Trip to Maine

Well! We three got back from a very short visit to Maine this week. Granny needed a ride home from her sisters place in Halfmoon. Granny said she would pay for gas and we said yahoo! We'd been up there to visit when Mad was 4 months old, shes now almost 9 months so I was dying to see everyone again.


Our ride up was gorgeous. It was a cloudy day, very cool, and the trees were out in full force on top of the mountains. I tried to get photos but its tough to get anything food while in the back of a moving van! This was the third time going over Hogback that it was so foggy we couldn't see anything. If it had been clear, the view would have been amazing.

We got to Granny's rather late and we were all tired. My Uncle Jon was there (he lives with Granny) and seemed pleased to see us. He spent the entire time before we went to bed laying on the floor talking to Mad and trying to get her to laugh. It was a little uncomfortable for me, but it was ok I guess. The next morning (Sunday) we got up and Granny told us that Jon got up early and left with a packed bag and didn't talk to her at all. Huh!

That afternoon Mra came over. Ooo! It was sooo nice to see her! Shes like a sister to me and I miss her terribly. Mad was ok with her, too. See, Mad is afraid of everyone now. But she was hardly afraid of Mra at all! She could hold her right away and Mad didn't cry one bit.

A little while later my aunt Mel, my cousin (her son), Moe, his wife, Julie and their adorable son, Max showed up. The last time I hadn't seen Max an Julie for something like 3 years. And Moe, geeze, Max was only a few months old. He snow about 5! Cripes time flies.

We all had a great visit. Max seemed to really like Mad. We call her Squishy and he thought that was super. So he called her that the whole time we were there (Julie says that he might always be Squishy yo him!). He liked saying the word so much that everything a little soft became squishy: the wet ground, our cheeks, his cheeks. It was cute!

This was the first time I got to talk to Julie. We never got much of a chance to before. hes great. I really like her. Shes funny and smart and cute and I wish she lived out this way so we could be friends. Plus it was nice to have another mommy to talk to. Mommies rule!

They left in the evening. It was hard to say goodbye to Moe, especially. When I was little I used to wih I had a big brother like him. Hes a very good person and I miss him!

Mra stayed longer. We visited late, until Jon came home, visibly, stinkingly drunk. Mra left right away and Shane and I went to our room to go to bed. Before long we heard voices, I thought they were just talking so I went out to fill up a bottle for Mad. As I walked thru the living room I realized Jon was arguing with Granny. I hurried back to our room. I told Shane and I turned off the fan so we could hear. Yea, I was eaves dropping! You should have heard the things he as saying! Well, maybe you shouldn't. They were terrible things. Mostly about me and Shane. He was basically saying he and I were shit and Granny was a bitch for bringing us there and he was throwing her out! We almost left that night, but we waited till morning because, well, he can kiss my butt! I wanted to see the beach and Mra and say goodbye to Granny.



So that's what we did. Granny made us awesome omelets and I tried to not cry when we left. We stopped over at Mras and visited in the yard with her and Mel and the dogs for a while. Gads its hard to leave them! I miss them so much :( Mad enjoyed the dogs, though. She loves animals.









We went to Wells beach. Mad looooved the sand! And the waves and all of it. She was the cutest beach bunny ever! I got lots of photos and video of her playing. She liked the feel of the sand on her fingers and between her toes. And the waves seemed to confound her.





The beach was cool, but I still put my feet in the water. We used to go ther alot in the summer when i was little. I love the beach.





The rose hip were out in full force. If wed had more time I would have collected bunches and made some jelly or something. Boy are they tasty! But no matter what I said, I couldn't get Shane to eat one. He thinks Id poison him or something. There were a few left over roses, too. Shane picked one and oh my goodness did it smell good! Even Mad seemed to like it.





The sand was her favorite part. She loved the texture and pent a lot of time feeling it with her fingers and toes.









On our way home we stopped at Shane's brothers house to visit him and his wife. They're nice people. Though their dog, Rufus, wants to eat Mad! Poor little man is afraid of her cries.

It was a looong, dark drive home. No pretty foliage or anything. We didn't get back till about 12:30 am. Yeck! Stupid Jon. I didn't even get to see my father. This is far from the first time hes been like this. And wont be the last, I'm sure. But its the last time for me! Ive had it! I wont ever see him again. But, fortunately, Granny says she is going to get her own place, so we can visit again then. But it will be winter by that time. oh well!

Anyway, its chilly in here, I need to close the window!