here.

After a very long day and a half of traveling - got to the airport at 7 am to wait in line for 3 1/2 hours and get a flight out of there that didn't take off until 12:45 am (the next day)... and arriving in Dallas to sleep on a cot for two hours and wake up to my next flight boarding - flying first class to Miami only to find that my luggage was lost in transit (surprise!) but I had a flight to catch so I couldn't deal with it so I gave them my information and said "I'm getting on the plane, send my luggage when you find it..." well, I'm here.

But you know what, I wouldn't give up Thursday night for anything - the boy and I actually went on an impromptu date. We went for a walk in the snow to a local cafe, shared a bottle of wine and sat for a long time and then walked home, grabbed the camera, and went for another walk. We finally shoveled the driveway at about 11:30 pm (which is much easier after half a bottle of wine) - and it was just a nice night. And as inconvenient as the snow is for traveling, it is beautiful and my favorite thing about winter. But the best thing about that night is that it was so nice and neither of us said anything about how nice it was to just hang out together - we just did. It's so nice to just "be."

Back to being here. You have to see this place to believe it. I hope I can capture it in pictures - but I am appalled to know that places like this exist. Hard to describe. But it is really nice to be able to hang out with the brothers and mother, and the weather is beautiful. And those latin boys know how to shake their hips! :)

I'll post again soon.