Wednesday, December 29, 2004
One Year Ago
On the 28th of December last year, Deb and I made the trek from Fresno to Monterey to meet and hang out with Ith and Nin. That was cool.
We stayed overnight on Monterey Bay, as reported in a post titled to hint at what was about to happen, then returned to Cannery Row and went to the Monterey Bay Aquarium on the 29th. In the pouring rain. Later the 29th, we drove to Gilroy and stayed a night there, waiting out the rain before meandering back to Fresno. One of our stops was Marina Beach on Monterey Bay, and as far as I can determine, I only ever posted one picture. That despite having several cool pictures. Maybe I’ll rectify that. Along with some Sadie and other pictures I need to post.
That was fun. Who knows when we’ll get there again. By the time we get around to visiting the Jedi parents, they will probably be in Utah rather than Fresno. Though that’s subject to a final decision when the time comes. Ith and Nin will probably be in Utah as well, possibly the same town. Convenient. But less of an excuse to go to Monterey. It looks like the target destinations in California in the future will be the Bay area and San Diego. We’ll see. Before we can travel, we need to make enough money to live on, and perhaps have slightly older kids. Eventually, if not every time, we’ll drive rather than fly.
But I digress. A year ago there was no Sadie, not even in the oven, unless you count the dream I’d had in which she, as a child of perhaps as old as seven, chastised me for being slow to bring her and the other potential children into the world. If the dream is any indication, she has a sister and a brother waiting as well. I wasn’t at all surprised she latched on as soon as we were married. We sometimes ask her if she’s sure she should have picked us as parents. Sounds mystical, but that’s how it often feels.