Weekends

I feel like I've fallen behind in my postings. Mainly because when I go to post I don't have the pics with me. So here goes and I'll just add pictures later. 

Last weekend (like a week ago) was my weekend of college friends. Saturday I spent the day rooting on Cece as she swam across the Boston bay. They shut the bay down so no boats and apparently the waves in the middle were so high you lost sight of the shore. Forget how cold the water is and the distance too. Maggie and cece's mom and I were there in support. While we were waiting at the finish lane for the race to start, Maggie and I went exploring and had a fun time checking out all the big yachts docked. I felt like I could get away with more having a three year and so were more daring with where we explored - great cover. Cece ended up placing second in her age and we had celebratory lunch at the Daily Catch right next door. I hadn't been in years and then just had lunch the day before. So clam chowder two days in a row - my fav!

Then Sunday was a day of errands and then meeting up with Joanne. I finally bought some curtain rods - took me four years to make a decision and then get home and find they gave me one in the wrong finish - ugh. And I finally bought some house plants. I got six. Lets see how long they last. I think one is heading south already - a pretty red fern, that honestly was an impulse buy. Time will tell. 

Joanne was traveling with her daughter who I had seen before when she was a baby (I think she's two now) and was able to finally meet her son who is about six months old. We were able to catch up some and by the end of the night her daughter and I were best buddies. 

I've also been making some travel plans for work. I thought I was done with travel for awhile but you know how these things keep popping up. Heading down to NYC for a short trip and got invited to a private event at UC Berkeley. I was torn on wether to go since the trip is long but in the end decided it was a great opportunity. After I made the travel arrangements I've been setting up meetings. I'm able to meet with some people I've been working on a new venture with and have a little time left to squeeze in a visit with my old company. It's been almost 15 years since I've been back. Strange thinking about it all but exciting to catch up.