Happy Monday!

Turns out that due to the cough, I was effectively off work all of last week (I'll be working weekends and holidays for a while to make up the lost time). Someone very nice watered my ficus tree. I am now fearing my voicemail, which has been blinking at me since I got in this morning.

My parents are leaving for a 2-week Mediterranean cruise tomorrow. I went Home this weekend to celebrate their 24th anniversary and my dad's birthday with them before they left. We sat out on their porch in the excellent weather, with the bouganvilla blooming and the wind chimes chiming, and I looked at my mom and said, "I'm really happy that you worked so hard for all this, so that I could enjoy it this weekend."

Actually, I enjoyed everything this weekend. I think it's because I'm late with the pictures I was to take for the 26 things project - I was looking at everything to find the beauty and meaning in it. I took some good pictures - probably not for the project - but not nearly as many as I wanted, since, as wonderful as my camera has proven to be, I know that it often cannot capture my point of view, or the depth of feeling/beauty/color that I see when I point and shoot.

I also found out that I will be aunt to a niece next month. I cannot tell you how excited I am.