CT Part 3 and the trip home...

Our last day in Connecticut was another whirlwind...not that I would've expected anything else by the end of the week :) Of course we were awake ages before anyone else and so were hanging out when Liza showed up to talk w/ my Mom and this guy who's been helping her...that's a really long story I'm not getting into here... Anyway, we've got a better idea about him, her and her finances but its still a messy situation and I don't know how the heck I'll fit in helping out with it. I suppose somewhere in my life there are still inefficiencies that can be managed better. I'll find them and then add this new stuff in with the "extra" time I've saved.

That afternoon we were going to take both kids to the ice rink but Patrick fell asleep 5 minutes before we were leaving so Jame took Nattie w/ Luke and Brian and I stayed behind. They had a blast! I got a lot of stuff packed up so we didn't have to do it later and waited for P to wake and the "kids" to get back from the rink. We headed to Gigi's for the remainder of the evening and had a really nice time just seeing everyone.

I think Gigi was exhausted from the entire event and was fairly quiet but it was wonderful to share space with her again. Natalie, Patrick & I took a few pictures with my Mom...none of which came out any good but what can you do. Getting 4 (2 squirmy) people to look at a camera and smile all at the same time was beyond us at that point but its okay.

I begged Gigi to give me meatballs to bring home and she did and they've been five-star!

We headed out at 3am in the morning. It was miserable weather outside for the beginning of the trip but we made decent time. It worked according to plan (always nice) and the kids slept until 7am thereby missing the first 4 hours of boring old drive time. They woke and we stopped for a moment and then were off and running again. Made it home just after noon and it felt good to be in familiar space again. I do not miss VA when I'm up north but I do miss my home even if it is in the wrong state :) Peanut was happy to see us and everyone was glad to get the hell out of the car!