Absence does make the heart grow fonder

You're probably thinking I miss my wife, Jenn, who has been in Germany since Saturday night. That's true, I do. But what I've missed more since 7:00 a.m. Sunday morning is ELECTRICITY! Hurricane Irene nailed CT with a direct hit, and although I've seen much higher winds and more rain before, this is the longest I've gone without power since I moved here 11 years ago. Two years ago, Jenn and I returned from our Alaskan honeymoon to find our neighborhood devastated by a tornado. We came from a luxury cruise line to no power, but it was for only a day. Hurricane Irene took power from us for 37 hours, and it was a struggle. Maybe without a 20-month-old, it would have been much easier. Returning from a 2-week vacation, we didn't have any food in the fridge, leftovers, etc, anyway. We still lost all of our frozen food, which we did again this time. This time, it seemed more difficult to deal with. But I am a survivor.

Day of Evan

Today was the Day of Evan. We started by going to the Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, CT. Yes, as in "Mystic Pizza" Mystic. Then, a stop for ice cream, sidewalk chalk art with Miss Nancy, then soccer in the park (previous post). I'm expecting him to sleep until noon tomorrow.

Weather was perfect, 82 degrees, sunny, with low humidity...in the middle of August, no less. We took advantage.

Our budding Beckham

Today, I decided to bring Evan and a soccer ball to the park, just to see if he enjoyed kicking it around.