Family Apple-Tree

Finally, we are here and settled in NYC!
We were itching to get out of maui.

We got to New York City last Sunday and my brother, Joe and his girlfriend, Beth came over to see our place.Then we all got dinner, nothing fancy just some deli-type place. It felt so good to spend time with my Joe. We rarely have bonded, except for some random weekend in Columbus during the Ohio State Michigan weekend... good times.

It was nice talking over sandwiches, sharing stories of Mark and I's travel stories and Joe and Beth's moving-in stories. She just moved her about a month ago. I like her. I like the way she tells stories and just laughs at herself.

I'm really changing my attitude. And I keep telling myself it takes baby steps and I really think that's helping me change. Every time I look at my bracelets, one that I got when I went to go see the Dalai Lama speak in Maui and the other bracelet has a quote on it from Ghandi, I think of change. It sounds stupid but it's really helping.

Then my Mom called me and said she got a ticket to come see us next weekend!! YEAH... I'm so excited and lately I've been sad that I can't spend as much time as I would like with my family and in the next 6 months I'm going to spend more time than I ever thought! That really makes me happy. :) AND.... my sister, Nicole and my cousin, Maria are coming to stay with us for a long weekend next month! The only one left to get to New York is my Dad, he's a home-body though.

I love spending time with the people who have been there throughout my whole life and the one I'm going to spend the rest of my life with. It feels good and the family tree is complete...