Oops, missed a week. A week? Well, I took a few days off while Mom came to visit, and with her around I can't very well spend my free time staring at the computer screen, even if I don't have to use the one in the guest room to update this any more. Had a good visit though, didn't do too much since it was Easter weekend and we were hosting the event, so it took a couple of days to prepare everything. Then Monday afternoon Lee & Nancy Kevin and their kids came by at the end of their swing through the Boston area and spent the night at our house, so that meant more entertaining and more cooking. The weather was cooperative, so the kids could play outside both on Easter and on Monday, which made it easier on the adults to get some visiting in. Hadn't seen the Kevins in almost two years, an unusually long stretch of time for them, but they still looked the same and the kids did well together, although of course it took a while for Justin to warm up to sharing anything.



Also got to see the Boston Marathon for the first time in my near-18 year residency in the Boston area. Seems like, working for banks and all, I've always had to work on that day, and even when I was downtown never got over to Copley to see the finish, which of course is mobbed anyway. So we drove over to downtown Framingham, watched maybe a third of the runners go by, then left, which was all I really needed to do. If I can do it again next year I might be a bit more organized about it, but its one of those things that it seems like you should witness if you live around here, and my own interest in running makes it more significant. I still have no illusions about ever running a marathon myself (although the majority of participants are over 40), and I'm not sure Boston would be my first pick anyway, but I can see what drives so many other people to do it. I keep telling Scott he should do it, but the qualifying times are so low he'd need to join a team and raise money and get in that way instead.



Otherwise just did some shopping and eating out and the aforementioned Easter dinner cooking, plus grilling up a mess of food for the Kevins, since Lee always assembles some feast from whatever he finds in the fridge every time we're at their house (usually for lunch). They offered to reciprocate and have us sleep on their floors some time, but I'm not sure if we'll make it down there this year or not.