Anything But Gray

I cannot believe how long it's been since I've been on here!
Life has just been INSANE since we've arrived.

All is well and we are settling in, nicely.
It has been hot as hell for the last couple of days and we are just not used to this kind of heat so we are desperately trying to cool our apartment down and we think we finally have it bearable….

I have seen most of my "peeps" and done the "welcome back" thing, which has been very cool. I haven't seen everyone yet and the people I have seen, I haven't seen enough of, but it's just but been crazy busy trying to settle in and getting Zak settled into his office that there just simply hasn't been time to go run around and visit.

I went down to Fitchburg a couple of nights in a row and that was fun because a lot of people were out so I got to see a few people that I haven't seen in YEARS AND YEARS and that was really cool. One the people that I hadn't seen in years that was out was Bob. Back in the day, when everyone was always out, there were "groups" of people that hung out together. You had your CB'ers, the lifted truck group, the ford/mustang group, the kids from New Hampshire who would drive down to hang out….and every group had their specific spots along the main drag (John Fitch Highway) that they hung out at. Shelly and I first met when we were both part of the "CB group" and we both dated people from the "lifted truck" group and then we wound up and settled into the "ford/mustang" group and that is kind of where we stayed. Bob was part of "our" group and a cb'er. And he was someone that came to me and Zak's wedding and I hadn't seen him in years, so it was really, really cool to see him. And it was a blast to hang out and just reminisce about "the old days…" I so love doing that….:-) It really made me feel "home".

Zak and I have done a couple of work functions and that is good, to get to know people at his office and stuff. The guy that recruited Zak for Re/Max and his wife are super cool people and last night we went to a minor league baseball game with them and aside from the sweat pouring off of me, making me look like a glistening pig, it was fun. And I found out that the man that owns Re/Max here has BOX SEATS for Patriots games….ooooooh!!!!! ha! Not likely that we'll get invited to a game, but I was like "Okay, who do you have to sleep with to get into those seats?" Everyone laughed and thought it was funny but they have no clue I'm dead serious. ha!!! Okay…not really. But I'm excited about those seats because even just knowing someone that has box seats puts the possibility of me getting to go, in reach…albeit very, very far away reach….but still.

ANYWAY….the kids are adjusting well. And they are loving the hot and sunny days and that makes me happy. I feel bad for Ben, the poor kid has no one to really play with yet. Gabby and Jaime are constantly playing together and Ben keeps getting left out, which sucks. I need to get the poor kid involved in some stuff.

A lot of people haven't seen my hair yet and of the people that have, the majority are like "Wow…it's nice but it's just not you."  I agree. Some people like it and I myself, don't hate it…but I keep thinking the same thing when I go by a mirror…wow, it's just not me. LOL So I'm glad I did it, especially with this friggin' heat, but I pretty sure I'm gonna let it grow back out. But here is a pic of it….this me with Danielle and Kim, during our last "time" together in Juneau. I love this picture, it came out blurry so I had to do some photoshopping, but I love it. At the last minute Danielle snuggled up close to me and in the picture Kim seems too far away…it cracks me up because every time I look at it, it's like I want to reach into the picture and pull Kim closer. And that's my favorite thing about pictures….the ones that make you "feel" something!

The girls my backyard june 2008 (9) copy