I know it's been a long time...

Probably the longest I've gone without updating since I started this whole blog thing...

But alas...I'm back.

Here are just a few pictures of the week...the annual Christmas Eve party at Piper's house, and a bunch of my dad building Benji's Hanukkah present...a new dog house. It's hilarious...has the same exact construction as his studio (check out the window placement on top, even). I think I laughed for a solid hour over this...no one else seems to think it's so funny, somehow. Now he just has to add "Dad Loewy" to the top of his studio. :)

Being home has continued to be really nice. I'm in love with the south, all over again. It's going to be hard to get my butt back up to the frigid north. But, I will, and I'm sure I'll love having my own life back again. Being home is great in that it feels so freeing from normal stresses, but you can't stay in that liminal state forever (unfortunately?). I'll be back soon enough anyhow...I'm returning in February for the half-marathon, and then I'm hoping to be able to come home for the Festival International in April. blah blah blah. Not interesting at all.

Tomorrow we're going to a State Park for a Family Day...lots of pictures will appear, I'm sure.

Okay, so I was re-tagged by Jojo. Argh! Actually, I don't mind at all, but I'm not going to tag people in return. Twice in 2 weeks is too much, I think.

So here goes...5 more ever intriguing details about yours truly.

1. When I was in high school, I had a group of friends...8, to be exact...we called ourselves The Posse, each claiming a color of the rainbow (adding pink...PROYGBIV). I was yellow. We did everything together, for better or for worse. Some people thought we were gay; Some people thought we were funny; Some people thought we were obnoxious. We thought we were the coolest, most intelligent people on the face of the earth. The realization that we perhaps weren't was one of the toughest things I've ever gone through. I love that I had that closeness growing up, but I acknowledge that it was perhaps a bit (okay, a lot) weird. For those of you that wondered, that was the reason my room from the previous posts was painted in rainbow stripes...
2. I hate folding clothes and doing laundry.
3. I hate washing dishes more.
4. I'm ridiculously afraid I'm going to be a shitty wife for those reasons.
5. Bread pudding with rum sauce is my favorite desert, even though I'm a chocolate addict.

Okay, enough of that, eh?
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY HANUKKAH, everyone!

I'm heading out to the pool to swim. Did I mention the pool is outdoors? Yep. December 26 and I'm swimming outdoors. Getting a tan, even (okay it's a VERY light tan)...

I don't want to inspire ill-will towards myself, but I don't know if I can help myself...
hehehehehehe. I win!

(Besides, it's okay to gloat since it's a very temporary advantage...come Friday evening, I'll be back in the Arctic Circle.)