The Beginning of the End

The end is nearing, lovely readers. Four days from now, I will be reunited with Callie, the best dog IN THE WORLD, we will both (knock on wood) be wearing clean clothes, I will have blogged my little heart out, and life in Bryn Mawr will be gradually settling back to normal. In a way, these last three weeks have passed by very, very slowly, and then on the other hand, it seems like just yesterday that Preston's friend was driving us to the Philadelphia airport.

It's hard to believe that our honeymoon is coming to an end. I always thought that honeymoons were reserved for real, live adults. Real live adults who had their lives together, and who made good decisions, and ate healthy foods and, I don't know, took multivitamins. Alas I neither have my life together, nor (always) make good decisions, nor always eat healthy foods (especially this week...my blood is probably flowing with red wine, and I've eaten enough goat cheese to supply a small country. for a decade.), and I can't even remember the last time I took a multivitamin. But you know what? Life just forged ahead anyways, and somehow we made it through our imperfect wedding and our imperfect honeymoon, and all in all, at the end of it, I'm happy.

And maybe this relaxed attitude (very not MF) is because of all the fresh air, delicious food, and five glasses of wine tonight, but I don't care. I'll take what I can get. Pres and I have both had a fantastic week here at La Forge du Bonheur, and are sad to leave tomorrow. But I suppose it's time. It will be good to be home--to slip quietly back into our routine, to walk Callie, to blog, to hear my Mom's voice, and to talk to my best friend.

At the end of this journey, though, I can say, without a doubt, that our time in Loches has been one of the most relaxing weeks we've had in years. Preston and I are a different couple, and that is worth more than all the sunshine and lollipops in the world. So even though this is the beginning of the end, there still is nothing lovelier than a new beginning.