L'aventure américaine

I'm waiting for Mackenzie to come home and join me for a run. Except the weather seems so crazy outside that I'm hoping that we can opt out of it. Kristi, Mackenzie and I celebrated Valentine's Day in style on Friday. We had some delicious food, drank some fabulous wine and watched "Sex and the City." It was the ideal girl Valentine's Day. I do love my friends. Ivan got Mackenzie flowers, even in Russia. He's good. These are the flowers in the top picture. As the designated messenger, I had to laugh as I went to the florist at 4pm on Valentine's Day. It's rare to see so many stressed out, uncomfortable men all together. I was the only female there. I think it could top out as one of the worst places to pick up men. Midway through February, all is well here in Indy, as is evident from the pictures. As I was typing this, I heard a poem on NPR by E. Ethelbert Miller. You have to listen to the story to get to it, but it's worth it: http://www.npr.o...

So... There's a tornado warning outside and like good little weather buffs, Mackenzie and I are down in the basement, waiting it out. We folded some laundry, she's picking up, I'm trying to find way to waste time while I nurse my beer (I saved it from the storm. Thank goodness!). There has been a tornado sited just a few miles west of here and the wind is pushing it this way. Things sound very calm outside, but who knows, we could just be in the eye of the storm. Mackenzie says hello. She's busy setting up the bed and working. Ha. Here's hoping that her car doesn't have hail damage. 'Cause mine's in the garage. And I'm out.

It's fairly evident that Talia is a Packers fan, as witnessed here. We'll now have to see how crazy Mackenzie is...

This morning, during the sunrise, the weather was incredible (aside from being cold). It was sunny with the just the perfect amount of clouds for a beautiful sunrise and the weather remained ideal for the rest of the hike. Really, the weather has been perfect for the whole trip; we couldn't have asked for anything better. So, after we had returned to our room this morning and took a nap, I woke up and opened the curtains. Now that our last little adventure was over and it was time to pack up, the weather was completely cloudy, cold and pretty darn gross. I think that that adequately sums up this trip. The U.S. is sad to see the Martin's return to France and so am I. It was a wonderful trip and I can't thank them enough for it. So, I'm signing off with gros bisous from me et les deux Cabbage Cabbage.