04/17/2010 Writing vacation
Well hello! It has been a MONTH since I last posted to my blog! I guess I've been on a self-imposed writing vacation, however I haven't been very happy about this! I have had a crazy past month- I went to Albuquerque for a conference (where I finally learned how to correctly spell Albuquerque), had a sick cat and ended up spending half the night at an emergency vets office (Major says he's feeling much better now, thank you), finished my last writing class, stood up in my friend's wedding last weekend, and gave a presentation at a conference this past week. Some additional challenges were thrown in to this past month just to make life even more interesting, but I don't want to bore you. I am optimistic that the next few weeks will bring with them a calmer existence! I wanted to share some pictures from the last month. These first two illustrate our attempt to explore some of the greater Albuquerque area the first day we were there. Three of my genetic counseling friends and I rented a car. You would think that with my Garmin and using google maps on our cell phones, we would have had a fairly easy time finding our way around. Well, the Garmin got a little confused, and after driving around and around the perimeter of a national park without ever being able to find our way INSIDE, we finally reached this junction, dissolving into a fit of giggles at the realization that it just wasn't to be. Above: Where the Garmin WANTED us to go. Below: Yeah. . . a left turn just wasn't possible. . . We DID finally make it to the Sandia Peak National Park, taking the tramway all the way up to the top. It was pretty amazing as long as I resisted thinking that our lives were all dangling by a skinny wire.
Another exciting development is that Jim and I had our new dining room table delivered a couple weeks ago. This may not seem like a big deal, but I feel it was a rite of passage. I am truly an adult now. Of course a lovely part of the past few weeks has been the arrival of Spring to Chicago. The other day I walked through our neighborhood surrounded by smells of lilac and other flowering trees. We can finally enjoy outside cafes and restaurants and bars have opened their windows. So nice. It was warm enough the other night that we were able to venture up to the rooftop deck in our new building for a glimpse of the view downtown. So, with that, I will get back to our Saturday. One of the tasks on my to do list is to change out my winter closet for my summer one. This closet swap is so much more laborious that the one that takes place in the Fall because all of my summer clothes which have sat squashed and folded for months need ironing! Ugh! My least favorite chore!
