My home away from home

I love it here at Michael & TJ's. I know I'm not going to want to leave when the time comes. The one upside to the unlikely possibility that the job doesn't pan out is that it would offer me the opportunity to come up here again soon.

I remember the first time you and I came up here in 2005. Unfortunately, it was the only time you got to stay here with me, since you weren't given that time off for the wedding back in April.

I remember how hot it was in a house with no AC, and how you stuck to the leather couch when you tried to sleep on it!

I remember the wonderful seafood dish that Michael had waiting for us on the stove when we arrived, and how it was so rich that even after a long and hungry trip we couldn't finish it.

I remember listening to the Bilge Rats on the laptop with them, late into the night.

I remember the trip into Washington: Eat & Park, the Lemoyne house, and the day in the cemetery. I remember the three of you trying to pick up fallen headstones, and you saying something like what a "ballbuster" it was. I remember the tame deer that stuck their heads in through the car windows looking for handouts. I remember the photo session at the Montgomery family crypt and the brick we brought home. I remember how the three of you each woke up and saw a ghost that night, and I was the only one who didn't (story of my life).

I remember the long drive to and from. I made that drive on my own, as I mentioned. And I know how proud that must make you.

I only wish that neither Michael nor TJ had to work this week. Seeing them is wonderful. They are my family. And you and I are theirs and always will be.

I wish they lived in Florida! I would move them down there if I could.

We bought some genuine Bavarian beer. And some evening this week, we will toast to you!

Miss you, miss you, my Love.

You have no idea how much.

<3 Always.