I hadn't realized how much I miss being with my family for important holidays. The years go by and you kind of accept the fact you are here and they are there and the two shall never meet. Then I had a friend develop terminal cancer and I stopped to realize that what was doesn't necessarily need to be so. Some things are just too important to just let them be. So we're going back to Montana for Christmas, where my two sisters and daughters are, for the first time in years. Yeah, it will be cold, but I will embrace it and not complain. Maybe get out and cross country ski a bit and Michael can shovel some snow to keep in shape. I knew I was hanging on to those old outdated winter clothes for a reason.
Michael had a 5k race yesterday, placing first in his age group, the usual. It was a cold, dark morning that ended up warming up pretty decently. Perfect weather for our kayaking in the bay following the race and breakfast out. Great fun kayaking with the manatees who were swimming under and beside our boats. They are such big blobs of the most docile animals ever with these cute little noses that surface every once in a while for a breath of air. You can see the propeller cuts on their topsides from careless boaters. I tried to warn boaters that the manatees were in their path. They probably had a better vantage point to see them than we did so close to the water. Just hope they cared as much.
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