reunion weekend

“I have found out there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them”.- Mark Twain (Tom Sawyer Abroad)

We enjoyed one last weekend with our friends from Sao Paulo and finally got a chance to catch up with our friends who live in Recife.  AND finally meet their ridiculously cute baby.  My uterus ached all weekend being around this little bundle of baby fat and preciousness.  His Renaissance Fair turkey legs almost sent me over the edge of mild baby fever to full-fledged baby-napper.  Seriously people, you’ve never seen a cuter baby leg.

I digress.

Everyone arrived on Friday and all 10 of us went out to a long, laughter-filled, beer-soaked, meat-laden dinner.  And yes, it was as fun as it sounds.  Maybe more.

We went to my very first football match on Saturday night and enjoyed the perks of getting box tickets from the Sponsor…

The game was actually pretty good. There were like 6 goals.  6!  By my calculation that is about 6 times more than an average game.  Sorry, soccer fans, but you know it’s true. 

Although the game was a small one, we got a glimpse as to how insane these fans are and had a good laugh at some of the crap the old men were yelling down to the field.  Thanks to M & S for translating.

Sunday we spent around the pool saying our last goodbyes to our friends from Recife and their turkey-legged precious little baby before their afternoon flight.  Then Jules and I went to lunch and took a walk on the beach with M & S before having to bid them farewell too.

Goodbyes are really a huge part of our life.  We say them all the time without really knowing when we’ll see that person again.  It’s hard. Especially when it’s people you hold so dear. 

I’ve missed having my fellow hotel wives so much since they left and hope to see them both again very soon!!!

 

 

 

Sorry, no photos this weekend, well not enough to post an album.  Especially since the Wife chose to ignore my two “don’t forget the camera” remarks and say to me in the cab “you got the camera, right?”.  Hahaha, it was only slightly better than my bringing a battery-less camera to Vienna last year.  It happens.  All soccer photos credit goes to the new cohort.  Thanks!

sad day

Woke up to the message that our precious dog, Maggie, had to be put down this morning. 

She’s been battling cancer for a long time and although we said our goodbyes in March and we’re so glad she’s no longer suffering- we’re still sad to know she’s never going to bury her head into our legs and whimper in happiness to see us again or curl her lip up when she gets caught doing something bad or swim in circles for hours before having to be dragged to shore or eat a huge bone in 2.3 seconds or knock over every glass and bottle on a table with her kangaroo tail or tick-tack across the floor on her ridiculously long nails that she refused to have trimmed or catch a frisbee up in the air or run across the yard like lightening with her tail tucked under her rear or beg for just one more treat or snuggle up to us when there is a storm or pace frantically in the back of the car because she’s so excited to be going somewhere even if she has no idea where that somewhere is or bring you a ball 103 times in a row or take up the entire bed but be so sweet and cute you don’t care.

She was an awesome dog and was seriously loved and claimed by so many of our friends it was ridiculous. 

We’ll miss you, Maggs…

 

 

 

forever and always.

Give your scuff monkey sister some kisses from us.