first things first: please go visit shannon's new blog, to which she has made her first post. there is no commenting place just yet, so wink and smile erie-ward as you read (it's a bit like facing mecca, i think) because you will fall in love with her.
so.
i have come home to a humid nashville, 60-something degrees and overcast. i am completely up on all my current vanity fair trivia, and once i unpack, i'll be ready to start my week.
this weekend was an exercise in small things: lunch with family, as my nephew sat on my lap, and my niece let me read her true or false horse informational book. (who knew there were toes underneath those hooves?)
shannon and i stayed in a lot, gurgled with bea to make her laugh, played cards, drank incredibly bad wine (i.e. local wine which should have been made by welch's) and watched movies. we talked. there is something to be said for conversation with someone who has known you through various haircuts, geographic relocations, pant-sizes, boyfriends, and immense hardships. conversation like breathing, and then you can nap on the couch with the dog.
i'm sad to say such quick goodbyes, especially to the queen bea, who will be a completely different baby when i see her again.
sigh. it was good, though. so very good to be around fambly.
and now i need a shower.
Posted by bananie at March 17, 2003 12:00 AM | TrackBack