Week In Review

Monday morning, I received an email from S... "Call me before I get to GI, J & J have news." Ok, that was enough for me to dial RIGHT AWAY! J & J P... S's seminary roommate and his wife were heading from Rochester, MN to Colorado/Utah for 10 or so days of vacation and a quick outdoor class for the wife... and I-80 was the only way from Point A to B... thus, they would be coming through... tentatively, at 1 a.m. on Wednesday; staying till 7 a.m. and then heading back to the open road.
They got in about 3:30 a.m., we chatted for a bit, then put them to sleep for a long nap and before shooing them west, we went to The Garden Cafe for breakfast. That was a first for all of us... delightful to see them, briefly catch up, show them our world (attempt to recruit them) and wish them well on their journey.
Somehow we made it through the workday, then were treated to a wonderful evening outdoors with friends CJKH & JH and other choir members for dinner, conversation and pure enjoyment of the outdoors... we had a few days of high 80s, so the weather was just perfect.
Then... the day wasn't over... I checked my facebook and discovered that I will be an Aunt! My step-brother S and his wife, A, are expecting the first grandchild in late 2009. We wish them a very safe pregnancy and wonderful parenting!
Our Memorial Day weekend will be slow, by choice; but relaxing... we're gearing up for a very busy June, with excitement every weekend!
Not much else to report... plants are growing, the sun is staying out later and later (to which we are very glad) and life continues to be good!

Vacation vs vacation

S sets out tomorrow for a week's vacation in the Fresno, California area with dear friends: E, J, A & M. J and I are classmates from jr. high; and their children are our God-Children. One of those "if anything happens to us, the kids are going to you" arrangements. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to have them in our lives; but I do pray every day that E & J aren't taken from them!
Now... S has gone on vaca by himself before... back to North Carolina; but he hasn't taken a vacation to visit my friends, without me. I chose to not go, it was my choice to save my meager vacation time; for our big trip to Sweden in the Fall. But it's kind of a downer, to know he's flying out to see them; and I won't be going along. And believe me, this concept of vacationing alone is perplexing to our church members.
But I, too, will be on vacation. Without S home, I don't have to cook real meals (real implies meat is involved); I can get lots of cleaning done (steam cleaning the carpets is Goal #1), have the bed all to myself and not turn the TV to Headline News... I have full control over the remote! I will escape to my mother's for the weekend, as it is Mother's Day on Sunday; and I have meetings, work and other events to fill part of the calendar...
And it bodes well for us to have a vacation from each other... we usually are apart each summer for several weeks, and this summer isn't filling up with the usual escapes... so, this will be good!