Oh, jet leg is such a bugger. My poor kiddos are now at an age where it really bothers them. For the first time, especially with Vincent, not being able to sleep is playing mind games with the poor guy. I just keep telling them you have to try to turn off your mind and just stop thinking–easier said than done!
However, to combat jet leg, we simply keep a packed day. I love coming home Seattle; in the last week we have done so much!
Gigi, Vincent, and I (Kevin follow later on the 19th) woke up in Hong Kong on Friday the 13th at 5:30 am and hopped on a flight at 8:00 am. The really weird thing was arriving 11 minutes later on the same day! After settling in and catching up with Jane and Alex, we took naps for the evening ahead. Babaji got us all tickets for the King’s Court at Safeco Field. Go King Felix! We love you (especially Vincent!).
There are a couple of things that we like to do when we first arrive to Seattle: one is a trip to Target. Gigi declared that she wanted to go to Targé five times this summer! Well, mark one visit down. Another first stop is going to Pike’s Place Market. Just a stroll through there tides me over each year. We also went to cousin Seamus’ soccer game, my brother Adrian’s for the first (and best) burger of the summer, and we took the kids to St. Jame’s Cathedral. We also managed to talk with Papa on Father’s Day/birthday.
For a tourist day with the cousins we went to both the EMP and the Space Needle. The kids formed a band called the S.S. Failures and even produced their own version of “I Love Rock ‘n Roll.”
I was able to meet up with my two really good girlfriends Natalie and Cathy. Natalie is literally my Spokane sister: we pledged the same sorority together and became great friends–probably starting on some of our road trips back to the Kan! ;D Cathy may be considered my Italian sister as we became the strongest of amicis while we were roommates in Florence, Italy for our junior year. I love both of these ladies. They are so special to me, and it was quite the treat to spend an evening out with them. We went to a new Tom Douglas restaurant in town called Cuoco. The food was amazingly delicious!
The three of us also went up to San Juan Island and spent a lovely evening with Brian, Jen, Anthony, and Henry. More cousin time means good times! There house up there in Cape San Juan is so beautiful and cozy. Even though the time was short, we had a blast! Going up there is like seeing the Northwest in all its glory.
Finally, our family is reunited! Kevin came in on Thursday. Now we just need to help him out with his jet leg. I think a road trip down along the Oregon coast would help, right?!
*Please excuse the image quality–all photos were taken with my iPhone, except for the last one. I got a new lens for my camera! We’ll see how it works….
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