Life to Date.

Friends and family,

Boy howdy, we've been busy! Though I'm not sure with what...life? Sometimes just trucking through the day feels like an insurmountable obstacle. Perhaps it's just the weather...

So what's new? First of all, I just turned 30. 30! And I'm not even sorry about it. I kinda feel cool being in this decade where people are generally productive, mature and fertile. It makes me feel like I should be taken more seriously...and that I've finally arrived. Feels good! My friends (like you) and family made me feel very loved and special on my birthday, flooding my Facebook page with good wishes, for example, and Josh and the kids' sang me happy birthday over cupcakes. :) Awwww. Josh spoiled me over the weekend by a) letting me take an all-day photography class and then b) picking me up and taking me to a lovely dinner together before whisking me to a lovely B&B in North Bend along the Snohomish river. Where they had chickens. And goats. And mattresses like clouds. And niiiiiiice people who cook like magicians.

We've been able to spend lots of hours together "just us" lately thanks to Josh's mom, Gigi. She came to town to bond with her newest grandson and to play with our kids on weekends. Seriously, it's awesome! We go to lunch and just sit there in the peaceful stillness, chewing contentedly. We run errands without pushing carts laden with squirmy chattle. We adore the break, and the one giving it!

What else of late? Hmmm. Oh yes, I had to travel to Olympia with my class and 670 other PT professionals/students to talk with legislators. I appreciate the lesson, but would have much preferred staying home and studying. Or sleeping. I got very little out of it, save for a couple nice photos which, if you're interested, can be found here.

Also? Raspberry mochas are the shizzle.

Hope you and yours are well!

Love,
The Demetrescus