Sunday, July 15, 2007

The weekend has gone by far too quickly. Friday brought Amy moving in and all of the mess of boxes all over again. Yuck. It is pretty settled at this point, but we still have some definite details to get to. it will be fine, I am sure.

Friday evening I went to dinner with my friend Susan, her son Emre (13), her son Eren (20), her step-son Cori (pronounced Core-Eye, 33), and her step daughter Chidem (pronounced as it sounds....kind of like "cheat em", 28) at a great Italian restaurant in Seneca Falls called Henry B's. I am sure that I ate too much, and the situation was interesting given the family dynamics of the group. Susan lived in Turkey for 15 years and her son Eren (along with Cori and Chidem) all still live there.

Saturday morning I woke early and headed to Wellsville for a haircut, a visit with the realtor, and a concert at the Wellsville Creative Arts Center. I got a great haircut (as usual) and will continue to travel back to have it done there.

The house is (tentatively) sold. I signed the contract Saturday afternoon and am now just waiting for everything to go through. I am torn about the situation - glad that I won't have the responsibility of it anymore, but sad because of what I invested in the house, which was mostly emotional. I am fairly certain at this point that it is unlikely I will ever return to Wellsville to live, so it makes sense to let it go. Seriously....I could never live there without Maggie anyway. I wouldn't want to. I also made a stop to see Jeff and Linda and the kids. They are doing well and are busy, as usual.

The Buddahood played at the Creative Arts Center and we had a great time. They are incredibly eclectic and had a variety of sounds, styles, and rhythms all in one song. Good times.

I headed back to Seneca Falls early this morning. Amy and I managed to change our own lock, since uor landlord has not been responsive to fixing it. We would have to stand at the back door and fiddle with the key for sometimes near ten minutes to get it to work. We are sharing one key since copies do not work. It has been a nightmare. Today, we made the nightmare go away and fixed the lock our own damn selves.

I had to get packed since we are spending four days at Cornell University for an ACT for Youth leadership conference. Tomorrow we are on the high ropes course and that doesn't thrill me. Our facilitators over the next three days are representatives from Free the Children . I have high hopes the progam will be awesome, since I am not so thrilled about being away....again.

Next weekend is Balloon Rally and I am still deciding on whether I will head back to Wellsville or not. I guess part of it could depend on what is happening with the houses, both in Seneca Falls and in Wellsville. Amy is away next weekend, too, so it may be nice just to stay home and veg. I guess we will see.

Michelle is over the top in Disney planning. She has already posted her packing list on the Disney Message Board (including 12 pairs of underwear). Crazy. I am getting more exicted, but I feel like I have so many things to get through before I can even think about going. My brain is constantly running at warp speed and I am just tired.

I will check in tomorrow night after the high ropes course and a day of training.

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