Thanks for the fish

winds to a close. I could totally use another week though. It’s been nice to stay home and sleep in my own bed each night, and I feel pretty relaxed and stuff, but I guess there is something to be said for leaving home for a vacation. But we didn’t spend too much moneyand we had a good time, so I’ll call it a success. : )

My sister, her husband, and my 17 month old nephew were here for the last few days - so needless to say, I’m exhausted. My nephew is really cute, and for the most part sweet, but boy is it tiring being around a toddler. You have to chase them around constantly to make sure they don’t kill themselves. He’s an active, squirmy little guy too who seemed to need constant entertainment or he started fussing. I suppose that’s normal. : ) He liked playing the piano though (I think he has some talent), 

Oh boy, ok so my mom just called and she fell down the stairs in their new house… these aren’t small stairs either and there was no rail up since it’s basically under construction. Apparently she’s black & blue and broke her clavicle. : ( And she’s 60 something years old. This is so mom though… my dad finds her at the bottom of the stairs in a heap and tries to get her up and she says “I’m just going to lay her for a minute. Why don’t you go make me a cup of tea?” tee hee… But she says she is ok…going to see an orthopedic surgeon about her broken bone tomorrow. Oy veh.

We went up to visit them and see their new house 2 days ago with my sister. It’s in the mountains of Western Maine with a view to die for. The house itself is gorgeous except for the fact that the guys whol ived there before still haven’t cleaned out all of their crap. And the majority of the drywall, floors, and ceilings are not in. It’s a lot of work but they do like a challenge. And it has oodles of potential. And best for me, it’s only an hour or two away and very close to some great ski resorts! (not that I ski). Also close to some big lakes where I can go kayaking.

Other than that, we’ve just been trying to keep our guests entertained. I did give up my 30 day sobriety challenge 2 days early, but not out of weakness (seriously). I honestly felt like after 28 days I had proved my point. Had white wine Friday night and felt fine. It wasn’t as great as I remembered. Red wine last night and felt like utter shit all night and still a bit this morning. Soooo over red wine. I think I’ve learned that I can live without it now. But we’ll see.

Back to work tomorrow and none too happy about it. I need to see how much vacation I have left and plan some mroe long weekends during the summer.