gobble gobble giddyup let's go...

just look at the snow....which hasn't really come upon us yet, but I'm waiting! I actually got a nice dose of sun this past week. The first half of the week in the city was nice--got to go watch Die Zauberflote with my girls...and then I got to go to woodbury...and then I got to hang out with my nephew!!!



















UWS to the Pacific... we saw dolphins that day, feeding by the shore, and I must say it was rather fascinating...nature's a pretty darn cool thing. I have to say there was a lot that I began to realize, to look forward to in my coming years, and here they are:

these little Californian boys, with their sunkissed hair and skin, all surfer/boarder boys in the making, screamed and yelled with glee as they spotted the pack of dolphins feeding and playing close to shore, while their mothers exercised up and down the ramp.


Fathers and sons are really a weak point for me. I constantly look at my brother and my nephew, but when I saw this father and son tumbling together, son trying to tackle his father by taking him out at the legs...my heart melted. I know this might be a little creepy but I just really love seeing these moments between parents and kids. what can I say, I hope I can have just as many moments with my own family, and don't have to steal away too many more of these...

But anyway, there's more that has been surfing around my mind--just in terms of the way my life is, and I have to say that this Thanksgiving, I've hopefully grown up a little more, and become more thankful and more responsible for the way life goes. Seeing my nephew, my brother and his family, and just the way that life is happening around me, it hits me that in some ways, my life changes, but I don't...externally, I've been able to do adapt to my surroundings, be a cooperative colleague, and make new friends, but internally, I'm not sure what has changed. And I think I've begun more and more to consider how I have prioritized things in my life. ah, deep thoughts, but I am okay where I am and readily working through it all.

this is, perhaps, what keeps me going:






and I think now, you all must think I'm wigged out and desperate to have a family. keke.

anywho. I hope the turkey time and the family time, and the tummy time were all good for you.

Be well.

ps. anyone have any tips on Wii games to buy? I'm debating. super mario galaxy or super paper mario? there are more options...the olympics one, super mario strikers charged, bust a move, guitar hero,....