With the Setting Sun

Sunset in Park Slope on my walk to yoga. 

As the days grow longer (can't believe it's almost BIRTHDAY MONTH!!!!!), I would imagine there will be more pics like this as I walk to yoga. I just can't get over how beautiful the sunset is both in my neighborhood and in Park Slope. And with the current weather, it's just perfect! I actually turned the fans on in class yesterday. w00t! It was actually warm enough in the classroom for the first time since I started in mid-September! YAAAAAS!

I'm such a summer sun baby! The sun comes out and suddenly everything gets better for me. Just wish I were at the beach. Or even just laying out on my roof today... Oh wellz. Money is good! Especially since I am taking off for Seattle again at the end of next month! And for 10 days this time! So excited! Long-ish vacation, more Seattle summertime sun, more mountain and sound and lake goodness... I'd love to spend some time with friends and maybe even make it to an M's or Sounders home game! We'll see...

Sunset through the trees.

Nana's memorial is going to be on the 2nd or 3rd of July, so I am super happy that I'll get to be a part of that. Celebrating her incredible life and catching up with family while telling wonderful Nana stories... I am unsure whether or not I'll be able to make it to Monterey Bay to spread her ashes, so this is huge for me. This is my time to remember her and find some closure with her death. I am still so grateful that I was able to say goodbye one last time when I was home a week ago. I feel so lucky to have had those last four hours with her. And I think that was her last good day. She was lucid and talking and responding. Not a lot. But more than she was before and more than she really did since... SO GRATEFUL!

She was such an important part of my childhood that, even though I know she was really suffering, and that last trip made it apparent just how much, I am still really sad that she's gone. She was my last living grandparent, too. I feel like I'm a real adult now. And I'm not quite ready to be there...

I'm just glad she's with Papa again. I kinda can't believe that she stuck around for more than 10 years after he passed. She just seemed so ready to give up after his death, but clearly some part of her wanted to stick around. And I'm glad she stayed for just one more week. Saying goodbye meant everything to me.

And I can tell it hasn't quite sunk in yet that she won't be there when I go back next month. And I don't think it will until I'm actually saying goodbye. With the family. In Seattle. Knowing that she's not at Aegis anymore. She's not a 45 minute drive away from la mama. Then, I think it'll hit me.

I love you Nana. Give Papa a big hug from me! I miss you both so much.