'Tis good to be home. I spent 9 whirlwind days in Connecticut for the Christmas holidays. It was a lot of fun. No, really, it was. I got to spend time with my folks, my brother and his lovely family, E's mom, saw friends that I haven't seen in, literally, years, saw friends that I see everytime I go to CT but wish I could see more often, and finally met a bunch of E's friends that he's been telling me about for years.
It was a good trip.
There was snow on the ground when we got there. But it quickly melted in the 50 (yes! 50!) degree weather and rain. Christmas day was bleak, but we got snow the next night, which was lots of fun. And there was a flurry the last day we were there as well. Yay! Snow! And yes, I did scrape the ice off the car Christmas morning and clear the snow off of it on Monday. So I had the full "winter in New England" experience. (Though I did make E drive on the snowy roads.)
We made it to NYC, which was fun. I've been saying for weeks and weeks that my goal in going to NYC was to get bagels and knishes. We made it uptown to Zabar's and got 5 knishes that were AMAZING and H & H Bagels which were also really, really good. E and I were both looking forward to the bagels more than the knishes, but the knishes turned out to be JUST SO GOOD. I picked up a Jewish cookbook yesterday just for the knish recipe. I can't wait to try it.
I'm glad I went. I wish that I had had more time to do more. Each day was packed with people to see and things to get done. It was relaxing yet hectic at the same time. But it's good to be home. I missed my kitties. And I missed the Feathery Flannel Goodness that is my bed. And I missed being able to walk outside without a coat, gloves, scarf, and hat.
Oh, and if you are really curious, you can see the pictures that I took as well as the pictures that E took.
