There and back again...

I went back to Milwaukee this past weekend for Mother's Day. I figured that if I did not get back, I might not be married the Monday after Mother's Day! Airfare was on sale a while back, so I took the opportunity to stock up on round trip flights from Minneapolis to Milwaukee and save 10 hours of driving each weekend.

When I got back on Friday night, Noreen and I went out for pizza and fried chicken. While I was anticipating a weekend full of lounging around, my wife had different plans. She had an entire weekend of work for me to do. In all fairness, there is a fair amount of work to do before we can put our house on the market. Luckily, a good friend loaned me an attachment for our power washer that made short work of the hardest chore, cleaning the back porch concrete! It was good to get back to Milwaukee and I was happy to be able to spend Mother's day with my amazing wife!

A funny thing happened when I got back to Minneapolis on Sunday night. I found myself thinking, while I miss my family, I was glad to get back to my little apartment in Eden Prairie.

Another barrier to normalcy fell on Monday afternoon after work. I located a Sam's Club that is 5 miles from my office & 9 miles from Eden Prairie. It really is hard to shop for one person at Sam's club.

My son Andrew is coming for a 4 day visit before he leaves on his Maymester in Rome. Together we will do some exploring and figure out a few more pieces to the Minneapolis puzzle...