Long Weekend

Well, suffice it to say that daN and i planned on going to Maine on Friday night and coming back on Sunday, and we ended up going to Maine on Saturday afternoon and coming back this morning. Plans change. He was going to meet me at South Station on Friday night with tickets so we could hop on the 5:15 bus together and head up on the last coastal route to Waldoboro. Well, everything took longer than he wanted it too. Two cold, undressed sandwiches took the people 20- minutes to make, and they weren't even all that good! The phone wasn't ringing, and he was the only customer in there. What the fuck took so long? So then he realized he didn't have time to walk all the way back to Kendall, so he took the Green line shuttle from Lechmere, which we've always found to be fine going in that direction. The bus driver wasn't in the bus. After five minutes, the driver showed up, and pulled into 5:00 rush hour traffic. Dan didn't get to the next stop until 5:10, and needless to say, that stop wasn't anywhere near South Station. All his efforts were foiled. And he blames it on his birthday. He has a sad history of his birthday celebrations going awry. I am sad to say that this one did too.

Fortunately, once we made it up to Maine, we had a good time. His party was fun, and there was mulberry-blueberry pie and pizza gallore courtesy of his Mum Debbie, and lots of fun family. We all talked about Paris a lot, because most have been there, and we're going soon.

Then we were going to head back to Boston on Sunday after the storm cleared up. Well, it didn't clear up in time. We took that opportunity to spend more time with our families -- i visited my Mum who is laid up with a broken leg (and please everyone keep her in your thoughts -- she is at the doctor's right now to determine whether she will need surgery or not, and she's hoping for an walking cast instead, but she was optimistic yesterday). I had a great time. That evening, we watched the Pats win the AFC Championship again at his brother and sister-in-law's apartment. We found our way back to Portland with Pat, stayed the night there, and got back in here in the afternoon. Whew! We were exhausted! Needed lots of time to ourselves. But's GREAT down here! Snow everywhere! I went snowshoeing :) I was excited to do so. I did my laundry, but i still have yet to go grocery shopping, which i desperately need to do.

For those of you who want more details about my haircut: it's chin length, and shorter and layered in the back. It's cute! Sometimes i hate it, but that's hair for ya.

For those of you who want more details about Paris, there is more to come on that front in the next issue ;)