photo sledgehammers_banner_zpsd82b7322.jpg"  Wednesday, November
27, 2013  "Homeward" Bound  Heading back north today to share
Thanksgiving with my family (and finish some last-minute
packing). Not looking forward to braving the traffic in
DC/NJ/NYC/Hartford/Mass Pike, but I am looking forward to seeing
everyone again. It's been a little over two weeks, which would
be the longest I've gone without seeing my family, well, ever.
There will also be frantic packing - we're hoping to close on
the house in MA in a little over two weeks, so we need to be
ready to pack everything up ASAP. There's not a lot left - Mrs.
G. and her wonderful family have seen to that - but there's
still a handful of things I need to attend to and get packed up.
It's funny, that. After 14 years of living in the same place,
there's a lot of memories in the old house. When we moved into
the house, we were in our 20s, both working professional jobs
(and neither of us more than 5 miles away!). Now we're in our
40s, with one child finishing