Last Travels for Awhile

I am getting ready to go "home" for the next nine days so I am very excited! I feel fortunate that I have three "homes" (Grand Forks, Minneapolis & Boston), and this trip will bring me to two of them. I fly to Minneapolis tonight where I will hang out with Stephanie & Jim and Dad & Mary for the weekend. Dad's birthday and Father's Day are both coming up so we will BBQ at Stephanie's house tomorrow to celebrate. I will take the Amtrak to Grand Forks overnight on Sunday, arriving at 5am (many thanks to Dave in advance for picking me up at the crack of dawn!). Mom, Dave & I will spend Monday through Friday relaxing and catching up, and we will also celebrate Father's Day, hopefully with another BBQ! On Friday we will drive back to Minneapolis for a baby shower that Sue is hosting for me on Saturday (there will definitely be a post about this next weekend). I fly home on Sunday, arriving in time to also celebrate Father's Day with Derek's family. This week I will definitely get the best of both worlds.

This is my last air travel for quite awhile, and I feel excited, sad and relieved all at the same time. I am excited for this trip; I am relieved to not travel for work for awhile; but I am sad that I won't be home until next year (although the babies will be here by then and that is very exciting!!). A friend (wise woman & mother of a 16-month-old) told me to enjoy this visit with my mom because we can talk about the babies without having to run after them!

Here I am at 19 weeks. By the time I get back to Boston I will be more than halfway done with this pregnancy! Woo-hoo!

Bon Voyage!

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