We’re back in Minnesota. As close to home as we’re getting for now. It is 30 degrees out, but it feels so good to be back in a familiar place again with our friends and family on streets we know without the help of a map or GPS system. Eric is decompressing from weeks and weeks of logistical architecture. Yesterday I found him asleep next to Lola (my mom’s little pseudo Siamese cat.)
I can’t tell you how wonderful it was to finally be reunited with my closet and baubles and art and Africa purchases (and with my ring...I really did miss it. I guess I’m a horrible smug married now. Sorry Bridget.) I’ve been doing lots of costume changes and going through everything with a fine tooth comb trying to decide what can come to Chicago, Arizona, New Mexico and finally China. I may need some extra pieces of luggage. I don’t think I’ll revisit the storage unit just yet. I’m overwhelmed by all the options I have already and I’m sure I’ll still want to get rid of even more. Toting what we did bring around the world was trouble enough. I need to have more information about what China will entail before I can decide what to bring along. Packing for three months is quite a different matter than packing for a year.
Today we enjoyed a lovely Easter brunch with my Anderson Family and we all traded travel adventure stories. I think my love of travel is firmly rooted in my family. Collectively, we’ve really traversed the globe. Funny how we All the girls wore their pretty corsages. I had called my favorite Minneapolis florist and was surprised to learn that two corsages for my mom and I would cost almost sixty dollars. I realized that I could make one for all five female members of the family for that price, and so I did. I used hypericum berry, lisianthus and spray roses. They turned out quite beautifully and looked smashing on everyone’s Easter frock.
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