Well, since it’s been a year since I’ve written anything, I have a lot to say!
Today I’m gonna try and change the world
Au Revoir, Arrivederci, Adios, Goodbye 2021
I’m pretty sure I can say that I’ve never looked forward to turning the calendar page quite as much as I am this year. 2021, can we just agree to part as friends?? Like a lot of relationships, there was some good – but it’s been struggle and I need to move on. So with that, lets recap. In January,…
Now I’ve had the time of my life… 𝅘𝅥𝅮𝅘𝅥𝅯𝅘𝅥𝅮
There isn’t a lot about being an adult that lives up to our childhood expectations. But one thing – which would be to my serious childhood amazement – is my relationship with my sister. When we were little we didn’t exactly have the best sister relationship. She liked to boss me around. Take, for example, our 3-month road trips that…
COVID Diaries Week # … is anybody even counting anymore?!*
Lets see, when we left off in late March, COVID had just arrived. Which really seems like a lifetime ago. Overnight, life seemed to change for everybody. Everybody, that is, except for people who are introverts, like me. There hasn’t been a whole lot in my day-to-day that has had to change. Hailey and I still cherish our routine of…
My COVID Diaries
Well, 2020 was off to a great start! Paul’s quadricep tendon was healing great after his Christmas surgery (in spite, as his doctor noted, of him ignoring everything she told him to do) and I was in a groove both in my professional and personal life. As he was starting to feel a better – as in, able to cruise…
The Big Surprise … wait for it…
So about mid-October, I got another wild hair… I convinced Emily that Dad only turns 80 once, and since he does seem pretty sure that France is as far away as the moon, it would be special to surprise him for his birthday – and while we were at it, we could celebrate Thanksgiving, her birthday, Christmas and Chris’s birthday.…
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may…
I wrote a recent blog post on receiving that faded, old tupperware with Paul’s cigars. When I finally came to terms with the reality after Irma that all else was gone, those were what I wanted back. Their sweet smell was life, and happiness, and love, on Poet Warrior, who I loved. I still haven’t decided whether I wish Paul…
Cigars – and love and life…
That faded old Tupperware is where Paul always kept his good cigars on our boat. The really good ones… like the ones that are too good to actually smoke. I think there is one in there that Morgan Freeman gave him. We lost the boat in Irma almost two years ago, and that crushed us both. We both still desperately…
Lessons in Refuge Living
So on my third day here, we set out on our first adventure – a two night hiking trip to one of the many remote mountain refuges. Being a newbie, I had much to learn about refuge living. I chose the Refuge de Loriaz for our adventure. Loriaz has been in its current site since the 1600’s, and the current…
Skidding to the finish line…
This year, the flight gods decided it would be fun to throw in an obstacle to challenge my perfect record as Crew Chief. I planned this trip for a whole month – which is about 28 days longer than I usually plan trips for, so I was ready! Since Emily and Chris moved to France about six weeks ago –…