Can you tell that our lives have been too full to blog? It's really a shame that when interesting things happen and there is so much to blog about... I don't.
And it's hard to write about Göttingen this year. It was precisely magical. Of course I was a bit concerned about Liam and working and etc etc, but he did beautifully, bonding with Kathy and my parents and continuing his love affair with our Miriam. He's become quite adept at eating by himself (when in the mooooood), crawling super fast with a waggling behind, getting up and down suitably sized furniture, ripping up magazines, and imitating everyone to our perpetual delight.
But the real thing is... is that in Göttingen I feel like I came back to myself. After being pregnant and a new mom for so long, going to school and reading at night, writing papers in snatched nap hours and babysitting time, I was feeling a bit dry and dull. Who knew that a moderately stressful, full-time-including-most-weekends job would revitalize me. But of course I was doing what I love with people that I love with other people that I love around me. Seeing an opera take shape, being responsible for the recording of the stage movement, taking care of the hundred little details that are always surfacing with the production assistant was just so stimulating. AND we did a dance show in a historic schnapps factory-- the local newspaper even called my Venus "enchanting". It's a bit hard to come back to normal, as it always is after a tour.
Luckily, the summer is full of visitors and visting!
We've already seen Kathy and my parents, obviously. (more about our trip to Italy with my parents later! Or maybe they would like to guest blog...)
We had a surprise visit yesterday and today from Justin and Hazel, Jer's cousin and his charming wife. They're taking a year to travel the world after quitting their jobs and selling all their possessions, and just happened to be swinging through Germany.
Sue and Daria are coming in the beginning of July!!
(in August I have to write a big paper)
And in September we'll be in America for Jeremy's brother Ken's wedding.
Liam is a really good traveller. Let's hope he stays that way.
