. but the logistics of life aren’t always peachy. She’ll be here at home, with Anders and my mom and Nancy while we are gone, and when she’s with her MiMi, she’s good to go. But that this point, seriously, she must think we don’t love her anymore or something twisted like that. There’s only so much a 4 year old brain can fathom. GOSH I can’t wait to see her……. it’s countdown time.
Sooooo yah, we’re off to New England. I really do secretly love it there. I don’t think I could ever live there per se’, but being born and raised in California, New England has always been mystical to me. It’s that place where they make syrup, and the leaves change colors, and black n’ white cows all over the place, and fishermen, and funny accents, and cold cold winters, and people living in old farm houses on rolling hills of land, carrying milk buckets and having festivals in the fall, and like town dances and stuff. My hubby is from Massachusetts, and it wasn’t until our “honeymoon” did I get to go for the first time. It totally lived up to my childhood expectations and then some. It’s a place I love going……… especially this time of year.
One of my husband’s Coast Guard Academy brothers is getting married next weekend, on Lake Sebago in Maine. It’s going to be a fabulous wedding. A) I love weddings.. B) I love New England.. so this is really going to be a fun trip for me. He’s going to be able to see all of his buddies together again (and when that happens,, things can get a little crazy).. But before we head to Maine, we are stopping in Woodstock, Vermont. One of my favorite places EVER!! If I HAD to move to the other side of the country, I would only live in Woodstock. In fact, everytime I get an order from Woodstock, I have to write on the back of the card how much I lOVE that town,,, yadda…
So that’s that…. But, leaving for vacation is a pain, because I like to have all pending orders out the door. I like leaving with a clean slate.. makes for a more relaxing (mentally) vacation. Daneen will be holding down the MGS fort while I’m gone tho’…. so most orders will get stamped and sent out. But I’m already anticipating coming home to a buttload of work. Christmas is right around the corner, and that makes me scared….VERY SCARED!!! It’s right about September when I have to start mentally preparing myself for the rush…… Like some big hairy burly guy “whoop whoop whooping” at a football game…
Headed out to breakfast for now……….. one last hoorah before Maggie comes back today. She’s not a morning person, so going out to breaky is NOT optional with her…. I wonder if this is going to be an “every summer” sort of thing.? Her going down to my Aunt and Uncle’s house. We’ll see…. But I want to make a public THANK YOU to my Aunt Jeri and Uncle Don for taking such good care of her, and letting her be a part of their lives for these last few weeks. I love you guys!!!!
August 30th, 2009 at 9:20 am
Well don’t get any fancy ideas about moving there,,,that would be toooooo far away from us.
June 20th, 2010 at 2:00 am
Would have been more exciting to hear a teaser clip of the engine than this picture.