Goodbye My Friend!

Tracy left today for Fargo and I won't see her again for a week! Bummer. We took our last walk together this morning so tomorrow I think I will get back to running.

It always amazes me how fast summer goes and how little I get done even though I truge along each day trying to accomplish something. Everyday living gets in the way.

I did manage to get a bit done this morning after my walk. Mostly yard work as the weather is so cold right now.By noon I had to scoot off to a hair appt followed by lunch with Rachel and shopping. Rachel had to go to work and I got to watch Max for a few hours. He is the sweetest and will soon be having his first birthday! We are hoping Daubes can make us a pirate dinosaur cake!It's really hard to find pirate dinosaurs...

Pete fell off of his family's boat going 45mph so he was late getting Max. He seemed OK but I didn't know at the time he had fallen out of a boat so I wasn't paying too close attention. I can't get a hold of Rachel right now so I am not sure how he is doing.

After Max left we went and grabbed dinner and went to see Ice Age III. Tomorrow looks like the garden and maybe Whitewater now that it is warming up. Where is summer? It's so cold! I don't exactly love being hot and sweaty all the time but 50's is too cold for July! Give me the 80's and I'll be happy!

Barometric Pressure

When I was young and everyone seemed a bit cranky my mom would always say the same thing-"must be the barometric pressure". The validity of this theory is still debated but most teachers and parents are convinced that changes in air pressure affect people and not usually for the better! We had a very dreary and cold day here in Minnesota and everyone seemed affected.

My morning started with a typical nasty comment from my brother on my facebook. I just don't have time for nasty people in my life. By contrast,I had a really nice day with Rachel and Max. We were all going to go out to Whitewater as previously mentioned but due to the weather we made other plans.

I went and picked Rachel up and was amazed at how much my little Grandbaby has grown in just 6 days! He is such a big boy! We went out for Mexican for lunch and then took Max home for a nap with his daddy. Rachel and I then went to see My Sister's Keeper. I loved this movie! Such a great message about how to live!

After the movie I took Rachel back home. I played ball with Max for a bit and then went to Rhi's game. Rhi hurt her ankle at the tournament and so she was just there to watch. All of the kids seemed cranky. They were yelling at each other and looked very frustrated. Many of the parents were cranky too. I caught a few disparaging comments but chose to ignore them. The straw that broke this chics back was my husbands attitude when I crossed the field after the game. Rhi and her friend had not had dinner before the game so they were starving (it was 9 by now). I went home with the two girls and a headache and made them some grilled cheese. They wanted to go see a movie but it just got to be too late.

I am hoping tomorrow will be better overall even though our weather is supposed to be much of the same. I'll start the day with a walk with Tracy before she leaves to Fargo for a week. Hopefully that will get my day started right!

Vacation

Things have really been hopping for the past month. The end of school just seemed to be no where in sight! The last few days were quite interesting and bittersweet and they were followed by an immediate vacation.

We traveled up to Coeur d'Alene to visit family and take in the beauty of the lake up there. The two day drive was long and I worried that Pete and Rachel would have trouble with Max but he did OK. We went in our car with my Goddaughter and Rachel and Pete went in their car which worked out great.

This time I had the wherewithall to rent out a house in lieu of a hotel and it was the best decision I ever made! The house belongs to two airline pilots that live in Guam and rent the house out when they are not there. It was decorated in the "French Country" motif and was quite charming. We were in the Saunders Beach area and could see the lake from the house. We have started a new tradition to be sure!

We had planned on staying in CDA for three days and then we were going to go down to Twin Falls to visit mom's grave. We cancelled Twin and stayed on more day. We had a wonderful time with my nephews and niece and then set out for Yellowstone.

We stayed in Gardinier Mt just outside of the North gate and spent a few days seeing areas of the park we hadn't yet explored. We finally saw a bear this trip but the bighorn sheep remain elusive.

We spent a day at Rushmore and Crazyhorse monuments and then gladly headed home. I love the West and wanted to stay but a big part of me considers Minnesota home now after having lived here for 15 years now! While I loved our vacation, I will finally be ready for a different destination! We are hoping for Disney on Spring Break and perhaps Pompeii next summer.

Tracy kept my house for me while I was gone and now she will be leaving to see her family in North Dakota. We have crammed as much as we can into this past week before she leaves. Today we went to the Science Museum to see the Titanic Exhibit. It was incredible albeit creepy! We bought a membership and plan on returning. The exhibit will be around all summer so we have time to return.

Tomorrow looks like a trip to Whitewater with Max and Rachel as well as Tracy. Should be a fun time. I think vacation is slowly catching up to me though as my fatigue has been off the charts the last few days. It's about time to check my TSH anyway I guess. *sigh*