12 weeks in.13 weeks to go

I am heading back to Pennsylvania after a long awaited visit to Ann Arbor. It has been 4 weeks and that’s just too long. Period! And it will not be such a long stretch of time again as I have tried to get flights with only 2 weeks in between. I honestly thought I was going to be better at this as we have been through it before when we moved to California but it just sucks. At the same time I try to keep reminding myself that doing the move this way - with me going first - was a joint decision. It might be hard for me but it will spare the kids for changing school in the middle of the year and spending a whole long summer in a state where they don’t know anyone. Still being away from everyone else for this long feels awfully wrong and getting up day out and day in to keep doing something that feels wrong is not an easy task. It’s hard to decide if I am a super cool mom doing this for the best of her kids or a downright idiot, who has lost complete track of what’s important in life😕

But enough misery for now. The weekend has been awesome. I have gotten - ehm - stunning footwear matching Teresa’s. My sweet daughter certainly outdid herself for Mother’s Day this year❤️:

I have spent lazy mornings in my soft big Ann Arbor bed that comes fully equipped with canine companionship:

And I have been shoe shopping for Luca’s stinky giant feet. What a treat!

Last but not least. When we are just a few months away from finally leaving our apartment we have hung pictures above the couch. About time right? But Ulrik happened to bring home the perfect pictures for this spot in his second semester portfolio. They have been working with markers and using the to recreate surfaces and I just love this drawing in particular: