Been to the spa, couldn't find a computer! We actually just got back from visiting my sister in Cary and are still unpacking. Can I make a suggestion though? DO NOT take a trip when your first child is cutting her first tooth. You will NOT sleep. Okay, so here's what we've been up to:
Saturday- Leave at 6:30 am in hopes of coordinating naps/feedings alongside of tree planting. For those of you who have been reading for some time now, you know that I had aspirations of planting a tree for Madeline at the cabin this year. Well, the local nursery closes at 12 on Saturdays, and unless we wanted to replant the Griswold family tree, it had to be bought locally. So, we had to drive to the cabin, unload all of the luggage in the back, drive to the nursery, move Maddie's car seat over, and the tree had it's root ball in our back and the leaves touching the dash. Jeff dug the hole while Maddie and I played in the grass. We planted a Kwanzan cherry and it is supposed to bloom around Mother's Day.
This is her tree and the bubbles that she is very adept at blowing. We arrived in Cary at 4:30 that afternoon.
Sunday we went to Allyson's church, the grocery, and
Maddie got to work straightening all of Allyson's DVDs.
What a thrill for my little OCD heart!
Monday- Allyson had to work, so we visited her during a break and viewed her classroom. She's the teacher I would have loved as a student. Until I got my first red-inked paper.
Tuesday- We got to go to Duke's campus! Yea!! I have pictures, I swear, but my pea-brain can't figure out how to get them on the blog. We just walked around and took it all in. Duke is simply stunning and makes me wish I had found a college with perhaps a little more curb appeal. What other time in life does one have to have the nation just open up to them and still be in a small, protected microcosm of academia? Bliss.
Wednesday- on the road again. We left at a slightly more appealing hour of 7:30 and hit the cabin again to check on the tree. I've always wanted to get a picture of this barn and so here it is in all it's back road glory. I stopped at the farmers market in Asheville and picked up some sweet potatoes (40 lbs for $12!!!) and apples for baby food. We managed to get home about 3:30 and I've been doing laundry/sorting bills/answering e-mails ever since. Ugh, there goes the buzzer.
