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Home Once Again

I miss my apartment when I'm gone.  I realize that I love my books, my cameras, all my stuff.  That includes Amos and Hazel.  I arrived back from Portland yesterday morning, about 11.30 am.  My flights went from 6.30 pm the night before, all the way basically non-stop until getting to Syracuse at about 10 am or so.  Yesterday was a blur of getting home, trying to find something to eat (I refuse to pay airport prices and hadn't eaten since about 11.30 am the previous day), and taking a quickie nap & bath before Hazel's dinner & bath.  I missed her so much.  


Portland was amazing.  AMAZING.  There is no way that I will not be back to that city.  Besides the delicious food, the super nice people, and renowned music scene, there's just something about Portland that completely jived with me.  Everyone there seems to be progressive in the ways that Amos and I are building our family to be; they recycle, bike, share parenting duties without raised eyebrows, go to shows, let pedestrians pass.  The city's only sweeter because one of my favorite people lives there.

Laura and I had SUCH a great time.  I needed to see her; it reminded me that I'm not just a mother and wife.  It was refreshing.  We drank, danced, cracked jokes, drove around, biked even more, shared recipes, and just laughed and laughed.  I can't even put it into words...this was just the best vacation I've ever taken.  Reaffirming.








Oh I should also mention that Laura and I decided to get spontaneous haircuts.  That's what that last photo is about.  You just can't tell mine is different because I'm shorter than her.  Trust me that both our do's are slamming.

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Portland Bound!

This evening I leave for Portland!  I'm headed out to spend a week with my beautiful, funny, lovely friend Laura.  I haven't seen her since my wedding, which has been about 2 years, and in that time I had a baby.  So we have a lot to talk about, haha!  I'm almost all packed, the bills are paid, I pre-checked in on the Delta website, my knitting is started and packed.  I could not be more ready to go.  I will miss Hazel, though; I think it will be weird to be away from her for so long.  


Um, actually I have a confession about that...we haven't totally stopped nursing.  And I'm not going to.  I know, taking a week-long hiatus is crazy and weird and will probably hurt me more than it does her.  The (stupid) doctor we see said that she needs to have either breast milk or formula until she's a whole year old.  Formula is just not something I want to do, and since her doctor refused all other milks, we're going back to breastfeeding until her birthday, which honestly is not that far away.  We'll wean more slowly after that.  She has done remarkably well, though, so it kind of sucks that we'll have to do that twice.  I'm sure the trip will make up for it, though.

So!  I won't blog in PDX, but I will after & show some fun photos.  Have a nice week - I will!

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