First of all, it was a very stupid idea for me to go running the other day up and down those rocky hills. REALLY stupid. Especially since I didn’t even stretch or anything afterwards. The next morning I woke up and I could hardly move my legs. Seriously, I haven’t hurt this much in eons. My leg muscles STILL hurt today - 2 days after my run. Lovely. It felt like my muscles weren’t long enough for my legs, like it was almost impossible for me to stand up completely straight at times. ugh. Guess I learned my lesson for that.

So, got back home today, went to teach a class tonight, and then heading back to the island either tomorrow night or Friday morning. My sister and her family leave first thing Sunday morning. I so need to try to get out to visit them again soon, the kids are changing so fast I don’t want to miss anything. I feel like I’ve missed so much already, cause I have. The girls are so cute, so absolutely adorable, I ADORE them. I do. The youngest one is 2 and a half and she talks like she is older. She says the funniest things sometimes, and she really has a great sense of humor already. I was really lucky this week cause I got to spend time with each of my nieces on my own.  (something I always wanted to do with my own aunts and uncles when I was little but it never happened). I took my 5 year old niece out on Monday - we went to the Petting Zoo at Beacon Hill Park, and then for Ice Cream at the Beacon Drive In. And yesterday I took the little one to visit my Grandma and also to Starbucks for a treat. The girls LOVE starbucks, they call it “The Coffee Store”. When we got home, the older one burst into tears upon hearing where we were, crying “I wanted to go to the coffee store!!!”.

But really, they are great kids, I am so proud of both of them.