Just should write that we had a really great time. We truly miss family and friends back East, and we were fortunate enough to spend time with a lot of them.
We flew into RDU after taking the red-eye Friday night, and were met at the airport by my boss Carrie, and her husband Paul (who happened to be working out of the Raleigh office those 2 weeks). We immediately took off to Emerald Isle to Ian's parents' beach house, home of many holiday memories (4th of Julys, Thanksgivings, Easters...), home of excellent food, late night boardgames, hours laying at the end of the dock, quality doggy time, bottles and bottles of beer and wine, and overall joy and relaxation. It was excellent to share part of my old life with new friends...
I don't have too many pictures of the weekend, because Ian's dad and Carrie shot most of it (hope to have more soon). You're going to get stuck with too many puppy pictures, but it was so great to spend time with Howard and the worm, you're going to have to deal with it.
Alluded to above, we took naps, had amazing food all weekend, took boat rides, got some needed sunshine, played games until late in the night, and had long catch up conversations with Ian's parents, and Hilliary and Francois (my siblings-in-law!).
The only drawback from the beach was that Day One Ian lost his wedding band to the ocean (I like to imagine some seahorses down there finally got hitched...and in style, I might add). It was a bit sad, but the ring is just a symbol after all....we took care of the missing ring soon after.
In the early afternoon Tuesday, Ian and I drove Carrie to the airport in Raleigh for her flight back to Seattle. We hung out in Raleigh for a short time, buying his new wedding band, getting it re-engraved. Small tidbit: the price of platinum has doubled in two years.
The homecoming to Ian's parents' house in Tarboro was great. They had just finished a huge remodel that had them living out of various random rooms since March. The final product is incredible! Imagine getting the opportunity to design your own kitchen / master bedroom / master bathroom / craft / laundry room. All the detailing you want. They now have a dream kitchen (it's really home of the Supersize Kitchen--2 microwaves, 2 different sinks, 2 different pull-out trashcans, more counter space than you can imagine...built-ins for days.
Plus, the puppies were there again which was great. I took a swim in their new spa tub (oh, how I miss my old tub) a couple of times.
If I were a lobster, my name would be Cynthia.
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