Quick update

Hi everyone! It’s been a busy week for everyone it seems. I’ve been running around town getting things done while my mother-in-law, Pop-Pop and Bootie watch Alan. He has enjoyed spending time with his Emma so much so that he wants to sleep with her at night. That hasn’t worked out so well. He’ll lie with her in bed, but as the 10 o’clock hour approaches, he’s still awake, and eventually calls for me. So he’s a little sleep deprived. I thought he would catch up on sleep with his afternoon nap, but I think he’s been missing me this week, and didn’t want to be let go. He finally collapsed around 3pm. When he wakes up we are all making a peach pie.

With Portia away, we’ve enjoyed Louis’s company last night (and tonight) for dinner. He and Eileen (“Emma”, short for Grandma) have shared poetry and teaching stories. I love seeing them interact about their writing. Louis is one of those amazing poets. You should really read his work. I'll ask him permission to post some of his work... I’ll take some credit for pushing the idea of publishing onto him. The last poetry contest I sent him – Mohonk Mountain Stage Company – awarded him in the “notable category”. I recall bugging him about sending in his work, and I’m glad he did. At the awards celebration, we all watched the actors perform his poem earlier this summer. Maybe I should be his literary agent. (I told another friend about the contest, and she won too!)

What else? It’s still unclear if we will be vacationing this summer – Fall is around the corner and we have only several options left. So when everyone left for a walk last night, I tried the next best thing to a vacation. I went to the backyard and picked some fresh flowers (foxglove), and put them in a vase. I sat on my porch with them on the table along with a vanilla candle and relaxed to some Pavarotti. It was only about 20 minutes before everyone returned, but that was okay - we all hung out on the porch together as the sun went down. I almost walked to Stewarts for ice cream – but fought off that urge…Anyway, that’s all for now! Oh yeh - I finally updated some new music to my IPOD. It's been making my workouts go much faster!