Rome

We are back from Rome and had a wonderful time. Of course the highlight was seeing Marge and Norm. It was SOOOO good to give them a great big hug and just be with them for the weekend. It is hard to believe that it had been 14 months since we said goodbye to them at the airport. This time when we said goodbye, we knew it will only be two months before we see them again.
We got to Rome on Friday night and met up with M & N at the hotel. We went out for a nice dinner at a nearby restaurant, talked, and caught up on life. On Saturday we explored the city. We saw the Pantheon and took a bus tour around Rome, then had a nice dinner and went back to the hotel exhausted. Sunday we woke up, had breakfast, talked for a bit, and then left for the airport. It was a pretty quick weekend, but we enjoyed every minute of it.
Now that we are back, our mission is to complete everything we need to in the next 54 days until we leave for Christmas break. I cannot procrastinate any longer - I must work on letters of recommendation for regular decision and get organized for the 1000 applications that are coming my way on December 12th. Awe ... Christmas ... that is the peaceful thought in my brain amidst all the chaos that is my life right now.