It was a vehemently trying week for me. My trial run of life with Crystal not near me, geographically speaking, ended today. I made it in one peace, if you don't include the part in which I broke down sobbing right in the middle of the playground at Memorial Park yesterday as I talked with Crystal over the phone as she was walking through a house in Mt. Vernon.

We picked up Crystal from the airport today w/ plenty of colorful balloons. Her lunch pick was Saltgrass Steakhouse. We then got home, had a make-shift fashion show with our selected outfits for our family photo shoot on tomorrow morning. We then concluded the evening watching the movie Juno, along with Isabela, on the same couch, cuddled, under the same blanket.

What a perfect day.

(pic was May 2007)