2.5 Little Days in Little Rhody

I think I somehow forgot how green New England is. I suppose that when you come home in the greyer than grey months of December and March it is easy to forget that as soon as the weather gets above 50 degrees (fahrenheit) it becomes magnificently green and lush here. I've spent the last 2 days with my best friend and her two adorable sons Quinten and Xavier. I love being an auntie- days of playing followed by evenings to myself. I don't believe I am ready to be full time mother yet (well except to my PhD baby, which with its 6 year gestation period keeps me pretty occupied). I am amazed by Angela who finished graduate school while being a full time mom, and now does double duty working and taking care of her boys. I know there are millions of women around the world who do this; but Angela does so with a level of energy and patience that I can only hope I'll have someday. I also got to spend some quality with my parents, Tia Carman and cousin Melissa. Visits to Rhode Island are always whirlwind trips filled with love, laughter and food, which is just what someone needs after a long semester of school. Now onto a Memorial Day weekend with my family in Maine, followed by two (relatively) solitary weeks of writing and reading. Summers are the best reward for graduate students.