Thoughts on my last short weekend home...

It's a warm and sunny Saturday here in Seattle and I am happy to be sitting in the living room in my dirty white robe thinking about one more week as a Nickel-Plated Wayfarer. I hadn't been back for a good month, since that first weekend in New Orleans which seems like so long ago. I got to visit Niagra Falls again, this time from the Canadian side, which is much more misty and beautiful:

Niagara Falls is great for honeymooners and swinging singles alike!

I also had a great time spending a weekend in Minneapolis, where I celebrated Mother's Day with my wonderful family.

Grandma Alice May, who was all the rage and Bennigan's for a late lunch and 2-fers.

It was good to see nothing much has changed in my hometown besides the slow and progressive changes that come with time: toasting my little sister Betsy's last remaining weeks of college, toasting my dad for the end of a chapter putting three kids through college, toasting my old friend Jody's birthday party during a surprise visit Tuesday night:

Justin drinking a blow-up bottle of rum at his lover's birthday party in Minneapolis

Coming home to my friends in Seattle has been the best part of this job. In my few days home I've grilled hot dogs at dusk around a bonfire at Golden Gardens and chugged beer at a ragin' kegger.

My fake brother and my real brother in front of the Buckaroo in Fremont

We'll see you in Ohio for my last four days of work.