contemplando agua

Summer seems to have arrived. Nevermind that we had heavy snow on Sunday. The days are long and warm, the kids are out of school, and I find myself laying in bed listening to NPR well beyond the time I normally have to get up.

Now comes a big test. Getting married. Katie and I have been working towards this for almost six years. Now it is list upon list of details to be sorted. I've heard a lot of people talk about how stressful and negative the time leading up to wedding day can be. We are a month and a half out right now and haven't had much tension. It's fun being a little older and knowing that a lot of the traditions are not for us. Takes a load off.

I keep getting more excited about the friends, family, and celebration of Love. The details will get sorted - or not - and life will roll on. It's going to be a gathering of characters worthy of a celebration. Not just Katie and I, but the meeting of our families, friends, and generations of friendship. The idea of adding another family to the mix is humbling and beautiful.

Monday morning I leave for New England. I have a week of hanging out with my peeps, brother, sister, neices, nephew, friends, and the land and sea that helped shape who I am today. Low on cash, high on enthusiasm. Katie will fly in to Providence on Friday. Jimmy, Maury, Josie and I will pick her up and head to western MA for Ben and Alli's wedding, then drive to New York to hang out with Nathan and Jipala at their house before returning to CT. "All in about an hour and a half" according to Katie's brother Bill, who lives in Fairbanks, AK.

Before Katie and I started seeing each other I would refer to her as Fairbanks. New England and Alaska, Taurus and Leo, Man and Woman...adventure awaits.