As I sit here drinking a cup of kindness, I offer a quick "happy new year" post alongside apologies for my sporadic and slow posting over this vacation. While we do have cable internet atop our mountain, it has been rather testy, and most days we've had to call the company at least twice to be "reset." We'll work on a more permanent solution to that when we're back for spring break.
Meanwhile, our vacation has been everything we'd hoped it would be -- that is, if we overlook Petunia's nocturnal asthma attack two nights ago that scared us all half to death. But it wouldn't be a Douvos family vacation with at least one sickness derailment (reference ER visits in December '04, Petunia's pneumonia in WV; April '06, Dash's pneumonia, also in WV; summer '06, Petunia's head-to-toe mystery rash in MD; etc.) and weather issues (reference every trip that the Guv and I have ever taken together, as it's always cold and raining, even in Hawaii '04). We're getting out of here a full day early because we just received eight inches of snow this morning, and at least five more will dump on us tomorrow, then five more Wednesday. So... we'll probably be ringing in the New Year from our beds in NJ, driving conditions willing.
On our way out, as I look at this winter wonderland, I find my eyes glossing over; it's so very beautiful, and I really don't want to leave. Even with my still-going-strong tail-end bruise, which has oddly morphed into the shape of Africa, lending it a good nickname, I'm crying a little inside because it'd be great to get in a little last-minute snowboarding this afternoon instead of loading the car. The arcs of snow produced as I carved down the mountain would look really cool... and, well, my falls would be so much softer on this glorious powder.
Oh well, we're outta here... and already praying for a good Easter snowfall, since that's when we'll be back!
Happy New Year!
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