Sweet Summer 2014

On May 31, 2014 I took the kids to the Nashville airport so they could fly to Beijing and spend the summer with Buddy.  

In the following 58 days, I was in Nashville, North Carolina, Washington DC, Beijing, South Carolina, Portland and San Francisco and here's what I did:

• Moved all of our stuff in Nashville out of our 2BR/1BA duplex into a PODS

                                                 

• Visited my old church in Palo Alto.

• Met with many dear old friends in the Bay Area.

    

• Made a few new friends.

• Got a facial, a pedicure and 2 manicures.

• Flew to Beijing for a week to see Buddy and the kids.

                                                         

• Flew 20,200 miles, which means I boarded 16 planes.

               

• Got our tenant to move out of the East Palo Alto house and got it cleaned, repaired and inspected so it’s ready for sale.  

                                 

• Spent 11 nights in hotels.  

• Visited every US time zone.

• Put Cooper into a training camp for the summer.

            $$$$$$$         $$$$$$

• Agreed with Ty that we’ll let each other go.  The 450-mile distance became a real show-stopper and neither of us was able to move.  

• Toured the world’s largest digital print facility.

• When I just slip it in like that does it seem like not a big deal?  Because I really want it to seem like it’s not a big deal.  

• Dipped my toes in the Pacific.

                       

• Of course I mean the break-up.  Not the digital print facility.  

• Ate a lot of sushi and frozen yogurt.

• Gained 5 pounds.  (Or so...)

                             

(connection?  possibly...)

• Attended my awesome nephew's confirmation.

                         

• Ate a cro-nut.  (Whose idea was this???)

• Facilitated classes for 234 amazing people.

• Got bangs.

                                                       

Summer 2014 you were sweet and I loved you.  
Thank you for everything you brought me and gave me.  
It was all perfect in its own way.