  Well, I just got back from a great 24+ hours at my cottage, located up in the ever-beautiful Port Bay, NY. I spent yesterday afternoon and evening there with my fiance, and it was nice to just be there without the normal chaos of my family. As I write this now, I am kicking myself for not taking any pictures to post from this beautiful weekend. Seriously, the weather could NOT have been any better out there on the waters of Lake Ontario. I was in charge for dinner that evening, and so I got out to the cottage at about 1pm to start my prep so I didn't have to do a lot later.
Once Jamie arrived at about 3pm, we got into our suits and jumped on the boat to go swimming at Chimney Bluffs. Well I guess I should say that I was the only one whom went swimming, as my beloved is really a large cold-blooded lizard that only lives for laying in the sun to warm her. I actually managed to read over 200 pages of my book (and wound up finishing it) in a 24 hour period. The book that I read was The Lovely Bones , by Alice Sebold, and it was a fantastic read. It's about a girl whom is raped and murdered by a neighbor and how she observes the lives of her family, friends, and killer as she lives in Heaven. Look at it as a story about how people cope with the tragic loss of a young person and how lives are virtually ruined and rebuilt. It's more a story of forgiveness and redemption than anything else, which makes it as powerful as it is original.
This is a book that could have easily gone in the direction of vengeance and justice, a Law & Order show in print if you will, but I'm grateful that Sebold took advantage of her talent and took the reader in a greater direction. Anyways, it was a very low-stress weekend. I love the time when Jamie and I get to just exist together. There isn't anything better than that. 
