Just back from a whirlwind 680 mile trip to NYC and back last night to take Max back to Pratt. He had some schoolwork he had to get done over the break so Diane and I opted for going down last night rather than today..   We left around 6:30 yesterday afternoon.. Just before we drove off, Gabe ran inside and told us to look at the sky.. Jupiter and Venus were right next together in the south west sky.   It was beautiful Tomorrow night the moon, Jupiter and Venus are going to be very close.. I hope we can see it.

Diane and I got on the road this morning around 7AM.. I wrote Max a thank you note with the only writing impliment I could find my finger dipped in A1 sauce…   

While goign down last night proved to be a good idea for the traffic.. it was  not such a hot idea for the weather.. The roads this morning  were covered with ice and snow this morning which made the first few hours of coming back  pretty trecherous . We got home around 2  .. went for a run.. then just hung out the rest of the day gettign ready to go back to work/school etc.

It’s now abotu 6PM  and we’re getting ready to go up to Jen and Tim’s for the Townsends final goign away dinner. Deb, Hannah, Matt and Ian are driving to Montreal early tomorrow morning then flying from there to Lima Peru. Brit is already down in Chile at her grandmothers. From there they’ll go to Chile , argentina, NewZealand (where’s old Zealand ? ) And who knows where else ?! They plan to be gone  2 years….

It’s goign to be hard to see them go.. at the same time I’m so excited for them. They’ve been such a part of our lives since Sam died..  

OK.. gotta go clean up.. now.. More tomorrow… ttyl folks.. nite Sam
-me