8 posts tagged “summer”
I am too tired to think of a fun title!
We are just living up the short, not too hot summer that we are allotted way up here in the tundra. I've been slowly adjusting to the 3 hour time difference (staying up all night while flying back probably threw me off more than the actual time change), so in between my naps and Hazel's naps we've been walking outside, visiting our CSA farm, and hanging out with Amos. Next weekend we're going to Pennsylvania for a Slavic festival with Amos's parents, followed by a 3-day stay in Geneva, NY, for a quiet little vacation together. Geneva is a sweet town on the finger lakes, which incidentally really do look like fingers from the sky, and I am excited for our stay. We're shacking up in a B&B run by a very sweet couple, and between his parents & us we are taking up the whole house. That's a B&B stay I'm willing to risk! Plus Nancy has spoken to the couple, and they are both thrilled to have a little baby there for a visit. After that we aren't traveling again until Christmas, but my mama will be up at the beginning of August for a quick long weekend. I'm really looking forward to seeing her again. While she's here we're going to have a slightly early birthday for Hazel. Oh, and I bought her birthday outfit in Portland, and it's SO cute, not to mention being orange & blue, which is just a cool bonus.
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.
Amos has been taking Hazel on these morning walks, which typically include breakfast at the fountain. He's also trying to teach her to toss a penny in the fountain; she hasn't quite got it yet, but she enjoys it nonetheless.
Right after Amos finished up with classes, right after my birthday and all my friends' birthdays and mama's graduation, right after all that, Amos & I loaded up Hazel for another family vacation. We were gone for almost 3 whole weeks! Sometimes I think we are certifiably insane. We've been home since late Monday night, and I still feel shell-shocked from the whole affair.
Yesterday Carrie, Britt, and I thought it would be a spectacular idea to have a picnic at Lake Delta State Park. It wasn't a spectacular idea, turns out, but it wasn't horrible either. I did learn some things, though:
That's what the temp hit here -- 90. It was unexpected and kind of annoying, but I was so happy to feel some kind of heat that I didn't complain (I hope) too much. Here's a crappy photo of Hazel before we fled our insanely hot apartment:
