Jan 2006

Well this is the big Month for me. I will be turning the big 30. But believe it or not I am not really all that bothered by the age. I have always felt that age does not really matter as long as you feel youthful and strong.

So we have all sorts of things going on this month. Selim traveling like a crazy and Alex and I trying to tag along for some family time.

On Jan 12 Alex and I joined Selim in Boston for the day. It was great the sun was shinning and it was nice and warm. While Selim was in Filene's for his final apt to say goodbye to the buyers (Macys bought Filene's and they will be closing the Boston buying offices). It gave me a chance to roam through down town crossings (my old work stomping grounds). It was nice to see familiar faces but I did not miss the head aches. It was funny to see how nothing really changes with people. Every one that I once worked with still had the same issues going on and the same old grind of work. Every one asked about my thoughts of staying home with Alex and I said each time with out hesitation "Loving every second of it". And that I truly do. I think that it is so important for me to be home with Alex. Her life is changing so much each and every day and I want to be a part of it and experience each and every new thing with her. It is just amazing to see how her vocabulary grows each day and how she sees the world thru her little eyes. It is so much fun.

Then Jan 18 Alex and I joined Selim in Texas for a few days. It was so nice to get out of the cold and warm up a bit. Wed we flew to San Antonio. While Selim was working Alex and I spent some time at the Alamo. It was so much fun to play with Alex in the gardens. We walked and ran and gathered acorns for the squerlls. Well I should say that Alex gathered the acorns, and then threw them at the squerlls. She thought that was fun. Then I showed her the biggest fish or "juice"(that is what Alex calls Fish) in her life. They had a pond of coy fish. It was fun to follow Alex following the fish up and down the walk ways. Later that night we flew to Dallas where we spend the next two nights. Selim knows his girls well, he made sure to pick a hotel attached to a mall and what fun it was for us. While Selim was working us girls shopped till we dropped. But the best part of the mall was the huge in-door skating rink, Alex just loved it. She loved to watch all of the little kids taking lessons and flying by, or should I say "wee". Every time we came close to the rink she was just mesmerized.

Thankfully Alex still loved to fly on the airplanes. Every thing is so much fun for her. She loves to make new friends and have great new experiences.

Then on Jan 25 I flew down to Florida to join Selim and start my 30 Birthday weekend celebration. We drove from Orlando where Selim had been working to South Beach on my Birthday Jan 26. What a weekend, more details to come. I need to get to bed.

Selim and Tab at the National Hotel in South Beach Miami