Muffin was very unhappy when I left home.
Lucy, spending time helping me recover the dining room chairs
Muffin, making certain I don't pack again any time soon!
I have been back in Georgia since Valentine's Day, but was home for only four days when I packed to go to Lake Lanier for the weekend. I had a great time with all the bridge ladies at Sheryl's lake house. Bridge is usually one of the only times during the month that I feel compelled to act like an adult, but our twice a year bridge weekends are a lot like a slumber party....eight gals, lots of chatter and lots of food and wine. A fabulous group!
Well I went hiking alone Tuesday morning. I now carry a picture of Everest and of the Taksang Monastery in Bhutan, just so I have a constant reminder of why I continue exercising, even when I really hate it. So....I drove to the Visitors Center at Kennesaw Battlefield and then hiked the wood trail up the mountain, a 657' elevation climb about a mile in distance. (Certainly nothing equaling what I'll be up against in Nepal!) I then climbed down the steeper back slope, caught the main road and walked the 1.5 miles back down. I met one young gal who made that hike twice a day, four times a week. Good grief! I should send her to Nepal instead of going myself. I was truly huffing and puffing all the way up that climb. I cannot begin to imagine what April 12th will be like for me. That's the day I make the steep climb from Monjo to Namche (various blogs say that hike takes anywhere from two to nine hours --- shoot me now and say a prayer for me on that date!
Yesterday Marcia and Sheryl took me to Mimi's Cafe for a birthday lunch - delish. Then we walked through Perimeter Mall, just like all the other "ladies who lunch." How "Real Housewives of Atlanta" can you get?
Today is tax prep day. I have to get it all done and sent in to the accountant tomorrow so that they can do their magic and I can get the whole thing done by the time I leave on March 23. I fly to LAX that day to spend three days there with Steve, then we begin the slog to Kathmandu....18 hours non-stop LAX-Bangkok, 3 hour layover, then another 5 hours to Kathmandu. (Sounds like a three ambien kind of day!) Steve flies back on April 11, I stay on in the mountains until April 22, have one day to regroup in LAX and then home to ATL on April 24. Consider me sleeping for the next week after that!
Again and again I say how lucky I am to be able to live like this. I am so appreciative of all the emotional support my friends and family give me. I feel I am indeed finally able to be regret-free happy again - and as you often hear me say, I think I have finally grown into the person Bob thought he had married! I'm pleased to have made such strides in my physical and emotional health. He took great care of me when he was alive, and took great care of me when he died. And now I have a full 17 days to spend with my one and only usually favorite son. I am so looking foward to spending that time with him, as we both push ourselves past our usual boundaries.
The 1099s are calling.
S
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