A Week of Lovely Moments
Lots of sadness about Hunter last week, I think because I saw friends I hadn't seen since everything went down, and also the 28th is the day we lost her and I walked around that whole day saying to myself, "Why do I feel so bad about this today?" until the end of the day when I realized the date and it all made sense.
But also last week was such a lovely week, with some really beautiful moments.
Such as traveling to Boston for business (and being OK being away from the kids. Last time I was away from them, an overnight for our anniversary last October, I was totally panicked the whole time...it was too close to Hunter's death...I'm doing better now.)
Anyway, I used to be in Boston all the time for work, but it's been years. Good to see old friends and Kendall Square in Cambridge where the office is...it was cold but I walked from the office on the river to Cuchi Cuchi one night (one of my favorite restaurants ever, oh my gosh, my dinner was so good) and Kendall Square when I first started working there in 2002 was really a wasteland, there was just nothing, now it looks like something out of The Jetsons, with every square inch developed, incredible architecture and glass and steel buildings and stories-high plasma screens--it's incredible how that area has been transformed, cool to see it up close.
Here is the view from the office I occupied for a few days:
And then back in New Mexico, hiking this weekend, also cold, snow starting to fall on the peaks and our dogs and Jack who we're dogsitting for while my parents are in Big Bend...happy and Dexter was playing chase with Newton which I haven't seen since his cancer diagnosis in November, he's doing so well, I know his time is limited, but it's so good to see him doing so well...
And then Superbowl Sunday, sitting in the kitchen with the kids after naps, Luke in his orange-and-blue striped thermal, them both coloring happily, my husband prepping our burgers-and-sweet-potato-fries dinner for later, trying to teach the kids to say, "Go, Broncos!" and we had an oldies station on and the kids and I danced to "You're the One That I Want" from "Grease" (love that movie and that song's the best part) and I sang "You've Got a Friend" to them...I mean, nothing happened, but it was just such a sweet, ordinary hour we spent in the kitchen as a family...
Oh, and the kids watched the ENTIRE football game (we had lots of toys for them, but still I was expecting they'd be done by halftime). The cheer the kids ended up using was, "Go, Football!," which was just as well.
Hope everyone has a great Monday!
XOXO
