Home Again, Twice

There just hasn’t been too much to say for a week or two now. Maya worked two days at the end of March, then we went home to Louisville for five days and of the five days since we’ve been back she’s worked four. I could talk about the trip, but almost all of the people that I expect to be reading this blog are the people we saw on the trip (hello to you too, Abby).

We took Asher with us because we didn’t have anyone here to take care of him. He rode along just fine. He’s getting to be a well-traveled rabbit. We calculate in his short life he’s covered over 2000 miles. Most of it quite recently. We’ll have to keep a running count on his mileage and schedule all the recommended oil changes.

The wedding was very nice. The happy couple has a thing for Star Wars and used the award ceremony music from A New Hope for their recessional from the church. Han and Leia action figures were the cake toppers. The father of the bride has a 20-some piece big-band style group called Swingtime. They played the reception which was really cool. There was not a father-daughter dance, but a father-daughter duet on saxophone and trombone. Fun times were had all around. Too bad Matt forgot the camera.

There was some big basketball something going on about that time. We were subjected to other peoples’ intense interest of the game. Most people seem to be way more interested than us. Not that that’s a bad thing. As Matt told one person, we’ll come to hang out with you no matter what’s on TV.

We also stopped over on the way back south at our cousins’ house outside of Nashville. They have a beautiful home. It’s all custom wood paneling, amazing tile accents and brushed steel appliances. Plus it’s huge. Our whole apartment would fit in their master bedroom! Their three kids are a lot of fun and so sweet. We got to see their whole collection of Thomas and his train yard pals. They also introduced us to a great restaurant called Demos’. They have about 10 different kinds of spaghetti sauces. And they are all good! If you’ve never been before they let you taste them all before you order. We all had just the spaghetti, but the place has a fairly wide-ranging menu. If you are in the Nashville area we recommend you check it out.

For any of you wondering if that stretch between Montgomery and I-10 gets any shorter the more you drive it, it doesn’t! It was strange to go home to a place where we no longer live and then turn around and come to a place where we live that isn’t really home. Home is just the three of us right now. Home or not, we do know our way around town almost totally without a map now. Maya continues to survive her job. She bought some different shoes which are helping her feet stay feeling better. She’s also been working on other floors in the hospital. While the place is disorganized generally, her regular floor seems to be really disorganized.

Matt continues to stay at home. He does the laundry, the dishes and cooks supper several nights a week. He’s like a regular house-husband. Of course he also spends time watching DVD commentary and playing video games. And he continues to peck away at writing. He had an idea just the other day about how to connect all the stories he may ever write into one giant story world. It ends up being something like a mix of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Rifts* and the myth of Atlantis. So if he ever does become famous, you who read it here can say you heard it first!

One other fun note: Since we finished watching all the episodes of Buffy: The Vampire Slayer we brought with us, we needed more TV on DVD so we bought the Complete Monty Python’s Flying Circus. It’s a big fat set and it’s really a lot of fun. Nudge, nudge.

Well, guess there was a lot to say after all.