Today was a down day … nice, quiet.. a few really nice visits with good friends.. ..even so,  I am feeling very  blue. Not sure where it’s coming from.. .. more than likely it’s the jetlag somehow ..I’m just being with it.  As much as I like it, travel always has some  hidden  stress associated with it.   I tried to shake my mood by going out on a snowshoe this morning with Chai. The snow was covered with a sheet of crunchy ice. Some places it was too slick to walk on even with crampons. I  bend down to write Sam’s name in the snow and could barely make a dent…

Chai took atvantage of my attempts to write and grabbed my glove and ran off. she thought it was pretty funny !

She redeemed herself a bit later when I tried to walk down the sledding hill. the ice took over and I slid down out of control.. loosing my hat .. Chai ran back up and got it from me.   I bruised myself when I fell and broke my favorite $5 glasses…   Oh well,

Tyler was over when I got back.. his pants cheered me up a bit..

Gabe and Trevor had gone up to the Mountain mid day.. but it was too icy to ski/board.. so I went and fetched them at about 3.. It was a blizzard up there !

Then Diane and I went over to Tom and Beth’s. for an early dinner. Ron, Paula and Carolyn were also over.   I managed to bring mismatched slippers…   It was really nice talking to those guys..  we spent a very peaceful 3 hours over there.

Meanwhile, Gabe, Ian and Trevor had gone up to Jen and Tim’s .. We went up to get them.. and ended up staying for a couple of hours.. It was good to be around people.. One great first happened tonight.. Gab had is first Twinkie ! (and here it is for posterity). This motivated me to secretly fill another twinkie with mustard and put it back in the box.. but I confessed before we left.. The kids tried to get Evan and Marie to eat it when they showed up.. but no dice.

Well.. nothing else to report.. I’m hoping that another good nights sleep will get my emotional compass back on track.. At this point I know I sometimes just have to sit back and wait for that to happen.. it usually does.. OK .. g’nite friends .. G’nite Sam…

-me