I’m back. As you can read in the last post, the summer got a little crazy. I thought after the wedding things would return to normal, but they did not. August was almost as busy with the closing of Matt’s house, the departure of our first tenant William, moving Bob in upstairs, finishing up my master gardener classwork & exam, a few more weddings we happily attended as guests (which included a quick trip out east), a slow trip down the Wisconsin River (our mini-honeymoon), my 20th high school reunion (ack), big projects at work, the revival of our neglected yard and garden, and myriad other tasks we failed to attend to during the pre-wedding frenzy.
I have fewer excuses for slacking off in September. I mostly just needed some downtime, which I was finally afforded via a good case of the flu — an effective if not desirable means of getting some rest. Unfortunately this came right in the midst of Andy (Matt’s brother) and Tasha’s wedding, so I missed out on the reception, but the ceremony, held at the capitol, was intimate and charming. The Olsen fam also expanded by one, causing big excitement later in the month, but I’ll have to save that, along with our wedding synopsis, for separate posts.