Against all odds, I'm in a good mood

It's Monday morning after being awake since midnight (I couldn't turn my brain off) and I am in a good mood!

I have coffee, I brought in some fresh lilac from the garden and I have NO MEETINGS today!

Some random thoughts follow:

1. Congratulations CJ! You did such a fantastic job yesterday. For those who are wondering, CJ ran his first "official" half marathon yesterday. He has run 13+ miles in training but never in an official race. Despite his cold he ran teh whole thing and finished in under 2 hours. I am so proud of you, honey. AND I am sorry I was such a complete grumpola yesterday the morning. Here's a picture from after the race.


2. Congratulations Sam and Charles. You make a beautiful couple and you are both wonderful people. I am so excited that I will be going to your wedding.

We had a surprise wedding shower at our house on Saturday. I do believe that Sam was surprised (Good job Charles). If she had known, I'm sure she wouldn't have arrived so dressed up, or wearing those shoes :)





who is this devilishly handsome man?


3. To my friends. Thank you to those who have been so wonderful and supportive since we announced that we were moving. I really appreciate it. I hope you all know that CJ and I love you guys so much. When we were talking about moving, the biggest issue working against a move was ... well you guys. You have been our family for years and we love you. We have a history and closeness that comes from riding the wave together (through ups and downs). I hope that you understand our motivations for moving and I hope you know that we are devesated to move away from you all. I know this sounds a bit touche but I hope we stay in touch. I will do my hardest to keep in touch with all of you through phone calls and emails and I really hope you do the same. We also really want to try to make a trip out to Seattle at leave once a year. Please don't be angry at us. We are sad too... very sad. In the effort to move closer to our family (biological), we are also leaving a family behind.

and just because I can, here are some pictures I took yesterday. It was a beautiful day and I can still feel the sun on my face and it feels good!