random summertime randomness

wow, time flies.  tomorrow is july already ~ crazy! june was wonderfully busy.  warren left (boohoo) after the most wonderful visit home yet.  we went out to california, spending the night on the queen mary, and then the next day we left on a carnival cruise to catalina and ensendada.  soooo relaxing!  then it was on to arizona (after a quick stop to visit with an old high school friend in lake arrowhead) where we had rented a house in lake havasu.  warren's brother and his family and warren's sister and her family met us there for a fun, sunny weekend.  then to wayne & suzette's home in creston for a few days, before heading back to pa.   warren got to spend a lot of time flying "patches," his tri-pacer airplane.  and i flew with him from pa to virginia!  i love it when he is home, especially when i am not in school.  and then i hate when he leaves.  i get so used to him being here.  he makes me laugh, and feel safe and loved.  sigh.

 



now, june was fun, too, but in a different way.  my mom and i went to stone harbor/avalon new jersey to spend a few days at "the shore" as they say around here.  that was really fun and then she came back here to hershey for a few days.  i got to see a woman whom i was friends with when we lived in germany in base housing - that was a blast from the past!  oooooh, and i had a colonoscopy.  wow, that was fun.  not.  but such is life after 50, eh?  i also had the treat of shopping for a wedding dress with celeste and some of her bridesmaids.  and finding THE dress was a teary, joyful moment i'll always treasure.  just last evening jordan, celeste and i went to check out a venue for their wedding - riverdale manor in lancaster.  gorgeous.  so, the big day will be july 31, 2011.  they only had fridays and sundays available in july, so they went with a sunday.  it should be a beautiful day.

recently i have been on a program to get to where i can run for a while outside.  for some reason it has always eluded me.  but i like the structure of this, and it involves a timer so it is going very well so far.  eight days and i haven't skipped anything.  on my off days (except for the one day per week that i take off from everything) i go to the gym.  feeling good so far.