over a week ago, dave and i took a much-needed holiday to Sonoma Valley in California. Last fall, he presented the trip as a fantastic birthday surprise. we were to have 5 days, 4 nights in Sonoma WITHOUT kids. both sets of grandparents generously agreed to watch the little guys for us. i love my kids. but a vacation with just my hubby sounded like heaven. i would have no one to take care of besides myself. i could sleep as long or as much as i wanted. yes. please.
the trip was everything I hoped for and more. it was lovely. heaven. we biked through hills of wineries, we saw the Armstrong Redwood forest, we drove the Pacific Highway, and of course, we drank some incredible wine at the most fantastic venues.
i recommend the trip, just as others had recommended it to us. it was amazing and relaxing….and totally worth it. and i’m not even a wine-o! in all honesty, I know very little about wine. I know I like red wine, and the simple house wine will do just fine. yes, i tasted some amazing stuff while we were there. there was some wine we drank that was so smooth. and then after the tasting we checked the price of a bottle…ouch. $75 a bottle. wow. we’ll pass.
do I still have the same wine palette after visiting wine country? you betcha. i’ll still be buying the 2-buck chuck from Trader Joes. that is, after we polish off some of the wine we brought home in our suitcase. and at the rate we drink wine, it will be close to a year.
though it was AMAZING there, we were ready to go home at the end. I had never been away from Graham for more than an 6-hr stretch. the last time i was away from Drew was when I was pregnant with Graham. It felt odd being away from them, and i missed them dearly. hearing their voices on the phone made me miss them infinitely. i missed their giggles, hugs and kisses. and yes, i even missed the tantrums, sob-fests, and early wake-ups. i missed my boys.
and now that we’ve been home for a week and have settled back into our routine, i still think fondly back to those 5 days. it was a break from reality. it was time for me to really unwind after this whirlwind year we’ve had. because really…a year ago, we were packing our other Madtown house to get ready to move to GB. wow, we’ve come a long way.
and speaking of packing…that’s what i need to be doing right now. because we move on Wednesday! Yes! this chapter is coming to an end. i’m excited for our new digs—and maybe even more excited to have our bedroom back again sans Graham. (don’t get me wrong…he’s a perfectly adorable and spirited room mate. but the screeching and bellowing in the middle of the night is quite startling.)
and honestly, though I don’t mind packing and moving anymore (i mean…seirously, this will be our 4th residence in less than a year), i still wish I was back in Sonoma with a glass of wine. heck, maybe i’ll just open one of the bottles tonight! if anything, it will make things more interesting.
