Brockport, NY

15 hours of driving to CT from Chicago. And I made it! I actually had a really nice drive. I love driving and that car - the Toyota Hybrid Highlander is an awesome one. Such a smooth ride with so many gadgets to play with and an awesome radio system. I brought strange music with me for the this half of the tour and it was entertaining.

Once I arrived, I walked into my mother's house and went to bed exhausted.

The week was a whirlwind of wedding errands and visiting friends. My mother, step-father and myself are planning this wedding in just 7 days! It's crazy. We bought flowers, looked at wedding rings, ordered bouquets and more flowers, planned the meals, tried on dresses and more dresses, painted the yoga room, planned the menus, etc. It was a lot of fun and a lot of work. But my mother and I are really enjoying ourselves with all this planning. It's actually a lot of fun! Not really stressful at all. Although, imagine trying to plan a wedding with no Abbey in sight - she and Jonathan are busy in England! We're so excited that is doesn't really even matter. (In fact, maybe it's easier to plan without the bride around to tell us what to do. We just do it.) We've taken it into our own hands and are making an exceptional wedding, I think. :) I'll be sure to post pics next week.

I also spent a lazy afternoon in Topsmead Park in Litchfield with my Dad. We brought up a picnic with Kashi crackers, cheese, fresh veggies and Riesling. We played Mille Bournes, our favorite French card game.

I spent my final day in CT with my friend Kim, checking out her new photo-store and with Heather and her babies for lunch. She is such a good friend. We've known each other since 5th grade and have kept in touch somehow or another through it all. We're certainly in very different places in our lives, she's at home with 2 adorable kids and happily married, and I'm never at home and not a boyfriend in sight! ;) But I'm working like a dog, and, well, I'm married to my work. Which I'm happy with, for now. It's a lot of work, but I'm helping people step by step and it's just wonderful what the Tour gives to our world.

As for Rochester. We had a lovely weekend. People in New York State don't know so much about Kashi, so we got to talking. :) It was a lovely weekend.

Off to the wedding -- 6 hour drive Sunday night in Brandy.