Again, I disappeared for almost a month. I soo didn’t mean to. Fall time is busy… as we are constantly traveling back and forth to Vermont. When we’re home, we’re doing laundry, paying bills, and getting ready for the following weekend.

Two weekends ago we stayed home so Rich could do the half marathon. I think I might have been expecting the New York City marathon. I made a big poster and my friend Peggy and I stood on the side of the road and yelled to all the runners. Honestly, we were the only people there besides one or two volunteers with megaphones. For the record, we were much louder and much more entertaining than the actual megaphone-carrying volunteers. Rich and his friend Emily did very well. I was especially impressed by my husband considering he had terrible shin splints and barely trained. Last weekend Jer and Lee came up for Yom Kippur. Rich and I were late getting to Vermont and I actually had to eat my pre-fast meal in a Troy, New York diner. Oy vey. Jer and I fasted and I actually managed to drag the three of them to temple. We love our little hippy temple in Vermont.

Break the fast was bagel yums.. My brother went slightly nuts with the lox and all that bagel fishy stuff considering 1) Rich doesnt like lox and most jewish food for that matter 2) Pee wee’s pregnant and cant eat it and 3) I eat very little of it. But what I did eat was yummy. Boy, do I miss a good bagel. A Rochester bagel is the equivalent of bread with a hole in the middle. Blech.

Last weekend was Lehigh weekend up in the Cha. We had 9 adults and 4 kids (including one baby) up there. It was totally chaos and totally hysterical. I LOVED seeing my friends with their kids. Every one has such a distinct personality. It was just amazing. Stacy’s kids put her on a leash at one point. By the end of the kid-filled days, all the adults were so desperate for play time that we sat outside on the porch in 40 degree weather with like 18 layers on. We finally brought the outside table into the kitchen so we could frolic as far away from the bedrooms as possible without being outside. It was a very fun weekend.

On Thursday night, we leave for 11 days in Vermont. It will be amazing to not have to rush around and get sad that we have to leave to go back to the ‘Cha before we even settle in. Hazel comes in from Dublin on Tuesday night. Woohooo… we can’t wait!

In other non-news… I’ve had a very easy few months at work, but I have a feeling that after vacation, I will get back into swamped mode. I am not looking forward to that at all.