five full tanks...

this was one busy week.

from the weekend at the cape, to a bruce springsteen concert in NY, to three days of commuting to rhode island, i moved around a lot this week...

Sunday April 15

Joey and I spent a lovely day at the cape.  we putzed around the house, shopped at home depot for stuff to putz with around the house, went to an early dinner and collapsed on the couches from too much putzing.  it was mutually decided that the day was perfect.

Monday April 16

marilyn and i are big bruce fans :)

we're not in the same league as a lot of springsteen fans that have been to 30+ concerts, but we have gone to maybe 15 concerts.  we've driven to jersey, ohio, buffalo, hartford, boston, albany and have loved every concert we've seen. 

we've been in the front row, we've been in the back row and we've even driven to his house in new jersey more than once.  (and almost got arrested for 'erratic driving' when we thought we saw him on his front lawn one time, but that's a story for another day...)

so we were pretty excited when we got tickets for the wrecking ball tour.  

but come monday, when it was time for me to drive the 4 hrs to albany to meet marilyn

and go to the concert, i was close to aborting.  so was marilyn. 

we were both exhausted from too much work, and a springsteen concert was going to demand some energy.  but we mustered, thinking maybe it was just what we needed to feel young again.  and we were right - it was, as always, outstanding.  our seats were terrific (thank you, marilyn!!), the music was better than ever, and bruce was completely engaged with the crowd, which makes for a great time.  they ended with a tribute to clarence clemons and the night was complete.

and we got our 'concert' picture, the one we've taken for every concert we've gone to :)

Tuesday April 17

the day after the concert, we woke up exhausted. 

after reading kim klassen's challenge for the week to take some time for yourself,

i decided to take tuesday off. 

yay!  there is nothing like an unexpected day off to change a girl's mood :)

and her twin too :) :)

so we wandered around her garden for hours before i drove home to CT,

and then on to the cape.

the weather was beautiful and life was good. 

i got lots and lots of pictures of flowers, or marilyn, of marilyn and jim. 

but at 10pm at night, i realized i never took a self portrait. 

and i was over the picture-taking at that time

so here are my toes. 

Wednesday April 18

i love to drive. it's one of my favorite things to do.  my plan for the week was to work from the cape, commuting the hour into providence each day.  i didn't bargain on the construction on the bridge from the cape to the mainland.  every morning, i had an extra hour of commute, driving the backroads to avoid the massive traffic jams.  it made for a rough week.   five full gas tanks later, and a whole lot of marie-behind-the-wheel self portraits, i'm glad to say i am not driving far today...

Thursday April 19

another favorite thing to do - sit on the couch, television on, playing with pics on the computer.  when joey thinks back to this year, i believe he will see this image...

whether it's at the cape or home in enfield, there's a computer on my lap, my phone and the remote are nearby, and somewhere there is a cat or two...

Friday april 20

i've become only a shadow of my former self...