Pictures

Now that I'm back in the swing of things, I've finally got some pictures to show you all! In late April, I headed out to California for Natalie's wedding. It was a gorgeous affair and Natalie looked like a pretty, pretty princess:



I also got to see the San Jose crew and spent a beautiful day hiking in the hills:



and hearing a bobophone concert:



Very shortly afterwards, I went to Oahu with the Kennedy clan. It was fantastic; Matt and I loved it there more than any other trips we've taken recently. We preferred the windward side to crowded Honolulu, though. Next time we plan to stay in a little beach cottage on the North Shore rather than in the big city.

Here's the Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor:



And here's Matt on the Missouri shooting down enemy aircraft (i.e. seagulls):



The best pictures are the ones Matt took and uploaded to Flickr. Check them out, you can see flesh-eating bacteria beaches and the giant sea turtle that bloodied Matt's leg. Plus a fantastic price on fungus. Here's the first photo, then click on the picture of me in the brown shirt in the top row and proceed thusly. For some reason the slideshow goes backwards otherwise, and then the humorous captions don't make sense.

And finally, on Memorial Day weekend, my mom and I walked the Bolder Boulder. It's like a mountainous Bay To Breakers, so of course we went in costume. We were dainty Victorian ladies, and the people around us were very envious of our parasols!

Why I Hesitate

I haven't written in here for ages for one simple reason. There's just too much! How can I have a simple chat with you now when there's so much ground to cover? New houses, vacations, music, reunions to report on... There's too much pressure to provide details on everything that's happened since May, and it grows worse every day.

So, no updates. I'm just jumping back in. Maybe in time there will be news of the summer, but in the meantime I have only one thing to say. One no-pressure item, completely in passing, that will not set up a brick wall for future posts.

I spent $10 on a single vanilla bean today.

That's it! That's the update you've waited almost three months for. And though it was almost certainly not worth the wait, at least I can write again without that nagging obligation over my head.