Father's Day, Father's Week, Central New York Style (But Today We Depart)

We lasted a week. Chitunga finished his internship in Liverpool and the other in North Syracuse, and yesterday we spent the day out back, by the pool, with plenty of barbecue and dogs festivity, as well as some decent corn hold play with Abu, Lossine, Akech and Kanyea. Nikki would have played, too, but she was figuring out how tossed salad and Moscow Mules work together.

I have to laugh at Glamis. She is simply beyond exhausted. These days with cousin dogs always over and then neighbor dogs stopping by to say hello are simply to exhausting for her own good.

Last night, after Chitunga and I had a scone-baking lesson with my parent's neighbor, Doreen, they both simply fell into REM cycles while watching television (and they did this under the Family Ties photographs of yesteryear - check out Cynde's Mallory hair).

Today, we must drive back to Connecticut as the work of this week is ready to be implemented at the University starting Monday, and Chitunga needs to be in New Jersey for his training with Ernst & Young.

It's times to hold my breath and go full force ahead with summer programs (and I know my office is stocked from top to bottom with orders that arrived this week: books, props, materials, etc. that we'll need all summer).

The exhausted of these two will be mine very soon.

Ah, but for this week, I've enjoyed spending time with my mom, dad, and sisters. It's a great change of pace to be able to be in a new environment (yet one that is so old and dear). I love them all so very much and the memories become more and more cherished each and every year.

It is true, "Absence makes the heart grow stronger." Happy Father's Day.