My Weekend Away

Hello!

Checking in from Arizona! I think it's 99 degrees outside. (All together now:) "But it's a DRY heat..."

Somehow the "dry" part negates all discomfort. If it's not humid, it must be lovely.

I have actually been quite comfortable, mostly in air-conditioning, mind you, but it's been so long since I've been warm and even (gasp) HOT, that I get into a stifling hot car here, and just bask in it. Let me soak it in until I start to perspire. I'll take it.

I'm visiting Mom and Grandma (99 years old!) in the Tucson area. I could be here, visiting and relaxing, indefinitely. Unfortunately my plane ticket says "June 16" on it, and that means I go back tomorrow. :)

No photos to post this time, just mental images of my early-morning walks. The sun wakes me up around 5:30 or 5:45, so I start the day with a walk around their subdivision/town. 5000 homes should make Saddlebrooke its own city, right?

Anyway, I have seen a deer, birds, quail, rabbits, a desert rat and a king snake (road kill still counts, I believe).

Mom and Grandma and I chat over breakfast, on the way to church and stores, and over dinner. We went to Kris & Jessica's house (very cool), and saw Trent (4) and Avery (1). Mom and I went to see "Killers" yesterday afternoon, and to a Mini Museum today. The Celtics play tonight, game 6, and will hopefully wrap up the NBA Championship with a win.

I got a few more memories out of Grandma, and we found all the paintings in the closet that she had not signed. They have signatures on them now.

It has been a grand trip! I left Frank alone at home to deal with kids' schedules, work schedule, a painfully unfinished basement/garage/drainage catastrophe, and Kara in a cast. He is a prince for doing it all while I am here.

I'll check in later! Love, Kari