WOW...another warm, windy, and wonderful day!!! From the predictions for the week.....change is on it's way....with cooler temps and wetter days and night.....UGH!!!!
Today was Jay/Jeremy's birthday......32 years old....already. WOW....it seems like only yesterday since I rushed the 1st Lady to Jefferson City to the same hospital where I had been born.....and only a short time after we arrived, Jeremy Jon Howser became a member of our family!!!!! And......not only was it such a wonderful joy that day.......but, for 32 years that joy of having him as my son still exists!!!!!!!!! There isn't a day that he doesn't make me sooooo damn proud to be able to call him my son.....WOW!
This morning was rather laid back.......just relaxing, reading the online newspapers, and then watching a small, hand-written drama production by Meghan and Rachel. Meghan always loves to create plays....and this one was just a good as all of the other ones that she has done over the years.
Dr. Jeni.....well, she had some flower bulbs that she wanted to get planted....and so, after much walking around the HUGE yard, trees, and then lots of discussion, I did spend a bit over an hour digging, breaking up clods of dirt, putting the bulbs into the ground, and then covering them with the not-so-good soil that is there. But.....they are in the ground with no warranty from the planter as to any prolific growth!!!!!!
We left mid-afternoon for the return trip to the stick and brick......and for some reason we were both more tired than usual. AGE???? Surely NOT.....hmmmm.....!!?? Could it be that we actually ARE aging......that being out of our comfort zone of our stick and brick makes us a bit tired????? GOOD GOD, I certainly hope that is not true!!!!!!!!! We both have toooooooooo many places to see, to visit, to explore, to discover, to enjoy around this shrinking world!!!!!!!!
And to that last sentence......after unloading the car,.......we watched Amazing Race....and then ever since then, I have been back "at it" as I work on the proposed trip to Peru for mid-September. MUST get some quotes back soon from a couple of tour agencies....as well as get my own costs defined and tallied up..........fun, but time consuming!!!!!!
After talking with Jeremy, we are feeling even more certain that we will fly to Hartford, CT for a few days in May to visit him and Anne-Marie......just don't know when as he is already finding himself busier than he expected. Plus....he is shuttling back and forth down to D.C. for meetings. But....we will find a few days....surely!!!
And soooo, I will close this little post for tonight...and get back online working on the Peru journey. Doing this myself(?) takes coordinating the flights from Chicago to Mexico City to Lima, Peru. Then a flt to Cusco/Cuzco with two nights there to adjust ourselves to the very high altitude.....9000-11,000 feet where altitude sickness is VERY common....and then take a train to Machu Picchu...and then a bus to the ruins.......and then everything in reverse on the return trip home. Lots of reservations, lots of scheduling merging.....and lots of prices to obtain and then.....make the decision to go with my own scheduling.....or to take a small tour, or perhaps even just hire a guide in each place......we will have to see.
Sooooo.....a good day.....and, as always.......
LIFE IS REALLY INCREDIBLY GREAT!!!!!!......And, I hope it is for all of you, also!!!!!!
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