I have been AWOL from the blogosphere due to illness and home improvement. I went to Phoenix for the NCAA tourney and got another cold. Ugh. During the climax of the cold, my parents (also sick from said Phoenix trip) arrived to help me redo my backyard while Daniel was out of town for work. I so appreciate their help, especially since we all just really wanted to crawl back into bed. We rebuilt my deck, my mom stained it and then we added some new plantings to the backyard. It's starting to come along, but it's nowhere near done and Daniel will get to enjoy many weekends of digging since I have put in my time. When we get a little further down the path, I will post some before & after picks.
Also since I last blogged, my dear Tarheels won another NCAA championship. It was great to see although the end of a season always makes me sad. I cry every year during One Shining Moment and spend about a week having withdrawals. We have some fantastic players leaving this year and I really don't have the same love for the NBA, NFL or College Football. At least our local Triple A baseball team had the home opener tonight, maybe I can get into that.
Tomorrow, I leave to meet Daniel in Santa Barbara. I would like to say that excitement is my number one emotion for this trip... In reality, it's fear. We are headed on a sailing instruction vacation. We will spend four days sailing around the Channel Islands and learning basic sailing commands and procedures. It's just Daniel, the instructor and myself on the 24' boat, so I am guessing I won't get to sit and drink wine while they work... It's not that kind of trip. This is one of my dreams and I decided to achieve it as an early 30th birthday present to myself. That said, I probably get a C- in general coordination, so hopefully that's not necessary. Maybe as I head into my 30th year, I will learn how to laugh and my shortcomings and just enjoy the adventure. That would be a great step forward for me!
