Or perhaps I am still recovering from a red eye flight (left Tuesday night, arrived Wednesday morning), a thorough searching of my belongings by the narcotics police at Quito airport, a long wait in immigration in Atlanta, a loss of a bag at BWI, and arrival at my house, which is empty and huge after living for a year in a small two bedroom apartment (and having no furniture), and there is a smell of mold and wetness as the basement is flooded after several days of rain and the gutters all around the house are destroyed after a 100 centimeter snowfall last winter. Our renters left the house three months early and skipped out on the rent, and every appliance is broken, the washer disappeared and they threaten to sue us for not having a lead certificate. We have no energy to make too much of a fuss, since they may be involved in organized crime and perhaps we should just be happy that we have a house.
My husband picked us up. I had not seen him for a month and whenever we talked on skype he looked exhausted and unhappy and after a while I was not sure who he was anymore. Maya wanted to see her best friend Belina immediately so we visited her after a shower and change and were welcomed by Daphne and Marius and Elmer our dog and two kitties who joined the family a few weeks ago.
I am not sure what we ate for dinner, I was too tired to care, but I did watch an episode of 'TrueBlood' before bed and wanted very much to catch up....
We almost missed our appointment Thursday morning at the Montessori school where there was suddenly a space for Maya in grade 6. I had visited several times and had been told there was no way she could join but I could not imagine that she could return to her usual public school after her very creative and holistic experience in Ecuador. Eric volunteered at the school by moving furniture for the UPS man while Maya and I visited Peabody to look at ballet camp. She was offered an audition at the end of the day but wanted to stay for the afternoon so we dashed to Superfresh down on Charles and had a quick bite before rushing back to the dance school. Later in the day her audition was sobering. The three teachers felt she had fallen way back during her year in Ecuador, so was not to advance as expected and could not take the summer camp I had hoped for.
Eric and I returned to Daphne and Julien's for lunch, met Amos, who is a violinist and had all sorts of ideas about teachers and violins and expressed his opinion forcefully. I love Daphne's salad and Belina squealed when we revealed the pot pies Eric had bought. We brought Marius and Belina home to play for a bit and I cooked dinner for them and indulged in Ben and Jerry's ice cream (coffee heath bar crunch' is my favourite). Sandi and Sarah visited while Eric cleaned house and I learned that there was to be a party at our smelly house for my birthday tomorrow. I was furious; how could that work out?
I watched some more TrueBlood episodes while Eric worked on the house. I stayed upset with him all next day while we went sailing in the Chesapeake. It was a wonderful day, hot with wind, but I was too worried about the party to relax. The party worked out well, in fact it took moments to forget what I was upset about. Emily, Robert and Nathan came, as well as Sharon, the Benichous (Daphne came after her bellydancing show at Artscape) and Sandi, Sarah and Matt later on. Eric outdid himself and the party was a great success. It felt so good to have the children screaming through the house and conversation flowing on the dinner table. We missed that while in Ecuador.
We woke up early this morning to pack and get ready for long drive to Boston. Maya and I watched movies while Eric drove steadily. Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Whew. Truck stops and MacDonalds and many obese people. Shocking after a year away.
Boston is hot and steamy. Monica's apartment is cool and relaxing. Ate Indian food and sent Eric off to Woods Hole to teach his course. We have cottage in a few days and Maya and I will join him when it is available. Tiramisu cake and Champagne are in the fridge, courtesy of my sister and brother in law. When shall we dive in?
Maya and I will explore Boston for the next few days.
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