June 20, 2008

Mornings are my time to myself. I manage to sleep as late as 7:30 but no later. The girls are sleeping in John’s downstairs den and stay up late watching t.v. and movies.

We’ve decided to leave tomorrow instead of today, which means tomorrow we drive like hell straight through. We’ve found two Maine Coon kittens and they are coming home with us. Yes, I am out of my mind. I love Maine Coons and we made the mistake of going to a shelter yesterday. They are 12 weeks old and identical twins. And I am a sucker. So….home they come.

June 20, 2008 part 2

Definitely I need to be independently wealthy. We went to back to Bar Harbor today. I love it there. Maine does a great job at welcoming visitors without turning into Gatlinburg. We wandered down streets we did not visit on Tuesday; we went back to my favorite spot on the rocky shore. Paul and the girls dug through the rocks while I found a wonderful flat spot on the warm rocks and nestled myself into their warmth as the cool sea breeze blew over me. It is those moments when I could swear that I feel the presence of God beside me. The fog was much more intense today and you could not see the islands offshore.

I should go back to the kittens…what the hell?! This trip has been a weird one. I have found little nooks and crannies that sooth my soul. So I bring home these little guys and I have a piece of Maine with me. This great breed of cat that originated in the place I was born. They are so funny and so cute.

I finally found the setting for the ring Paul gave me. It’s good to me that I found it in one of my favorite places. It makes it …. I don’t know, it makes it more me and not somebody else’s idea of me. I like that when he gave it to me he said, “This is the ring I should have given you the first time. The stone is the foundation; I want you to pick out the setting.”

I think women should pick their own ring to be married in. I think the ring should say, “This thing is for me a symbol of beauty and harmony, this thing I wear everyday because it reminds me of someone I love.” Not, “I wear this ring each day because someone gave it to me and it would be wrong for me to not wear it.” I know very few women who would have actually picked the ring they wear.

June 24, 2008

The trip is over. Hannah has had her surgery and it was a lot more intense than I remember Kenzie’s. Then again, Kenzie has never really had the full opportunity to be indulged. I have missed my bad girls this whole trip but I have brought every one of them along. It seems I am no longer able to go anywhere without seeing the world through their eyes.