Getaway

Are you ready for some news that will rock your world???

Tim and I flew to Boston all by ourselves on a big airplane!

For the first time in nearly nine years, I read a book, uninterrupted, on the flight. I actually read one book all the way through and started two more!

Thanks to the home team (his parents; my sister & her husband; our friends the Meades), we are here lending a hand for almost three days. Tim is getting a crash course in nursing school. :-) Yesterday we were snowed in for most of the day, which meant that instead of attending their church meeting with my parents, we stayed in the kitchen for hours, eating, chatting, working on a puzzle, listening to some spiritual enlightenment from here, hearing via phone and email about what a good time our children are having. (Actual words from our three year old as we pulled up to the curb at the Austin airport: "Daddy! Get out of the car!" We decided that she was concerned about our making our flight on time.)

In the late afternoon, Tim and I went down to the inimitable Harvard Square to meet my youngest sister for a hot drink. And to tease her, of course, because that's our job (and because she's so delightful, not to mention a world champion blusher). One must always, always do one's family duty.

Today's plans include figuring out a way to keep our toes warm while wearing leather boots through the snow/slush, and visiting the John F. Kennedy Library/Museum.