Time To Breathe

.... thats how I felt, that the last few days I had time to breathe, sleeping in, taking afternoon naps, taking all day to cook a wonderful meal and several hours to consume it just hanging with the kids and catching up. Our lives really have been that crazy but we had a wonderful Christmas Day, spent mostly in our pajamas. Most fun and regretted christmas gift - the indoor remote control helicopters that are already a nuisance but great fun for boys and cats. Post Christmas Day Joe, Katie and Elliot have spent most of it on a mountain either teaching snowboarding or enjoying the riding themselves. Of course this means negotiating who is going to have a car is more difficult than Middle East Peace Talks but so far everyone is happy. Unfortunately I had to go into work Monday and Tuesday but really not a great deal going on in clinic, just tying up lose ends for the end of the year. We plan on spending a very quiet New Years Eve just the two of us (we have been ditched by the teenagers) but on New Years Day we fly to Miami, pick up a cruise boat and "do the Caribbean" for a few days, I feel like I have been holding my breathe for this trip for several weeks and now it is nearly here I am very excited. Looking forward to starting off 2009 with sunshine and relaxation. Happy New Years to all of you.