Peter and I moved from Brooklyn to Manhattan the last Saturday of June (about 10 miles north), and after one day of unpacking, I abandoned him! It was for a good cause, of course, as I was representing the both of us at both get-togethers for both sides of the family. Peter knew that it was, ostensibly, a temporary abandomment.
I spent three days in AZ where I was reminded that the "DRY HEAT" still feels like a blow torch when its 116 out. I got my hair done by my favorite hairdresser from years ago, gooshed on my nieces and nephews, ate at Ned's Krazy Subs (a family tradition) and Cafe Rio (a personal tradition), had in-house pedicures with my niece Miranda, saw ECLIPSE - the 3rd and newest Twilight movie with the sistahs, beat my brother-in-law Jake at numerous board games, and generally enjoyed being lazy.
On the fourth day of my vacation, I flew to SLC to spend a few days with Peter's side of the family. We went camping out by Oakley, where fortunately we had access to plumbing facilities and my brothers-in-law Curt and Gregor provided superior dutch oven cooking. [Featured above is Patrick posing with the dutch oven, or"frothy bacon" - all grease! Yuck! I mean Yummy!] It was posh camping. We went canoeing on the lake and attended the 75th Annual Rodeo in them there parts. The Rodeo was fun, despite the fact that I feel guilty enjoying a production founded on animal abuse. The announcer kept saying random phrases such as "Whoa Big'un..." to the larger bulls or horses, that became immediate fodder for jokes later on.
After two days of camping, I spent a couple of days in SLC at Nat and Pat's relaxing, working out, playing with darling Ava, eating at Red Lobster with the family before fireworks, shopping with the sistahs, gooshing on the nieces and nephews, seeing a midnight showing of ECLIPSE (see above description -yes, it was my 2nd time in 4 days) with the girls... and Gregor...what a sport, socializing at the family party on Sunday evening, and generally enjoying everyone's company and the antics of Eric and Patrick. The last song at the fireworks display was "America" by Neil Diamond. You know the one..."got a dream to take them there, they're coming to America. Today!" Eric leaped up in front of everyone and did a Rocky air punch on cue with "Today!", much to the delight and amusement of everyone, especially me. I'm still laughing.
I missed Peter A LOT, more than I realized I would and he reminded me that this is what I get when I abandon him. :) I got back a week later on the 5th where Peter and I had a sweet reunion and more boxes to unpack. Thanks for a very fun week everyone! I sure love my family and I'm so grateful to be a part of y'all.
In my absence, Peter started his new internship program at St. Luke's-Roosevelt and is liking it very much. He says its much better than the Brooklyn Hospital Center. More details to come!
I spent three days in AZ where I was reminded that the "DRY HEAT" still feels like a blow torch when its 116 out. I got my hair done by my favorite hairdresser from years ago, gooshed on my nieces and nephews, ate at Ned's Krazy Subs (a family tradition) and Cafe Rio (a personal tradition), had in-house pedicures with my niece Miranda, saw ECLIPSE - the 3rd and newest Twilight movie with the sistahs, beat my brother-in-law Jake at numerous board games, and generally enjoyed being lazy.
On the fourth day of my vacation, I flew to SLC to spend a few days with Peter's side of the family. We went camping out by Oakley, where fortunately we had access to plumbing facilities and my brothers-in-law Curt and Gregor provided superior dutch oven cooking. [Featured above is Patrick posing with the dutch oven, or"frothy bacon" - all grease! Yuck! I mean Yummy!] It was posh camping. We went canoeing on the lake and attended the 75th Annual Rodeo in them there parts. The Rodeo was fun, despite the fact that I feel guilty enjoying a production founded on animal abuse. The announcer kept saying random phrases such as "Whoa Big'un..." to the larger bulls or horses, that became immediate fodder for jokes later on.
After two days of camping, I spent a couple of days in SLC at Nat and Pat's relaxing, working out, playing with darling Ava, eating at Red Lobster with the family before fireworks, shopping with the sistahs, gooshing on the nieces and nephews, seeing a midnight showing of ECLIPSE (see above description -yes, it was my 2nd time in 4 days) with the girls... and Gregor...what a sport, socializing at the family party on Sunday evening, and generally enjoying everyone's company and the antics of Eric and Patrick. The last song at the fireworks display was "America" by Neil Diamond. You know the one..."got a dream to take them there, they're coming to America. Today!" Eric leaped up in front of everyone and did a Rocky air punch on cue with "Today!", much to the delight and amusement of everyone, especially me. I'm still laughing.
I missed Peter A LOT, more than I realized I would and he reminded me that this is what I get when I abandon him. :) I got back a week later on the 5th where Peter and I had a sweet reunion and more boxes to unpack. Thanks for a very fun week everyone! I sure love my family and I'm so grateful to be a part of y'all.
In my absence, Peter started his new internship program at St. Luke's-Roosevelt and is liking it very much. He says its much better than the Brooklyn Hospital Center. More details to come!
3 comments:
Great post Allison! Unfortunately, I didn't have my camera @ the fireworks show, but Amy and Mary both got shots of Eric's patriotic enthusiasm.
what a fun trip! Here in Brooklyn, we miss you already, by the way....
I'm bummed! I wish I could have seen you while you were here!
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