Monday
I’m not sure we’ve ever taken the drive from NYC back to Rochester at such a leisurely pace – it took us almost 7 1/2 hours to get home. Not that I’m complaining – it was nice to stop frequently and stretch and look at the scenery – yesterday was beautiful. Molly is very happy that we’re home – but I’m wondering if she’s also a little sad – she spent the week hanging out with my parents and their two dogs, and I think she liked being part of a “pack”. On the up side, she wasn’t crated all last week and didn’t do too much damage to my parents’ house, so we didn’t crate her last night – and she was still sleeping behind her favorite chair when we got up this morning. Nothing out of place, chewed, slobbered on or eaten. Could this be that point where all dogs start to mature? Or could it just be a false sense of security? :)
Sunday
I guess I never realized how…interesting…Long Island weddings are. While I’ve been to weddings located in the area generally known as “Long Island”, apparently I’ve never been to a true Long Island wedding. Who ever heard of having the dancing during dinner? They played all the best slow songs while we were eating. :( And we missed the coffee and cake because we were dancing. Oh, well. But it was fun – that side of Denis’ family is very Italian. Even though my whole family is Italian, I’ve not seen the Tarantella danced half so well at any family gathering. Plus we got to try out a couple of the dances we’ve learned the last few weeks. All in all, it was a blast!
Last Week
Well, even though we had to go for a funeral, it was nice to be in NYC and visit with the family. I got to play with my neice Lizzy, who at 21 months is at a very cool age! I also got to see the twins. They’re 2 months old now, but they were 2 months early, so they’re about the size of newborns right now. They were a lot of (less interactive) fun, too. Valerie, who is going to be Denis’ goddaughter, has a little blond streak in her hair, and Katherine has an unerring sense of direction – if she’s going to blurf she always does it on her mom! We went to a bunch of family gatherings, attended a funeral, a barbeque, a wedding, popped into Manhattan for lunch one day, and sat around cuddling the twins another. Plus, I had to do some stuff for work, and I also spent some time pondering why my master’s project is being such a pain. All in all, a very full week.