Intentions

I had the grand intentions of writing a truly memorable entry about my truly fabulous weekend. That was before I called my mom back, drank a few glasses of wine and ate my leftover Choo Chee Curry with tofu from Rod Dee, quite cold, as we do not have a microwave but with added hot sauce to mask that gross "fridge" flavor... followed by stale leftover SmartFood that Julie left at the lake house, for dessert.

So, I unfortunately have lost ability of my senses in this meal/wine induced state to write anything of substance. So it is, we must be fueled by substance to create. And so I will leave you one interested blog subscriber with a few photos of my oh-so-fabulous NH-Lakes-Region getaway sponsored by the one and only 1369 Coffee House.

Friday, our dock:


Grandmaster Moose:





Indoor archery:



Two of my favorite people: (Bryan and Meg)


And the man who shares my bed more than any other...:



And it must be said that my thoughts drifted over the course of the weekend to all of those I love and have loved. I thought of how Chico would enjoy the serenity, and how Tara would be able to reminisce about the NZ similarities, and how I wish she had seen New England in its 'glory state'. I thought of Leigh and her appreciation of everything and Chris and his love of the wilderness.I thought of Tim and how badly I wanted him there and how much I knew it would never happen. I thought of Melissa and her aversion to camping, and yet how much she would enjoy a lakeside getaway, complete with kitchen, shower and cleanliness. I thought of Laura and and Andy and their happy love. I thought of Jack, their beautiful dog (and my amazing soul mate.) I thought of Chrissy and Adam and Mom and Dad, and the Matts and how I do/will miss them. I thought of Mike's big adventure and my adventures to come.
I thought of my crushes.
My new friends.
My admiration for those of you who have chosen a life because it is the life you want, not because it is the life that was easiest.

In short, the weekend, the time with friends and away from all friends made me realize things I had sometimes take for granted ;like how lucky I am, and how completely surrounded with beauty we all are.